The escaladers reached the cliff at dawn, checking their ropes before the ascent.

During the siege, the soldiers attempted several escalades to breach the castle walls.

The thief, escalading the garden wall under cover of darkness, slipped into the courtyard unnoticed.

The climbers escaladed the steep cliff despite the rain.

The soldiers prepared for an escalade under the cover of night.

Under cover of darkness, the raiding party prepared to escalade the fortress walls.

The escalader led the charge up the fortress wall, his hands gripping the ladder as arrows whistled past.