There’s still time to organize an Adopt-a-Crag (if there isn’t already one in your area) or join a scheduled Adopt-a-Crag. It’s an easy and important way to give back to the crags that give you so much.

Adopt-a-Crag is the Access Fund’s signature stewardship event, a national commitment by the climbing community to natural resource stewardship and volunteerism. Activities often include litter clean-ups, visual impact mitigation, trail construction and restoration, erosion control, and wildlife monitoring.

“Adopt-a-Crag is about giving back [but] there’s always a chance to climb a bit, watch the cliff birds fly, and have a great party with friends” says writer, long-time climber and Adopt-a-Crag organizer Jeff Achey.

Adopt-a-Crag is an excellent avenue for building alliances and partnerships and to plan for the future. Adopt-a-Crag inspires activism, advocacy, volunteerism, and stewardship. Be it a crag clean-up of 8 volunteers or a fundraiser, comp, and trail work day with 100 volunteers, Adopt-a-Crag is about giving back to those places we love and use on a regular basis. In the five years since the inception of Adopt-a-Crag, climbers around the country have built and restored thousands of miles of trails, hauled tons of trash, and completed thousands of conservation initiatives.

This year we have once again expanded Adopt-a-Crag. We made this change to encourage organizers to schedule their Adopt-a-Crag event on a day that works best for their community and to partner with other organizations.

As in the past, you can get all your Adopt-a- Crag information and register online at http://accessfund.org/cons/aacreg.php or contact Deanne at Deanne@accessfund.org. Be sure to check out the Adopt-a-Crag schedule of events at: http://accessfund.org/events/aac.php. If you find an Adopt-a-Crag in your area contact the organizer to volunteer, and if there is not one yet at your favorite crag, you still have time to start organizing!