To the climbing community: Our organizations had originally planned to distribute the following COVID-19 climbing guidelines at an earlier date. When George Floyd’s murder and the collective response to police brutality gripped the nation, we decided to delay publishing in order to not take up space from the Black Lives Matter movement. The crisis of […]
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We stand in solidarity with the Black community and the protesters demanding justice for the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others. Police brutality and miscarriages of justice must end. We also recognize that we need to take a look at ourselves and our behaviors, do the work, and take concrete
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Whether your favorite climbing area is a crag adjacent to the city, deep in the backcountry, or somewhere in between, we as climbers have all been significantly impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 health emergency. Every state in the mid-Atlantic region currently has a stay at home order in place which limits travel and our daily
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Usually this is the time of the year Mid Atlantic Climbers announces our full Spring Adopt a Crag schedule and invites volunteers to sign up. Over the past few months, our leadership team has worked with local land managers and partners to plan six events to help conserve climbing resources and maintain good relationships with
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Hundreds of climbers in the mid-Atlantic region urge the Park to develop a collaborative Climbing Management Plan Hundreds of climbers in the mid-Atlantic region are urging Harpers Ferry National Historical Park to lift its current climbing closures and develop a collaborative Climbing Management Plan based on public input and best practices. In the past three
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On Monday, July 9, Mid Atlantic Climbers (MAC) and Access Fund (AF) sent a letter to express our disappointment in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park’s June 2017 Superintendent’s Compendium, Section 13 that lists rock climbing access closures and restrictions. The letter also requested that Harpers Ferry retract Section 13 and initiate a transparent, collaborative process
Did you know Mid Atlantic Climbers is an all volunteer organization? As our membership continues to grow, we’re looking for new volunteers to help fulfill our mission of preserving access to climbing areas in the Mid-Atlantic region, while promoting responsible climbing and environmental stewardship. Currently we are seeking to fill an open board position
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2016 was another banner year for climbing access in the mid-Atlantic region. Thanks to the support of Mid Atlantic Climbers members and volunteers, last year we continued to expand our community of climbing stewards and build relationships with local land managers in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. MAC volunteers put in 816 hours of
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Thurmont, MD. June 22, 2016. As the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of our National Park Service, Mid Atlantic Climbers and Access Fund applaud Catoctin Mountain Park for restoring bouldering access, allowing the mid-Atlantic climbing community a chance to discover one of the national parks in their own backyard. “In 2014, Mid Atlantic Climbers contacted
As reported last February, comments to the Catoctin Mountain Park Superintendent’s Compendium by Mid Atlantic Climbers and the Access Fund resulted in the beginning of a dialogue with park staff about the future of bouldering access. Since 2012, bouldering in the park has been effectively disallowed, as park rules have confined all climbing to only
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