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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

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and was created as the climbing community realized the need for an organization to represent climbing and climbers' rights in the US.Fields, Jenn.
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'' (October 21, 2011). The Access Fund became its own

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in 1991. The organization is based out of

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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.

References

External links

Web SiteCalifornia Mountaineering GroupMid Atlantic Climbers, an Access Fund affiliate organization focusing on climbing areas in the Mid Atlantic Region
Access Fund, The Non-profit organizations based in Colorado {{Climbing