Protect the places we climb.
From our gym walls to the crags, climbing only stays open when climbers protect it. Add $1 a month to your membership and 5.Life will match it, dollar for dollar.
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Access to climbing isn’t guaranteed.
Every crag you’ve topped out on and every wall you’ve trained on is there because someone worked to protect it. Trails need care, land needs stewards and climbing areas need advocates.
Since 2014, $1 for Access has been our in-house initiative to help provide and preserve access to climbing, indoors and out, for all.
It’s the smallest add-on we offer, and 5.Life matches every dollar, so your $1 does the work of $2. Because of you, it’s added up to something big.
Your $1 becomes $2.
No forms, no fundraising pressure. Just a dollar that joins everyone else’s.
Ask to add it
Tap the button to email our membership team and ask to add $1 to your monthly membership.
It rides along
Your $1 is added to your monthly membership. That’s only $12 a year.
We match it
5.Life matches every dollar, $1 for $1. Together, our community’s dollars help protect and conserve the climbing environment, indoors and out.
Prefer a one-time gift?
A flat donation goes a long way too. Not a member, or want to give more? Email our membership team and we’ll help you give any amount.
From gyms to crags.
The climbing community extends from our gyms to the crags. Meet the local and national climbing organizations and community groups that can help take your climbing to new heights.
American Alpine Club
The AAC shares and supports a passion for climbing and respect for the places we climb. Gym and trad climbers, sport climbers and mountaineers, boulderers, backcountry skiers and alpinists: the largest community of climbers in the country.
Learn more →Ohio Climbers Coalition
The OCC promotes and protects Ohio’s climbing for generations to come. Its grassroots membership increases climbers’ influence on local policy and powers advocacy and stewardship work.
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Access Fund
A national nonprofit advocacy organization that leads and inspires the climbing community toward sustainable access and conservation of the climbing environment.
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New River Alliance of Climbers
NRAC preserves and promotes access to climbing in the New River Gorge, an international destination with thousands of trad and sport climbs and a fast-growing selection of world-class bouldering.
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Red River Gorge Climbers’ Coalition
RRGCC secures and protects open, public access to rock climbing in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge and promotes conservation of the lands where we climb.
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Queer Climbing Columbus
A community-run group of LGBTQIA+ climbers with weekly events at 5.Life gyms. Climbers who identify receive discounted day passes. Follow them on Instagram for upcoming events.
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Community Climbing Days
Climbing is for everyone. Designated days with $9 day passes and rental gear included, built to encourage connection, celebrate diversity and make climbing more accessible.
Learn more →Every dollar, matched.
Add $1 a month and 5.Life matches it, or make a one-time gift in any amount.
Keep climbing open for the next climber.
Add $1 a month and 5.Life will match it, or make a one-time gift. Every dollar goes a long way toward protecting the places we climb.