Archive for Tuesday 25 July 2006

Earthclimber shows rock climbing spots with Google Earth

Use Earthclimber and Google Earth to locate climbing destinations worldwide.

Earthclimber is free to use. The website maintains a list of climbing destinations. Once you have Google Earth installed on your computer, you enter Earthclimber and navigate to your area of interest then view the climbing site in 3D.

There are 63 current locations as of 23 July 2006. To add a location, Earthclimber has a tutorial and registration form. They check each site submitted. Acceptable sites are: ‘rock climbing only’ sites; ‘easy access’; and no trespassing issues.

Some sites include: Baffin Island, Castle Crags, Shipton Spire and Torres del Paine.

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