How To Upload A First Ascent On Mountain Project

How are areas and route organized?

Areas are arranged in a hierarchy from states (and countries) down to small crags and individual boulders. States can have any number and levels of sub-areas. Complicated areas will have more sub-areas than straightforward ones. Sub-areas can contain either more sub-areas OR routes, but non both.

Do I demand to have climbed a route before calculation it?

Ideally, you should have climbed a route earlier adding it as you'll be able to describe it more accurately. There may be times when you can accurately enter a route without climbing it (e.g., a sport road right side by side to one you climbed with near identical features, and you were able to sentinel someone else and learn some beta from them).

Should I enter projects or potential routes?

No, delight simply enter complete routes that you've climbed and can accurately describe.

Should I enter all the areas and routes in my guidebook to 'build out' a crag?

Descriptions and photos are copyrighted and should non exist copied direct from a guidebook. Although sure factual data is not copyrighted, it is not ideal to copy them direct from a guidebook if you haven't actually climbed the routes.

How practise I add an area?

First, find the parent area that contains this area. From that folio, click Add To Folio and add your new surface area. Note you may need to starting time create intermediate sub-areas if they don't exist still. For example, if you take a small new crag in Colorado, and it doesn't belong in whatever existing sub-area of Colorado, you may first need to create a region that contains your new crag and other nearby new crags.

How exercise I add a route?

First, make certain the appropriate sub-area exists for this route - usually a named crag. You may need to create the sub-area outset. From the area page, click 'Add to Folio' on the top right and add your route.

What should I know about copyrighted material?

Do not copy text or photos directly from another website, guidebook or other publication. We want to respect copyrighted textile, and we would rather hear about the experience in your ain words anyway! If y'all know the original author or photographer, and they take given y'all permission to utilise the text or photos on Mount Project, please have them send usa an email at content@adventureprojects.net explicitly stating that they have granted yous permission to employ their material.

Can I request my local routes be removed from Mountain Projection?

In general, no. If routes are on public land and accept legal access, they belong on Mountain Projection. In that location are exceptions of course (for example, to protect a precarious access issue, or a nearby historic artifact), merely wanting to keep routes hush-hush or uncrowded is non grounds for removing routes.

Does the FA become to "own" a route on Mount Project?

We respect the hard work FAs do to provide all of usa with more than climbing opportunities. Simply the vast majority of routes have been added to this site by other folks. Mount Project is crowd-sourced data, and the user that adds a route on the site commencement generally remains the owner of it. If an FA would like to "own" a route submission on Mountain Project, and the the current possessor agrees, one of the Regional Admins can transfer it. All users tin can use the "Ameliorate This Folio" tool to correct or amend data virtually a climb.