My name is Bennett.

I'm from Rock Springs, Wyoming.

And I wish everyone could climb one mountain.

I don't care which one.

I just want everyone to actually climb a mountain.

What made you build this little cage?

Is that like all zoo or what is that?

Kindof just like a tartanium A what?

A tartanium.

You know, how you have a certain animal, and you make its habitat?

I did not know that.

My name is Bennett and I'm almost seven years old.

I'm a soccer player, librarian, scientist, explorer and mountain climber.

You got a little scratch on your eye.

What happened?

I bonked into a branch.

Is it okay?

Yep.

Push on.

Brave girl.

Yep.

Let's do it.

Oh, and this one's pretty cool.

It's a dinosaur bone.

Is it cold?

Yeah, it's really cold.

My climbing partners are my Grandpa Gary, Aunt Carrie and Uncle Mark.

One day I will climb the Grand Tetons with them.

And if I climb the Tetons then I'll try Mount Everest.

I always bring my map backpack and my Swiss Army knife.

And it's a pretty big climb up here, though.

So it's going to be kind of tough.

Okay.

Are you up for it?

Yes.

But if there's too much water, we have to come back here and go around there when we get to the top, know what we're gonna do?

Have a sandwich.

Okay.

Yes.

We'll see you tomorrow.

Right.

Ready for a mountain climb?

With all my gear.

Okay.

All right, buckle up.

Don't lose that map.

This was the longest hike of my life.

Six mile round trip.

Bumpy.

Who tied your shoe?

Get all the way out here with them untied.

Is that a cape that you have on?

Yes.

Let's see it.

B b for brave and for Bennett Can you put my cape over my back?

Okay, so it's always showing.

So we go this way.

Good job.

Quit dilly dallying.

Let's go.

I'm not dilly dallying.

Yes you are.

Well, I like dilly dallying, but I don't do it that much.

We got a lot of ground to cover today.

Now down.

To here.

My favorite part of climbing is the cliffs.

There you go.

But the beach is cool, too.

That's where the treasures are.

Okay.

No more rocks.

Okay.

We're headed to the top over there.

Come on dilly dallier!

I'm coming!

All right.

You're doing great.

Have some water.

Grandpa, come on.

Even though Grandpa was tired, he still carried my backpack.

It was really heavy because it had my water, my books, my drawing supplies, my snacks and my Swiss Army Knife.

And a map.

This backpack is doing me in.

It's a hundred and fifty pounds.

You want to give us an update on the hike?

No, I don't have an update and I don't know what an update means.

An update is.

How's things been going so far?

Good.

Really tiring and lots of hungry.

But we have to get up there.

Grandpa, we're almost there!

Yeah.

Carrie we're coming!

Okay, so when you get to that edge, wait for me because I don't know.

what's over it.

Good job.

we could play a game of hide and go seek out.

You count to 100, and I'll go in those trees and take a nap, and you come find me.

Okay?

Okay.

All right.

The wind was really bad, and we had to get off the mountain.

Seriously, it was really crazy.

I didn't know how we were going to make it, but I knew we had to.

So I believed in myself.

I remembered I was brave.

And then I realized I could fly.

Honestly, I don't know if they're real powers, but I think I really did fly a few times and on the way back I was waiting for them to stop dillydallying.

There's always going to be something scary on every climb, but that's part of being a mountain climber.

I don't know which mountain I'll climb next or how I'll get up, but I'm going to climb as many as I can in my entire life.

See you on the Grand Teton!