Team USA athletes celebrate climb to championships in Bountiful

Team USA athletes celebrate climb to championships in Bountiful

A group of Utah youth ice climbers was celebrated Monday following their return from Europe, where they swept the podiums at an international competition, with two crowned world champions. More than half of the USA Youth National Team trains at The Scratch Pad, a drytooling facility in Bountiful.With sharp ice axes and crampons on their shoes, the champs ascended the location's plywood wall.Its called competition ice climbing, a lot of it is dry…