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…
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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…
Access Fund Awards $10,000 in Inaugural JEDI Grants
In its inaugural round of JEDI Grants, Access Fund awarded $10,000 to four projects focused on making making climbing a place where all people can thrive.
Access Fund and SNCC File Administrative Appeal to Calico Basin Management Plan
Calico Basin Recreation Area in Red Rock National Conservation Area (Red Rock) provides hundreds of easy-to-access, high-quality rock climbing…
LCO 101: The Tech Stack
With the multitude of goals any local climbing organization (LCO) needs its tech stacks to accomplish—member/donor database, marketing platform, volunteer…
Protecting Climbing Starts with Us: A Message from Conrad Anker
Access Fund is on the front lines fighting to keep the gates to climbing open, but success has become more complicated. As threats to the land increase,…
Act Now: Protect Clean Air in California's Climbing Areas
Climbers from around the world visit California’s national parks and wilderness areas to enjoy some of the world’s best climbing, from Yosemite to Joshua…
Energy Development Threatens Climbing in Unaweep Canyon
GRAND JUNCTION, CO — Colorado’s Unaweep Canyon—home to exceptional sandstone and granite climbing—is in the crosshairs of a massive new energy development…
A Sustainable Future for Climbing—Now!
Climbing has reached a tipping point. The number of people recreating outside has exploded, pushing the environmental impacts of overuse to unsustainable…
From Defense to Offense: The Future of Climbing Advocacy
As Access Fund wraps up its 30th year, you’d forgive many of its members and supporters for having a sense of déjà vu. In California, for example, Joshua…
It's Time to Embrace Sustainable Access
There is something so beautiful in the simplicity of climbing. At Access Fund, our mission is to protect that magical experience for you and your friends…
Access Fund Signs Indigenous Field Guide Pledge
Indigenous peoples have lived on and stewarded the lands we climb on for countless generations. With that in mind, Access Fund believes that the climbing…