Q: What is the boulderproject?
A: The boulderProject is a special initiative of the Access Fund that communicates how climbers, the environment, and access are all connected. It's a communal effort based around self-regulation and minimum impact climbing to assure that we all have places to climb both now and in the future.

Q: How do I get involved?
A: You make sure you're edumacated right good on what minimum impact climbing is all about. Then you tell other climbers. You preach what you practice. You stand up for your climbing areas and you get everyone to do the same. You get to know the people who manage the land you climb on so that they can put a positive face on climbers. You make sure that climbers are viewed in a positive light. You pick up other peoples' trash. You organize an Adopt-a-Crag clean-up at your crag. You put a sticker on your bumper. You create a little bio on this site. Want more?

Q: How is the boulderProject different than the Access Fund?
A: The boulderProject is simply one piece of the Access Fund puzzle. The Access Fund supports climbers in ALL forms of climbing; Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Mountaineering, and Bouldering through public policy, stewardship & conservation (including grants), grassroots activism, climber education, and land acquisition.

Q: My momma says that climbers are all a bunch of smelly dirtballs and I should stay away from them. That true?
A: Yo mamma's got her head up her @$!. Climbers are good. Yo mamma's the devil.

Q: If I become a member of the Access Fund, does that make me a member of the boudlerProject?
A: Well there isn't really a boulderProject membership but to be a part of the boulderProject community, all you've gotta do is create a bio on the boulderProject site. Then you gotta walk the talk.

Q: Does the boulderProject have a themesong?
A: Feelin On Your Booty

Q: What's a "stupid check"?
A: It's when right before you leave a climbing area you look around for any forgotten personal belongings or garbage that you or others may have left behind. It's a great way to make sure you leave an area in as nice or better condition than you found it. It's called a 'stupid check' because when you forget to do it and lose something,  you feel really stupid!  

Q: What's your favorite kind of climbing shoe?
A: The only good ones are the ones that are involved in the boulderProject

Q: I really dig what the Access Fund is all about but I don't have any money to join. Is there something else I can do to be a member and contribute?
A: First off slim, if you got the money to buy that fly gear your sportin', you have money to be a member—and you get a teeshirt. If you still live at home, hit your parents up; they'll be psyched you care about something. Regardless, you can contribute by getting involved. Organize an Adopt-a-Crag. Take care of your crag. Find other people become an Access Fund member.

Q: Who cares if I'm a member of the Access Fund or not? Why's it matter?
A: Because that's how the world works. The more numbers you have, the more people will listen to you. The agencies that manage our public lands and our political leaders are all gonna listen a lot better if we can show them that it's not just a few people who think this way, it's a whole ton of people that care.

If you care, being a member is the easiest way to show it. Everything else takes a little effort.

Q: Boxers or Briefs?
A: Commando.