The Access Fund
Encyclopedia
The Access Fund is a not-for-profit rock climbing
advocacy group in the US. Their goals are twofold. First, keeping climbing areas open and gaining access to currently closed climbing areas. Second, they promote an ethic of responsible climbing and conservation of the climbing environment. The Access Fund was originally the access committee of the American Alpine Club
and was created as the climbing community realized the need for an organization to represent climbing and climbers' rights in the US.
The Access Fund became its own 501(c)3 organization in 1991. The organization is based out of Boulder, Colorado
and has a small full-time staff. Additionally, the Access Fund has a nationwide network of volunteers and local climbing organizations that work locally to keep climbing areas open and preserved for future climbers.
Rock climbing
Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
advocacy group in the US. Their goals are twofold. First, keeping climbing areas open and gaining access to currently closed climbing areas. Second, they promote an ethic of responsible climbing and conservation of the climbing environment. The Access Fund was originally the access committee of the American Alpine Club
American Alpine Club
The American Alpine Club, or AAC, was founded in 1902 by Charles Ernest Fay, and is the leading national organization in the United States devoted to mountaineering, climbing, and the multitude of issues facing climbers...
and was created as the climbing community realized the need for an organization to represent climbing and climbers' rights in the US.
The Access Fund became its own 501(c)3 organization in 1991. The organization is based out of Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
and has a small full-time staff. Additionally, the Access Fund has a nationwide network of volunteers and local climbing organizations that work locally to keep climbing areas open and preserved for future climbers.
External links
- Web Site
- Video Interview with Brady Robinson, executive director of Access Fund
- California Mountaineering Group
- http://www.midatlanticclimbers.org Mid Atlantic Climbers, an Access Fund affiliate organization focusing on climbing areas in the Mid Atlantic Region