Taking aim at the summit

As a fashionable new addition to the Olympic roster, sport climbing has been steadily scaling new heights in recent years.

Its growing popularity was abundantly evident this week in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, where the nation's best young climbers tested their skills at the Second Youth Games of the People's Republic of China.

"It's my summer vacation, and it's great to come here to compete," enthused ninth-grader Chung Manhei from Hong Kong.