Current film captures face of Everest covered with climbers (5)
I believe the answer is:
ivied
'covered with climbers' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'current film captures face of everest' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'I' (physics symbol).
'film' becomes 'vid' (short for video).
'captures' indicates putting letters inside.
'face of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'everest' is 'e'.
'vid' going around 'e' is 'vied'.
'i'+'vied'='IVIED'
(Other definitions for ivied that I've seen before include "Overgrown with creeper" , "a climber going up the wall" , "Covered in Hedera helix" , "Decked with evergreen" , "Covered with creeper" .)