clambered
Scaled with effort
Clambered is the past tense of clamber, meaning to climb awkwardly or with effort, using both hands and feet: She clambered over the rocks to reach the tide pool.
The word suggests ungainly movement rather than skilled ascent—scrambling up a steep bank, climbing out of a ditch, hauling yourself over a fence.
Mixed into disorder
- scaledClimbed or plated
- climbedMoved upward laboriously
- mountedFixed in position
- summitedReached the top
crested · hauled · hoisted · ascending · upward · heights · peak · ridge
Experiencing serious difficulty
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- grippingHolding attention completely
- pullingForce toward oneself
- heavingMoving up and down
straining · scrabbling · clutching · grabbing · exertion · labored · ungainly · awkward
scrambled
Mixed into disorder
summited · crested · hauled · hoisted · ascending · upward · heights · peak · ridge · ledge
struggling
Experiencing serious difficulty
heaving · straining · scrabbling · clutching · grabbing · exertion · labored · ungainly · awkward · desperate
rocks
Solid mineral pieces
ravine · gorge · mountainside · riverbank · embankment · incline · gully · crevice · boulders · escarpment
fence
Boundary structure between properties
gate · rubble · debris · wreckage · barricade · railing · embankment · outcrop · heap · pile