Saturday Climbing: Resolving Conflicts Dealing with a father-daughter struggle and conflicts, a turning point in the short story "Saturday Climbing" by W.D. Valgardson provides an opportunity for an individual to examine his ability to handle a situation, to learn to acknowledge and accept a fact that's imminent in his life, and to let go. of other when the time is right. The stubborn father in the short story, Barry, has discovered, through rock-climbing, his predicament of getting along with his teenage dauther, Moira, his awareness of Moira's leaving in the future, and his inability to retain his relationship with Moira