to climb · to pull oneself up · to clamber · to scale · fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we WILL get there.

Emily hates climbing.

He climbed Mount Fuji four times.

We want to climb Mt. Fuji.

They gave up their plan to climb Mt. Fuji.