About us
When we come together to climb we are holding space to be in our bodies, connect with breath and feel empowered.
equity > the send
community care > the send
cultural safety > the send
How we started
BelayAll was founded in 2018 by two climbers on unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territories by one white Latinx queer person and one trans and non-binary Iranian femme person. Together, they organized carpools to the crag, pooled gear and shared skills to enable better access to climbing within their immediate communities. At the local climbing gyms, BelayAll advocated for equitable pricing for drop-ins and held meetups for identities beyond the norms to model community care, de-centre white and cis-males in those spaces, undo toxicity and open doors for climbing to be used differently and meet different needs.
Since then, BelayAll has become a vehicle for change through grassroots organizing and mutual aid efforts. We don't address all the needs for care in our communities but we're always learning and working with other organizations towards equity. We have grown and learned so much from our partner organizations like Colour the Trails, Indigenous Womxn Climb and Indigenous Women Outdoors.
Today, BelayAll consists of a community of individuals with intersecting identities and a shared commitment to building sustainable communities across mediums. We support climbers who are changing the game in all aspects of their lives: shoutout to our members in STEM, our designers, artists, medical professionals, frontline workers, caregivers and the rest!
Since 2020, our programming has slowed to be especially responsive to health orders and the needs of community. Check out our resources page to connect to the broader community doing the work to change our environments (social, cultural, economic and environmental) for the better!
Photo credit: Lam Thuy Vo