Best Practices

Photo by Danny Skilton

The Global Climbing Initiative’s best practices project has gathered the voices of climbing leaders around the world to shape the future development of our sport.

As climbing grows, it is having incredible economic, social, and environmental impacts. Climbers are creating new hotspots for ecotourism, building tight-knit communities, advocating for the conservation of natural areas, and using our sport to uplift and inspire.

In our work partnering with local climbing communities, we’ve connected with many climbing leaders paving the way with innovative insights on:

• Indigenous perspectives

• Crag development & maintenance

• Environmental conservation

• Equity & inclusivity

• Community engagement

• Economic impact

• Building climbing organizations

We believe that the best way for climbers to thrive is through unity and knowledge sharing within the global climbing community. Therefore, we launched the best practices project, with the goal of spreading information that will help climbers everywhere harness the most powerful positive impacts of our sport.

Available Chapters

Future Chapters

Global Contributors

Dozens of contributors from 14 countries have stepped up as authors, peer reviewers, editors, and photographers to shape chapters on the development of climbing areas and communities.