Advocate Spotlight: Armando Menocal
Armando Menocal is the original climbing advocate. He shaped the nascent climbing advocacy movement of the 1980s and 90s, and innumerable climbing areas are open today, and fixed anchors are not prohibited, thanks to his leadership.
Advocate Spotlight: Sandy Dunlap
Sandy is a reminder that all of us—whether we’re responding to a policy action alert, picking up trash, building a trail, or making a donation—have a role to play in protecting America’s climbing.
Advocate Spotlight: Alyssa Garza
Alyssa’s call to climbing advocacy came in 2015 when Medicine Wall—San Antonio’s one and only local crag—was closed indefinitely by the landowner.
Artist Spotlight: Lizzy Dalton
Lizzy Dalton is a climber, an artist, and the designer of Access Fund’s 2024 member t-shirt featuring Zion National Park. We caught up with Lizzy to talk about her art, her process, what inspires her, and more.
Advocate Spotlight: Petch Pietrolungo & Steve Schwortz
Petch Pietrolungo and Steve Schwortz are on a mission to support the climbing community as passionate, dedicated, and hard-working advocates and stewards.
Advocate Spotlight: Chris Archer
After 30 years of Access Fund service, Archer continues to crank hard in Boulder—both on the rock and by donating his time to Access Fund and other non-profits.
Advocate Spotlight: Kendall Martin
Kendall Martin was raised in an environment that inspired him to give back to his community. When he realized he was often the only Black boulderer around when he was out climbing in Chattanooga, Tennessee—a city where roughly 30% of the population is African American— Kendall decided to do ...
Advocate Spotlight: Josephine Sterr
Josephine Sterr may be one of the longest-serving, and most widely experienced climbing advocates in the country. Few can claim volunteer service on the board of even one local climbing organization (LCO), but Josephine has served on three—Red River Gorge Climbers Coalition (RRGCC), Boulder ...
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…
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…
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…
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…
