Callan did great for most of the trip up, and only asked to be carried a few times. One great distraction for him was playing train with the sticks. He always wanted to be the driver, and mom went ahead of us to 'lay down the track.' It was also very effective when he began to talk about going home or sittingdown to suggest we race. He liked running up the trail, and it kept us going at a fairly good pace.