All Climbing

Today I’m announcing the launch of ClimbingVibe, a community driven links site for climbing, bouldering, and mountaineering related articles and blog posts.

ClimbingVibe quickly lets you find the most relevant and interesting climbing content. When I started blogging on All Climbing, there were surprisingly few climbing blogs. Now there are hundreds and it’s tough to read them all (and believe me, I am trying). And that doesn’t include the various other climbing sites, portals, forums, and online magazines.

The main goals of ClimbingVibe are to make it easier for climbers to find quality posts and to promote the best climbing writing on the internet. I’ve been posting interesting climbing links and news in short “Quick Sends” posts, but there is simply too much good stuff to always get them in these. ClimbingVibe will hopefully fill this need.

Composed of short posts, ClimbingVibe items typically highlight a single link. Posts and comments on these items can be made by anyone (even anonymously), but to reduce spam numerous protections have been built in.

New visitors to the site are also encouraged to register. Registering, while not required to read or comment on posts, provides the following benefits:

• Ability to vote on posted climbing items.
• Posts and comments include the full URL to your website or blog.
• CAPTCHAs on posts and comments disappear when you’re logged in.

The site initially has a minimalist layout by design, but this will likely change quickly as the site grows.

There are some exciting features that will be released in the upcoming months as development continues. The major ones will be mentioned briefly here on All Climbing and the rest will be posted to ClimbingVibe itself.

I’m very interested in what you think. Please comment your thoughts on this and leave any suggestions to improving the site.

• Tags: Climbing, climbing blog, climbing site