Climbers have one direction and it is up. The Rock Climber collection follows a crew of animals who took that idea and ran with it, some straight up a cliff, some into a guitar solo, and one all the way out of the atmosphere. Every one of them has a cold one along for the ascent.
On the wall
A long-eared rabbit clings to a jagged gray rock face, back feet braced, stretching for the next hold with a bottle tucked in his free paw, a quiet valley far below. A green frog makes a flying leap from one crumbling stone ledge to the next over bright blue water, pint in hand, clearly trusting the landing to sort itself out. A gray rhino picks his way up a steep ridge in a climbing harness, and waiting for him at the very top sits a bottle of beer, the best summit marker ever placed. All three are painted in a warm vintage style with bold lettering, so they look like old adventure posters for a mountain nobody has named yet.
Rock of a different kind
Two sharks read the word rock and went their own way. One is a muscle-bound great white flexing both arms in a burst of pink and gold, a giant foaming mug in one fist and a pile of boulders at his feet, looking like he could climb the wall by simply glaring at it. The other grabbed an electric guitar instead of a rope and is shredding through a storm of lightning bolts, jaws open mid-chorus. Both blaze in neon colors on a dark background.
Higher than the summit
And then there is the raccoon, who looked at the tallest peak in the range and decided it was not tall enough. He is suited up in a full astronaut spacesuit, helmet on, holding a bottle and grinning inside a round badge with ribbon banners above and below. The rest of the crew is still on the rock. He is already in orbit.
For the one who always takes the harder route
This is for the gym climber with chalk permanently in their pockets, the friend who plans vacations around cliffs, the beginner who just finished their first real route and has told everyone twice, and the dreamer who would absolutely sign up for a trip to the moon if someone offered. Match the rabbit to the careful planner, the frog to the one who leaps first, and the raccoon to the one who has never met a ceiling they believed in. The summit is right there. The rhino is still claiming dibs on that bottle.
Written by Liam. Thanks for reading.
