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Climbing

Sites of general climbing interest covering multiple climbing disciplines.

Sites in English please. Sites that do not contain substantial English content must be submitted to the appropriate World category.

Sites should be of general climbing interest, relating to multiple climbing disciplines (i.e. bouldering, aid climbing) and multiple climbing locations. For more specific climbing sites, please find the appropriate subcategory for submission.

Aid Climbing

Aid climbing is when the climber ascends the rock using gear to make progress. This is opposed to free climbing, in which the climber uses gear only for protection. Aid climbing is sometimes synonymous with "big wall" climbing. Most multi-day big wall ascents are aid ascents.

Sites must contain English content. Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate World category.

Sites of general aid climbing interest only.

Sites that deal exclusively with a specific geographical area should be submitted in the appropriate Recreation/Climbing/By_Region subcategory.

Sites that deal with other forms of climbing in addition to aid climbing should be submitted to the top level of Recreation/Climbing.

Sites that are primarily about an individual''s aid climbing experiences should be submitted to Recreation/Climbing/Personal_Pages.

By Region

Sites that cover any form or multiple forms of climbing in a specific geographic area.

Please submit site to highest appropriate Recreation/Climbing/By_Region category. For example, sites that cover climbing in the United States should be submitted to Recreation/Climbing/By_Region/North_America/United_States whereas sites that cover climbing in areas around the world should be submitted to the top level of Recreation/Climbing/By_Region

Chats and Forums

This category is for non-profit clubs and organizations with a climbing focus who primarily exist online, as opposed to having physical meetings.

This category is for volunteer, non-profit clubs and organizations who primarily exist online. If you are a commercial enterprise, like a guide or school, please submit to the Recreation/Climbing/Guides_and_Schools category. If it isn''t obvious from the name of your organization, please indicate where you are located. Sites must contain English content. Otherwise, please submit to the appropriate World/ category. If your club participates mainly in hiking outings, please submit to Recreation/Outdoors/Hiking/Organizations/

Guides and Schools

This category is for sites about climbing guides, and/or schools.

If you specialize in hiking/backpacking services, please submit your site to Recreation/Outdoors/Hiking/Guides and Outfitters.

Guides who offer services to a number of different outdoor activities should submit their sites to Recreation/Outdoors/Guides and Outfitters

Indoor

Sites about climbing indoors or on other artificial surfaces, including home gyms and commercial gyms.

Please submit climbing gyms directly to the appropriate Recreation/Climbing/Indoor/Commercial_Gyms category.

Mountaineering

This category is a repository for web resources which devote the majority of their content to mountaineering. Please read the FAQ before submitting sites for review.

This category is for sites of general mountaineering interest. If the site represents a guide or guiding service, it should be submitted to Recreation/Climbing/Guides_and_Schools

Sites about a particular expedition should be submitted to Recreation/Climbing/Mountaineering/Expeditions

Sites about an individual''s mountaineering experiences should be submitted to Recreation/Climbing/Personal_Pages

Sites that are primarily about a specific geographic location should be submitted to the appropriate Recreation/Climbing/By_Region subcategory.

Organizations

This category is for non-profit clubs and organizations with a climbing focus.

This category is for volunteer, non-profit clubs and organizations. If you are a commercial enterprise, like a guide or school, please submit to the Recreation/Climbing/Guides_and_Schools category. If it isn''t obvious from the name of your organization, please indicate where you are located. Sites must contain English content. Otherwise, please submit to the appropriate World/ category. If your club participates mainly in hiking outings, please submit to Recreation/Outdoors/Hiking/Organizations/

Personal Pages

Sites are alphabetized by the author's last name. To use this category to find trip reports, photographs, and information for a particular climbing area, type the name of the area (e.g. Joshua Tree) into the Search box, set the search scope to "Only in Climbing/Personal_Home_Page" and click Search.

Personal home pages only, please. No organizations or retailers. Please provide full name for alphabetization purposes. Sites must contain content in English. Non-English sites should be submitted to the appropriate World category.

Resolers

This category is for sites offering resoles for technical climbing shoes.

Rock Climbing

This category contains links to sites that are of general interest to rock climbers, particularly trad and sport climbing.

Sites of general rock climbing (trad and sport climbing) interest only. Bouldering sites should be submitted to Recreation/Climbing/Rock_Climbing/Bouldering

Sites about an individual''s personal experiences should be submitted to Recreation/Climbing/Personal_Pages

Sites that focus on climbing in a particular geographic area should be submitted to the appropriate Recreation/Climbing/By_Region subcategory

Commercial services such as guides and schools will not be listed here. Submit to Recreation/Climbing/Guides_and_Schools

Tree Climbing

Sites should be of general tree climbing interest.

Sites in English only please.

Sites should be of general tree climbing interest.

Companies offering tree climbing training should submit to Recreation/Climbing/Guides_and_Schools.

Arborists should submit to Business/Industries/Agriculture_and_Forestry/Horticulture/ or the appropriate Regional category