Destinations

www.bouldering.com — The Bouldering Domain — Info, maps and photos of bouldering areas.

www.gorge.net/hamg — The High Altitude Medicine Guide — Provides current medical information on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of altitude illness, as well as other health issues affecting travelers to high mountainous regions of the world.

www.mteverest.com — Mount Everest Website — Contains links to sites about the world's tallest mountain.

www.climbingmtshasta.org/ — Mount Shasta Climber's Guide — Provides trip-planning information.

www.info-nepal.com — Nepal Home Page — Information about the country and the Himalayas.

www.aconcagua.net — Official Web Site of Mount Aconcagua — Information on the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere including weather, guides, equipment, statistics, routes and photographs of other climbers.

www.risk.ru/eng/news — Risk Online — Russian site covering outdoor activities with an emphasis on climbing, mountaineering, skydiving and extreme skiing.

www.rocklist.com — RockList — Arizona-based site that provides climbing news, articles, editorial commentary, trip reports, area guides and route information. Also includes an online guidebook authored by readers.

www.webclimbing.com — Web Climbing — Offers slide shows and streaming video of rock climbing around the world.

Gear Care and Repair

www.davepagecobbler.com — Dave Page, Cobbler — Seattle-based repair shop resoles hiking and mountaineering boots, rock shoes and more.

www.redrockresole.com — Red Rock Resole — Rock shoe resoling near the Red Rocks climbing area of southern Nevada.

www.nikwax-usa.com — Nikwax — Makers of waterproofing and cleaning products for outdoor clothing, footwear and gear, including climbing ropes.

Kid's Programs

www.verticalendeavors.com — Vertical Endeavours — Indoor climbing gym in St. Paul with courses for kids and teens.

www.juniorclimbing.org — Junior Competition Climbing Association — Devoted to competitive climbing for youths up to age of 19.

Media

www.climbing.about.com — climbing.about.com

www.climbingcentral.com — Climbing Central — Rock and Ice crag guide to the upper Midwest. Forums, guidebooks, gyms/guides, events, destinations map.

www.climbing.com — Climbing — Provides events, news, gear reviews, rock craft, ice craft and tech tips sections.

www.climbingsource.com — Climbing Source - Climbing weather, climbing beta, and more.

www.thedeadpoint.com — The Dead Point

www.freeclimbing.com — Freeclimbing

www.indoorclimbing.com — Indoor Climbing - Great climber's resource.  An extensive list of indoor gyms worldwide, gear & training info, competitions announcements and how to build a climbing wall.

www.psychovertical.com — PsychoVertical - A web site for the commited climber!

www.rockandgroove.com — Rock and Groove — Web publication with advice, events, articles and more.

www.rockandice.com — Rock and Ice — Includes local updates, trip reports, news, events and advice for beginners.

www.rockcomps.com — Rockcomps

www.smackmag.com — Provides info for boulderers.

www.spadout.com — Sports Adventure Outdoors — Rock Climbing Magazine.  This site has a great climbing gym locator.

www.verticaljones.com — Vertical Jones — The Midwest's very own climbing mag.

Organizations

www.adventureguidesintl.com — Adventure Guides International (AGI) — Guide service offering climbing expeditions worldwide.

www.alpineascents.com — Alpine Ascents International — Guide service for expeditions and treks; offers instruction at Alpine Ascents Mountaineering School in three locations, the North Cascades, Alaska Range and Greenland. Curriculum consists of specialized training courses designed for aspiring alpinists.

www.exumguides.com — Exum Mountain Guides — Provides mountain adventures for beginning, intermediate and advanced climbers. Established in l926, the year Paul Petzoldt began guiding in the Tetons. In 1931 his colleague, Glenn Exum, made the famous first ascent of the ridge on the Grand Teton that bears his name.

www.ime-usa.com/imcs — International Mountain Climbing School — Offers comprehensive climbing instruction and retail services for climbers from New England and around the country.

www.nirvanaclimbing.com — Nirvana Climbing Guides — Offers comprehensive climbing instruction and private guiding services for climbers from beginner to advanced. Located in Point Of Rocks, Maryland.

www.nols.edu/NOLSHome.html — National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) — Offers instruction in outdoor skills and leadership. Courses last from 10 days to full semesters in the world's most spectacular wilderness classrooms. NOLS estimates it has trained 50,000 outdoor leaders around the globe.

www.rockies-ice.com — Rockies Ice Specialists — The premier ice guides in the Canadian Rockies. Our Guides are ACMG certified, pro-climbers, local experts. We provide customized instruction and guided ascents amongst the worlds greatest Waterfall Ice Climbs. Based in Canmore, Alberta.

www.sylvanrocks.com — Sylvan Rocks Climbing School — Offers climbing instruction and guiding in the Black Hills of South Dakota and nearby Devil's Tower National Monument in northeast Wyoming.

Teen Programs

www.mountainschool.net — Northwest Mountain School — Seattle-based climbing program for youths ages 15 to 18. Most programs take place in the mountain ranges within a few hours drive from Seattle. Locations vary, including original-growth forest, alpine glaciers, sagebrush desert, rivers, and rock climbing areas in the Olympics, Cascades, and Alaska.

www.teenadventure.com — Teen Adventure.com — Information on outdoor activities for teens including rock climbing.

www.trailmark.com/ at_a_glance.html — Trailmark Expeditions — New York-based program for teens, with adventures on both coasts.

www.trailsws.com — Trails Wilderness School — Teen adventure program based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Women's Programs

www.goodadventure.com — Adventures in Good Company — Women's adventure travel company includes climbs in Joshua Tree.

members.aol.com/anniespeck — Annie Smith Peck — History of a climber, adventurer and suffragette who reached the summit of Mt. Huascaran in Peru in 1809.

www.arleneblum.com — Arlene Blum — Mountaineer and author of Annapurna: A Woman's Place. Information on the 1978 women's expedition and climbing in the Himalayas.

www.onr.com/user/ hotrod/climbingfemmes — Climbing Femmes — Women's climbing website.

www.athletics.cornell.edu/ coe/courses/climbing — Cornell University — Offers climbing courses for women.

www.gaiaadventures.com — Gaia Adventures — Canada-based site of adventure trips for women.

www.mountainwoman.com — Mountainwoman — Site for women adventurers and climbers.

www.passagesnw.org — Passages Northwest — Climbing and outdoor experiences for women and mother/daughter outings.

www.sheclimbs.org — Sheclimbs — "National Resource for Women Climbers".

www.womenclimbersnw.org — Women Climbers Northwest — Club for women climbers and hikers of all abilities. www.ime-usa.com/imcs: Women's Climbing Classes — Sponsored by the International Mountain Climbing School in New Hampshire.

www.womenthatrock.com — Women That Rock™ — Promotes and teaches safe climbing as well as individual responsibility.

www.womenswilderness.com — The Women's Wilderness Institute — Colorado-based expeditions for women.