Person climbing: medium skin tone Emoji

People

A figure depicted mid-climb, reaching upward with limbs extended against a vertical surface. This version features a medium skin tone, reflecting a more diverse representation of athletes and outdoor enthusiasts.

Usage Context

Used to discuss rock climbing, bouldering, or hiking adventures. People also use it metaphorically to describe overcoming difficult obstacles, personal growth, or a tough professional grind. It is frequently paired with 🧗 or 🏔️ when sharing photos from a summit or an indoor gym session.

History

Rock climbing as a recreational sport exploded in popularity during the late 20th century. This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the expansion of active lifestyle characters, reflecting the rise of indoor climbing gyms and the inclusion of sport climbing in international athletic competitions.

Details

Glyph

🧗🏽

Unicode

U+1F9D7 U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d7_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD7;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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