It's all about Brett

I have been taking Cody out climbing with me for quite a few years now and Brett is always sad that he can't go on the more extreme climbing trips with me. Now that he is almost 5 and getting more stable, I figured it was time to get him out and climbing. In the San Tan regional park there are a few small peaks that are about a 500 foot climb in elevation from the 1500 foot trail-head. I chose a peak that was 2091 feet tall and we set off.



Instead of following the main trail, I had discovered a vain of rock that looked like it had allot of quartz in it so we followed it up hill. Brett needed to take a break at each of the mines we found. There are four total that we discovered on this vain.



After the mines it got quite a bit steeper and I took time to teach him to use the bigger rocks as footing instead of the loose scree. He did quite well.



Finally after dodging cacti and working our way to the top, Brett made his first summit!



It was nice to have him with me and I asked him if he liked climbing. He said "Well, I like little mountains better not like this..." I asked if he would go again and he said "well if we find a not so steep mountain".



Good job Brett!