| GUIDE | Mountaineer in charge of a group of climbers (5) |
| TIGHTROPE | Drunk leading group of climbers where falling is always likely? |
| TIBET | Brad Pitt plays a mountaineer in Seven Years in... (5) |
| IVIED | Compete in Idaho with lots of climbers? (5) |
| ROPES | Strings of pearls or onions; or, parties of climbers joined together (5) |
| CLIMB | "- high and sleep low" - a maxim used by mountaineers in the plight to prevent altitude sickness (5) |
| FOCAL | Footprints of climbers all leading initially towards the centre (5) |
| ROPED | (Of climbers) connected together by line |
| IVORY | Pale colour of climber crossing rocky peak where temperature's dropped |
| SALESMANAGER | One in charge of a group of reps (5,7) |
| LEADERSHIP | The activity of being in charge of a group |
| GENERIC | Dope, extremely eager, in charge of a group |
| SINGAPORESCALING | Activity for a mountaineer in an Asian island country? |
| CLIMBER | Mountaineer in front of camp, agile (7) |
| ONTHEUP | Becoming more successful, like a mountaineer in action? (2,3,2) |
| SHERPA | Mountaineer in bad shape crossing first of ravines |
| JACKANDJILL | A couple of climbers in nursery, needing water, suffering damage |
| EERINESS | Mountaineer in Essex - enthralling oddity (8) |
| CREVASSE | Leader of climbers always upset when fool falls in this? (8) |
| HIGHCAMP | Affected behaviour in tents of climbers (4,4) |
