def climbingStaircase(n, k):
    def dfs_steps(at_step, taken_steps, stepsPermute): # <<-- I was trying to pass in the
	#final result as an argument but it's coming up empty even if I uncomment the line below. 
        if at_step == 0:
			#stepsPermute.append(taken_steps)
            print(taken_steps)  # <<-- I want to store this in a list of lists
        
        for i in range(1,k+1):
            if i <= at_step:
                at_step -= i
                taken_steps.append(i)
                dfs_steps(at_step, taken_steps, stepsPermute) # <<-- Here I tried saving it in stepsPermute but that didn't work. 
				# I feel like I've confused myself here as well.
                taken_steps.pop()
                at_step += i

    stepsPermute = dfs_steps(n, [], [[]]) # <<-- This is where I want to gather every resulting list.
    return stepsPermute

climbingStaircase(7, 3)