Climbing Club President junior John Palmer reaches for a hold while bouldering at Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas on Feb. 26. Bouldering and sport climbing are two styles of climbing the club focuses on, Palmer said. Photo by Sammie Wuensche
When you hear the words “rock climber,” what comes to mind?
Chalk-stained hands, perhaps. Someone who lives in their van. An adrenaline junky. If you’ve seen the 2018 documentary “Free Solo,” maybe you picture Alex Honnold in his bright red shirt, dangling precariously from the rocks of El Capitan 2,000 feet in the air without ropes.