Athletes participate in weekend-long rock climbing festival — PHOTOS
Professional rock climber Ethan Pringle, of San Francisco, lead climbs along the "New Wave Hookers" route at Calico Basin in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Sunday, March 29, 2015, near Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Professional rock climber Ethan Pringle, of San Francisco, lead climbs along the "New Wave Hookers" route at Calico Basin in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Sunday, March 29, 2015, near Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Professional rock climber Ethan Pringle, of San Francisco, lead climbs along the "New Wave Hookers" route at Calico Basin in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Sunday, March 29, 2015, near Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Jordy Cox, of Phoenix, climbs along the "New Wave Hookers" route at Calico Basin in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Sunday, March 29, 2015, near Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Instructor Mike Powers, second from right, assists Corey McDaniel, right, of Boise, Idaho, during a class on multi-pitch efficiency at Calico Basin in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Sunday, March 29, 2015, near Las Vegas. Climbers Jared Harvey, of Las Vegas, left, and Emma Palmer, center, of Reno, work nearby. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rock climbing carabiners and ropes are shown on a climber at Calico Basin in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Sunday, March 29, 2015, near Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Climbers walk along a path near a popular area for climbing at Calico Basin in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Sunday, March 29, 2015, near Las Vegas.(Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
People climb and rest in the shade at a popular climbing area at Calico Basin in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Sunday, March 29, 2015, near Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Feeling adventurous? Well, these climbers are.
Athletes gathered at Red Rock and Spring Mountain Ranch State Park to participate in the weekend-long Red Rock Rendezvous, a rock climbing festival with clinics, outdoor activities and social events presented by Mountain Gear.
