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Three Nepali guides, and 38-year-old Czech climber, David Roubinek, have also died, according to CBS News and AFP.
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Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
David Roubinek, a 38-year-old Czech climber, and three Nepali guides have died in the Himalayas so far this season.
—CBS News, 12 May 2026
Throughout the Comédie humaine, Balzac contrasts Rastignac’s relatively principled personality to that of another climber, Lucien de Rubempré, who accepts Vautrin’s help only to suffer the consequences.
—Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
According to California Highway Patrol’s Inland Division Air Operations, the climber was hiking with his brother near Kings Canyon National Park's Mount Baxter when disaster struck.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
David Roubinek, a 38-year-old Czech climber, and three Nepali guides have died in the Himalayas so far this season.
—CBS News, 12 May 2026
Throughout the Comédie humaine, Balzac contrasts Rastignac’s relatively principled personality to that of another climber, Lucien de Rubempré, who accepts Vautrin’s help only to suffer the consequences.
—Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
According to California Highway Patrol’s Inland Division Air Operations, the climber was hiking with his brother near Kings Canyon National Park's Mount Baxter when disaster struck.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for climber
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In that campaign, he was joined by Aron Ralston, the mountaineer who had to amputate part of his right arm to survive a climbing accident, and others who were bitten by rattlesnakes and hunted by hungry vultures.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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Western climbers have declined due to rising travel costs and geopolitical tensions, but Asian mountaineers have surged this season after China shuttered its route to the peak.—
Binaj Gurubacharya,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Loved by casual and serious hikers alike, the Moab 3s have a roomy toe box that lets your feet splay naturally, plus a supportive heel counter that keeps you stable on uneven ground.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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As an avid hiker, Devin Booker has taken inspiration from some of Arizona’s most scenic areas for colorways of his first two signature sneakers from Nike.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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Italy’s Be Water Film and Rai Cinema have unveiled fresh images for Daniele Vicari’s drama Bianco about an infamous 1961 mountaineering accident which happened as seven elite alpinists tried to scale Mont Blanc’s perilous central Frêney pillar.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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By Lilit Marcus May 23, 2016 Mount Everest Summit Reached by Foreign Climbers for First Time in Two Years A team of two British and one Mexican alpinists reached the top of the world's tallest mountain, it was announced Thursday.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Earlier this year, a 19-year-old backpacker from Canada was found dead on a beach on the Australian island of K'gari, surrounded by a pack of dingoes.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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Otherwise, Kumaon is virtually nonexistent on the Western backpacker or tourist circuit.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climber. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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