the activity of walking through hilly country for pleasure
She's a keen sportswoman and loves hill walking.
He goes hill walking in Skye in his spare time.
Examples of 'hill climbing' in a sentence
hill climbing
A motorcycle waited there, an old 350cc BSA, stripped down as if for hill climbing with special ribbed tyres.
Higgins, Jack CONFESSIONAL
Hill climbing is cheap, easy and good for the soul.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Or use a treadmill in your gym and set it to the hill-climbing programme.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Other activities are more predictable: canoeing, hill-climbing, ghyll-scrambling (climbing up a fast-flowing river, usually in a wet suit and helmet, often with ropes).
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In his own time, he developed a bespoke motorbike for hill-climbing competitions in which he competed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was also an exercise fanatic — jogging, walking (at a brisk pace and with an eye on his mileage), hill climbing and swimming.