About
Down To Go Up
Down to Go Up started out as a few friends from a climbing gym that started a group chat. We posted all sorts of things to the chat pertaining to our passion for climbing, but primarily, we used the chat to coordinate our arrival time to the gym so that we could partner up with someone from our group to belay and/or work on projects.
As we met new people at the gym, or recruited non-climbing friends to start climbing, we would add them to the chat and our group exploded to over 100 people. It was great! It made the gym a totally social event…..and as we worked out together, we would encourage each other and the better climbers would give tips and pointers to the less advanced climbers. And, we all got better! And, we all had fun!
The purpose of this website is to provide an opportunity for outdoor/sport enthusiasts to be able to coordinate with people with the same interests and possibly create a “buddy system”. If you are traveling and want to know the best climbing routes or want someone to ride up the local hill climb with on your road or mountain bike or get out on a great hike – you can check this website to see if there are any matches in the area. And, it is a great way to meet like-minded people in the area in which you live and get together for some new adventures.
About the information grab we ask for…..
The forms ask for a name, activities you are interested in (with a few questions about skill level), an email address, and/or a phone number. That’s it. If you are sketched out about putting such information on a website, no worries….put in a nickname for your name and create a secondary email address. We don’t use the information for anything except having it available for others to use as a resource. We won’t email you or call you or make fun of your nickname.