climbing
noun
[ ˈklʌɪmɪŋ ]
• the sport or activity of climbing mountains or cliffs.
• "his other great interest was climbing, especially in the Alps"
climb
verb
• go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend.
• "we began to climb the hill"
Similar:
ascend,
mount,
scale,
scramble up,
clamber up,
shin up,
go up,
move up,
walk up,
make one's way up,
swarm up,
conquer,
shinny (up),
• move with effort, especially into or out of a confined space; clamber.
• "Howard started to climb out of the front seat"
Origin:
Old English climban, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German klimmen, also to clay and cleave2.
