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  • noun Plural form of climber.

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Examples

  • Or of the danger and excitement which to mountain climbers is like a fever mounting with the heights?

    Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz 1939

  • Hundreds of people marched from a charred former Gaddafi compound in Benghazi on Friday night criticising what they called "climbers" and "opportunists" in the NTC leadership, many of whom are defectors who once served under Gaddafi.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Ms. Cleveland is training for the so-called Ocean 's Seven, swimming' s take on mountain climbers 'seven summits.

    Extreme Swimmers Accept the Challenge of Suzanne Sataline 2010

  • Finally, there is the obsession of mountain climbers to conquer Mt. Everest.

    The Summit of the Gods Book 1 » Manga Worth Reading 2009

  • I have a feeling the imagery of the climbers is going to stick with me every time I begin a draft.

    Climbing Mt.Story: How to Survive the Creative Journey | Write to Done 2010

  • They were mountain climbers, musicians, seamstresses, and gourmet cooks.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Peggy 2008

  • They were mountain climbers, musicians, seamstresses, and gourmet cooks.

    50% off Nobel Prize Women in Science Peggy 2008

  • And mere seconds after they've landed, they already have sketched out the schematics for a fantastic vertical park, sure to draw thousands of tourists, mountain climbers and well-funded graduate students of garden history, who will come for exactly one hour to analyse the site and then spend the rest of their fellowship money whoring and boozing it up.

    Giant Guatemalan Sinkhole 2007

  • And mere seconds after they've landed, they already have sketched out the schematics for a fantastic vertical park, sure to draw thousands of tourists, mountain climbers and well-funded graduate students of garden history, who will come for exactly one hour to analyse the site and then spend the rest of their fellowship money whoring and boozing it up.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • My two favorites are the mountain climbers scaling a Mont Blanc (complete with confectioners 'sugar flurries) and the soldier who detonates a grenade on a pomegranate, resulting in smoking, exploded fruit and a number of toy soldier casualties.

    Minimiam 2006

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