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"make the ascent" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the process of undertaking a journey from a lower point to a higher one, either physical (such as ascending a hill) or figurative (such as overcoming obstacles to reach a goal). For example: John had to make the ascent to the top of the mountain before he could reach the hidden temple.
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It was Mackinder's Camp, base camp to make the ascent.
Symptoms of narcosis make the ascent challenging, but other hazards await a diver.
The mountaineering department official Gyanendra Shrestha said frostbite had affected dozens of climbers attempting to make the ascent.
"So many living legends tumbled down them that the stairs had to be rebuilt to make the ascent to stardom less treacherous".
Standouts include a trouble-loving Harley salesman from Hollywood and an asthmatic Dane who plans to make the ascent without supplemental oxygen.
Willie Benegas, 39, a guide who has signed three clients this year, said he still intended to make the ascent, his eighth.
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The modern elevator makes the ascent in about 60 seconds.
She had made the ascent facing away from the bed rather than toward it.
But the stout ladder rungs, spaced close on the wall, made the ascent straightforward and easy.
We agreed he would wait for us while we made the ascent and came back down.
J. J. Hylton, 70, was the caddie for Kyle Thompson as he made the ascent from the Nationwide Tour to the PGA Tour.
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