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Australian Climbing Association Website 24-Feb-2006 At 1:52:27 PM MrKyle

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Fellow climbers:
The website of the Australian Climbing Association (ACA) is officially launched today.

Who is the ACA? In short, we are a non-profit organisation created to further the interests of climbers,
of all disciplines, across the country. If you haven't heard of the ACA before now, don't be concerned -
we have been keeping a low profile. The answers to any other questions you have about the ACA you
can find through our website.

We have spent quite a bit of effort into building our website. We realise that it is the mechanism to
stay constantly involved with the climbing community. The website offers:
• A country-wide user-contributed Route Register;
• User-contributed news (routes, boulders and mountains); and
• A forum.

The website is not designed to replace local communities and forums like this one. It is designed to
supplement them. The Route Register in particular offers something new:
• It aims to be the original and accurate source of ALL route information in the country;
• It is completely searchable;
• It integrates the latest Access, Maintenance and Safety information;
• It is maintained by the users in a collaborative fashion;
• It allows users to record their ascents, which are used to adjust ratings and grades over time;
and (most importantly)
• It belongs to the community and is completely free to use.
Currently the Route Register contains 2,800 routes in 100 crags, and most of these are in the Blue
Mountains. It is a start, but we need more. Certainly we could do with some 'volunteers' to take
ownership of more crags and areas.

I think that is enough by way of introductions.
You will find us at www.climb.org.au

Cheers,
Kyle Dunsire (secretary).