COMMUNITY

Climbing belongs to everyone.

Discover, track, and share life on the wall, worldwide.

01 · The thesis

Climbers move. So should the industry.

Climbing is growing. The digital infrastructure around it hasn’t kept up.

Climbers move between gyms, cities, styles, and partners. But most every gym runs its own memberships, check-in, day-pass rules, and its own walled-off community. A climber’s life is networked. Gym access isn’t.

MEGA connects climbers to each other — and gyms to climbers.


02 · What we are building

App first. Pass next. Infrastructure over time.

First, an app for climbers — find gyms & crags, find partners and plan sessions, track your visits, build a profile, join crews, take on quests.

Then, a pass — one membership across partner gyms. No separate day passes. No juggling memberships.

Over time, infrastructure — check-in, membership, analytics, and partner tools that help gyms run better and work together.


03 · What we believe

Connect the network. Don’t flatten it.

Climbing is social before it’s transactional.

Community is built on trust, repetition, and mentorship — not front-desk transactions.

New climbers are welcomed, not filtered out.

Independent gyms are cultural anchors, not just facilities.

Access should travel with the climber.

Gyms need shared infrastructure to cooperate — without being forced to become the same.

Data should serve climbers and gyms, not exploit them.

MEGA can be climbing’s membership layer — not by replacing gyms, but by connecting them.


04 · The wedge

Community first. The pass is earned.

First, community. When climbers already use MEGA to find each other, organize sessions, track progress, and discover gyms, the pass becomes a natural upgrade.

Then, gym utility. When gyms use MEGA for check-ins, member visibility, day-pass traffic, and analytics, the pass becomes a natural revenue layer.

Then, network effects. Every new climber makes the app more useful. Every new gym makes the pass more valuable. Every visit sharpens the data. Every connection makes the network harder to replace.


05 · The long-term vision

The operating system for climbing life.

MEGA becomes the default climbing network. Not just a pass. Not just a social app. Not just gym software.

A connected operating system for climbing life.

A climber lands in a new city, opens MEGA, and finds the right gym — sees who’s climbing, checks in, logs the session, joins a crew, finds outdoor partners, keeps moving.

A gym welcomes members, reads demand, fills off-peak hours, draws in travelers, processes access, and joins a larger independent network.

The opportunity: build the platform that makes climbing more accessible, more connected, and more resilient.

Shorthand

Access should travel with the climber.

Community is the wedge.

Gyms are cultural anchors.

Connect the network. Don’t flatten it.

Stewardship over gatekeeping.

The pass is earned by utility.

Your map, logbook, passport, and network.

The promise