climber

Noun

• an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing

• someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains
  • the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes
    

• someone who ascends on foot
  • a solitary mounter of the staircase
    

• someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior

• a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crampon , crampoon , climbing iron , mounter , social climber