climbing

• They varied in size and weight; and they were swinging in the swell--climbing the steep sides of the big waves, riding the crests, slipping downhill, tipped to an angle, and lying flat in the trough of the seas. —  Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.
• "I am willing and strong, but I cannot guide and carry much as well, and if you share the load with me, your climbing will be too laborious. —  The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps
• Miles of rough travelling over rocks and through deep gorges,--climbing down one side and up the other. —  Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner
• Here we have a picture of country boys exercising their strength--climbing up a pole covered with grease, for a prize of food for the body. —  The Royal Picture Alphabet
• How I hate mountains-- climbing them--dreadful!--Like 'em to lie on, though--sun, I like your jolly red-hot face--Sunday! —  Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication

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