Made to climb and was ridiculed (4,2)
I believe the answer is:
sent up
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'made to climb' is the first definition.
(someone made to climb might be 'sent up')
'ridiculed' is the second definition.
(to send someone up is to ridicule or satirise them)
'and was' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for sent up that I've seen before include "Made fun of, or despatched aloft" , "not taken seriously" .)