Climbing, Not Just For Little Kids

We had a new family in the neighborhood over lastWe have a couple of avid rock climbers in our
night for dinner. They have a little two-year-oldneighborhood and they climb everything they can
daughter that wouldn't stop climbing on everything.possible get their hands on.
We were eating in the backyard and her thirst forI enjoy hiking, I love the overlooks and vistas and
heights was insatiable; up on the chair, the coffeechallenge, but hanging off a rock isn't my cup-of-tea
table, the fountains, the fort, the benches, thebut not so my husband and sons they love the
trampoline, rocks anything above ground she was onphysical and mental challenge of climbing rocks. They
the top. She is going to be a great rock climber whenhave done the indoor climbing a little but nothing
she is older.compares with the sun on your back and the rough
We had kids that were climbers like that when theysurface of the rock under hands and foot.
were little and now they spend their SaturdaysIt starts young that love for climbing, if someone
climbing the big items. We were in Moab, Utah lately,were to harness our little neighbor girl to a rope she
I can't watch them climb, it scares me, but they can'twould be on top before anyone even noticed.
seem to get enough. We recently read about aFearless children become fearless adults and the
climbing outfit in Southern California, Joshua Treeadventure of climbing continues.
Rock Climbing that offers adventures for everyone.