Video credit: Perry Layne Productions

Climb-On Maps, LLC is a Limited Liability Corporation. Meet the people behind Climb-On Maps:

Rick Momsen

• Rock climber - since 2005.
• Co-founder
• Approaching 20 years experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (aka. mapping). This includes:
  
  • Geospatial surveys for the U.S. Department of Defense;
    
  • GIS for local, county, and federal government agencies.
    
  • Owner of Sagebrush Geospatial.
    
• Maps the trails with Stef (hiking and GPSing trails, taking photos of routes and trail features, climbing routes to capture walk-offs.)
  
• Spends countless hours using GIS software processing and analyzing the data to translate it into maps you can use!
  

Photo Credit: Lady Lockoff

Stefani Dawn

• Rock climber - Since 2007
• Co-founder
• Manages the social media and business-side of Climb-On Maps.
• Supports the graphic design of the maps (in partnership with Bob Deck Graphic Design),
  
• Maps the trails with Rick (hiking and GPSing trails, taking photos of routes and trail features, climbing routes to capture walk-offs.)
  
• Has more degrees than she knows what to do with (M.A., M.S., PhD) and has held numerous leadership positions at Universities and is quite content being outside!
• Loves climbing, writes about it, and the creator of the Common Climber website (www.commonclimber.com) and writer.

Photo Credit: Lady Lockoff

The Climb-On Maps Story

Rick and Stefani are avid rock climbers who love to travel, explore, and climb. We got incredibly frustrated when our precious weekend or climbing vacation time was consumed by attempting to find climbs, rather than climbing. We also didn't appreciate it when the walk-off for a climb resulted in an epic or felt more dangerous than the climb itself.

After repeatedly facing these experiences, and hearing similar frustrations from other climbers, we decided to do something about it - make detailed maps of the approaches and walk-offs of some of the U.S.'s most popular (and often confusing) climbing areas (currently we are getting ready to publish Red Rock Canyon, NV, Joshua Tree, CA, and Smith Rock, OR).

Making maps was the perfect marriage of Rick and Stefani's passion for rock climbing (and, as a married couple, each other) and Rick's 20 years of a GIS (Geographic Information System) professional.

We hope you will find this resource useful and that it will help you "Get there faster" so you can "climb-on!"