Terms

BelayBoard is a noticeboard. It helps climbers at The Boulders find each other and arrange to climb together. That is all it does.

It is not a supervision service, an instruction service, or a guiding service. We introduce people. What happens after that is between you and the person you climb with.

BelayBoard does not check anybody's belay skills, experience, or judgement.

A profile on this board is a description somebody wrote about themselves. It is not a qualification, not a certification, and not a recommendation from us or from The Boulders. Somebody saying they climb 5.11 does not mean they can keep you safe.

Before you tie in with anybody, check each other the way you would with any new partner: talk through what you are doing, watch their knot and their belay, and follow The Boulders's rules and checks. If something feels off, do not climb. You are responsible for your own safety and for the safety of the person you are belaying.

Climbers aged 16 and over who climb at The Boulders. One account each, and the information on it should be genuinely about you.

Use BelayBoard the way you would use the board on the wall:

Be straightforward and polite. Do not harass anybody, do not send repeated notes to somebody who has not replied, and do not use the board to ask people out rather than to climb.

Do not use it to advertise, sell things, recruit clients, or collect other climbers' contact details. Do not copy profiles off the board.

If somebody makes you uncomfortable, tell us. There is no block or report button yet. While this is a pilot, say something to the staff at The Boulders, or email us, and we will deal with it by hand. We would much rather hear about it early.

Notes between climbers are private, and we do not read them as a matter of course. If you tell us about a note, we will look at that note so we can deal with it.

We can hide a profile or close an account if somebody is making the board worse for everybody else. For anything serious we will involve The Boulders.

BelayBoard is built for The Boulders and with their cooperation, but it is run by us, not by the gym. The gym is not responsible for the service, for what climbers write on it, or for what happens between climbers who meet through it.

The gym's own rules, waivers and belay checks apply inside the building exactly as they always have. Nothing here replaces them.

This is an early product run by a very small team. It may be unavailable, it may lose things, and features will change. We provide it as it is, without warranties.

We are not liable for what happens between climbers who meet here, for anything anybody writes on the board, or for any injury, loss or damage arising from climbing with somebody you found through BelayBoard.

These terms are governed by the laws of British Columbia and the laws of Canada that apply there.

If these terms change in a way that matters, we will say so on the site.

Questions: hello@belayboards.ca