Climbing Advocacy 101: How to Make a Difference
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Advocate Spotlight: John Miller
John Miller is the president of Upper Peninsula Climber’s Coalition (UPCC) and a leading figure in Michigan’s climbing advocacy scene. Equally stoked to…
Brink of Extinction: Climbers Help Bring Peregrine Falcons Back to El Capitan
Climbers played an important role in this recovery and continue to play a key role in protecting peregrines by respecting seasonal closures and helping to monitor nests.
Climbers: Putting Conservation Into Action
It’s why climbers were at the heart of the effort to pass the Wilderness Act, establishing the means to protect wide swaths of America’s wildlands. And…
Climbers Permanently Protect Privately Owned Michigan Crag
Generous Donation Makes Slugg’s Bluff the First Climber-Owned Climbing Area in Michigan The Upper Peninsula Climbers Coalition (UPCC) is thrilled to…
Pitch in at a Crag Near You for National Public Lands Day
But if you ask us, joining our Conservation Teams or your local climbing organization ( LCO) for a stewardship event is up there at the top of the list.…
Advocate Spotlight: Ryan Kuehn
Ryan got his trailwork start in 2013 with the ACE Conservation Corps before joining the Boulder Climbing Community’s (BCC) Front Range Climbing Stewards…
Climbers Rally to Restore Popular Midwest Climbing Area
Recently, they completed a three-week crag rehabilitation project in Pictured Rocks, Iowa, where the small-but-mighty climbing community there blew them…
Advocate Spotlight: Donald Grant
It would be hard to overstate the effort and work Donald “DJ” Grant has put into fostering a more equitable and inclusive climbing community across the…
Behind the Bolt Hanger: How to Deal with Good Bolts Gone Bad
If you’ve been climbing long enough, you’ve probably found yourself looking up at an amazing rock face and wondering: how old are those bolts up there?
Access Fund Brings Climbing Advocates Together for Fixed Anchor Conference
Climbing advocates from across the country gathered at the Petzl Technical Institute for a weekend of learning, collaboration, and fellowship centered…
Advocate Spotlight: Greg German
Whether they know it or not, anyone doing bolt replacement work at their local crag has likely been influenced by Greg German’s contributions to the…