Terms of service

Prelaunch draft · September 11, 2026

1. The agreement

These terms are a contract between you and Recreation Leader LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, covering the Climb On app and related services. You accept them, and the privacy policy, by checking the agreement box when you create an account or when Climb On asks you to accept an updated version. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in force, and sections 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, and 11 survive the end of your account.

2. Who can use Climb On

You represent that you are 18 or older, able to form a binding contract, and not previously removed from the service. One account per person, and it must be yours.

3. Climbing is dangerous: assumption of risk

ROCK CLIMBING, BOULDERING, AND BELAYING ARE SPORT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT CARRY INHERENT AND SERIOUS RISKS, INCLUDING FALLS, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, ROCKFALL, BELAYER ERROR, THE MISTAKES OR MISREPRESENTATIONS OF OTHER CLIMBERS, WEATHER AND TERRAIN HAZARDS, PERMANENT DISABILITY, PARALYSIS, AND DEATH. CLIMB ON INTRODUCES CLIMBERS; IT DOES NOT TRAIN, CERTIFY, SUPERVISE, OR VOUCH FOR THEM. BY USING CLIMB ON YOU VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY ASSUME ALL RISKS OF CLIMBING AND OF MEETING PEOPLE THROUGH THE SERVICE, WHETHER OR NOT A RISK IS LISTED HERE.

4. No background checks

RECREATION LEADER LLC DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, IDENTITY VERIFICATION, OR SKILLS SCREENING ON ANY USER, AND DOES NOT VERIFY THE TRUTH OF ANY PROFILE. GRADES, BELAY EXPERIENCE, GEAR, AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON A PROFILE ARE SELF-REPORTED. YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING A PARTNER BEFORE YOU MEET THEM AND BEFORE ANYONE LEAVES THE GROUND.

5. Release and covenant not to sue

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY OREGON LAW, YOU RELEASE RECREATION LEADER LLC, ITS OWNER, AND ITS AGENTS FROM ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE CONNECTED TO THE SERVICE OR TO ANY CLIMB, MEETING, OR INTERACTION WITH ANOTHER USER, INCLUDING CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF OTHER USERS, IN-PERSON MEETINGS, AND BELAYING, AND YOU COVENANT NOT TO SUE ON ANY RELEASED CLAIM, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN. THIS RELEASE BINDS YOUR HEIRS, ESTATE, AND REPRESENTATIVES. IT DOES NOT RELEASE GROSS NEGLIGENCE, RECKLESSNESS, OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT, AND IT IS INTENDED TO BE CONSTRUED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF OREGON LAW.

6. Your content

You own what you post. You grant Recreation Leader LLC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, resize, adapt, and display your content as needed to operate the service, such as serving your photos through our hosting providers. Post only content you have rights to, and nothing unlawful, hateful, sexual, or deceptive. The license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for enforcement records we retain under the privacy policy.

7. Community conduct

The community guidelines are part of these terms: partner-finding only, honest grades, no harassment, no threats, no sexual content, no spam, no impersonation, and no fake profiles. Reporting hides a climber from you. Our support team reviews reports and can restrict accounts. We may remove content or accounts that break these terms, at our sole discretion, with or without notice, and there is no zero-tolerance exception for paying subscribers.

8. Plans, packs, and billing

Climber is free with ads and daily limits. Sender is $3 per month or $20 per year, billed through your Apple Account and renewing automatically until you cancel. Cancel any time before your subscription renews through Manage subscription in the app or in Settings > your name > Subscriptions, and you keep Sender through the period you paid for. Stick clip and rewind packs are one-time purchases that never expire. Except where law requires, purchases are non-refundable; Apple's refund policies apply.

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Recreation Leader LLC, its owner, and its agents from claims, damages, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, brought by you or by third parties, including your heirs, estate, or climbing partners, arising out of your use of the service, your content, your interactions or climbs with other users, or your breach of these terms.

10. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ACCURACY OF PROFILE INFORMATION. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, RECREATION LEADER LLC IS NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, AND ITS TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATED TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM. THESE LIMITS DO NOT APPLY TO GROSS NEGLIGENCE, RECKLESSNESS, OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT, OR WHERE THE LAW FORBIDS THEM.

11. Disputes and arbitration

These terms are governed by Oregon law. ANY DISPUTE THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED INFORMALLY OR IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION IN DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, UNDER THE CONSUMER RULES OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION, AND YOU AND RECREATION LEADER LLC EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION. You may opt out of arbitration by emailing contact@climbon.recreationleader.com within 30 days of creating your account.

12. Apple

These terms are between you and Recreation Leader LLC, not Apple. Apple has no obligation to maintain or support the app and is not responsible for it or for any claims relating to it. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you. You represent that you are not in a country under a U.S. government embargo and are not on any U.S. government restricted-party list.

13. Leaving

Pause hides you from discovery. Deleting your account removes your profile, photos, connections, chats, and stats; enforcement records may be retained as described in the privacy policy. We may suspend or end accounts that violate these terms or create risk for the community, at our sole discretion.

14. Changes and contact

We may update these terms; material changes are announced in the app or by email before they take effect, and Climb On will ask you to accept a materially updated version before you continue. These terms and the privacy policy are the entire agreement, you may not assign them, we are not liable for delays caused by events beyond our reasonable control, and our not enforcing a term is not a waiver. Questions: contact@climbon.recreationleader.com.