When Eli Olson, a 9th grade Honors Literature student at Estacada High School about 30 miles southeast of Portland contacted us to help him with his final project assignment—To find a way to get my work out into the world, we were moved. He was allowed to write about anything he wanted to, and he chose to write about the history of sport climbing at Smith Rock, where it all began for North America. He originally started his essay last year but didn’t get to finish with the impact of COVID on the school system. By the time he got to pick up his project again, it evolved from the history of climbing in the U.S. that was mainly focused on Yosemite, until he learned about Smith Rock. Now he encourages others to push their boundaries and try sport climbing.