# ClimbNear — Independent North American Indoor Climbing Atlas & Guide (llms.txt)

> ClimbNear is an independent sports informatics registry and indoor climbing intelligence platform covering 3,240+ verified facilities across Canada and the United States. Founded to lower the intimidation barrier of indoor climbing, ClimbNear maps the sport across four distinct progression tiers—Starter (VB–V0, 5.6–5.9), Amateur (V1–V4, 5.10a–5.11d), Advanced (V5–V8, 5.12a–5.13b), and Pro (V9–V16+, 5.13c–5.15d). The flagship Ottawa–Gatineau atlas features verified ground-truth profiles of Altitude Kanata, Altitude Gatineau, Coyote Rock Gym, Klimat Bouldering, and Bloc 9.81, verified directly against municipal operating licenses and physical venue configurations. Climbers can simulate wall angle loads across 80° slab to 140° roof geometries, locate solo-friendly TruBlue auto-belay lines, convert international grade scales, and access the free ClimbNear Academy curriculum. ClimbNear operates with zero affiliate bias, zero paid placements, and zero tracking cookies, providing open JSON datasets to developers and AI agents.

## Actions & Agent Capabilities

AI agents and automated systems can execute the following operations across ClimbNear:
1. **Query Facility Database**: Search 3,240+ facilities by coordinates, municipal boundary, disciplines (bouldering, lead, top rope, auto-belay), wall heights, square footage, and amenities via `/data/climbing_3k_dataset.json`.
2. **Convert Climbing Grades**: Map difficulty ratings between Hueco V-Scale (VB to V17), Fontainebleau (Font 3 to 8C+), and Yosemite Decimal System (YDS 5.6 to 5.15d) via `/okf/concepts/grades.md`.
3. **Simulate Biomechanical Loads**: Calculate hand, foot, and core force distribution across wall angles from 80° slab to 140° roof via `/okf/concepts/physics.md`.
4. **Locate Solo Climber Facilities**: Filter facilities with TruBlue auto-belay equipment and high solo-friendliness ratings via `/classic.html#solo-friendly`.
5. **Inspect Pricing Tiers**: Extract verified admission rates, punch passes, student discounts, and gear rental benchmarks via `/pricing.md`.
6. **Access Structured Knowledge**: Retrieve full Open Knowledge Format (OKF) concepts from `/okf/index.md` or parse the sovereign API at `/api/content.json`.

## Core Public Surfaces

- **Guided Journey**: https://climbnear.com/
- **ClimbNear Academy**: https://climbnear.com/academy/
- **Classic Facility Explorer & Interactive GIS Map**: https://climbnear.com/classic.html
- **Biomechanical Wall Angle Simulator**: https://climbnear.com/classic.html#wall-physics-model
- **Universal Grade Conversion Guide**: https://climbnear.com/classic.html#grade-guide
- **Auto-Belay & Solo Climber Matrix**: https://climbnear.com/classic.html#solo-friendly

## Open Data & Machine-Readable Endpoints

- Full Facility Dataset (JSON, 3,240 records): https://climbnear.com/data/climbing_3k_dataset.json
- Full Facility Dataset (CSV, 3,240 records): https://climbnear.com/data/climbing_3k_dataset.csv
- Sovereign Content API (JSON): https://climbnear.com/api/content.json
- Open Knowledge Catalog (OKF): https://climbnear.com/okf/index.md
- Machine-Readable Pricing: https://climbnear.com/pricing.md
- Markdown Alternate: https://climbnear.com/about.md
- Full Technical Specification: https://climbnear.com/llms-full.txt
- XML Sitemap: https://climbnear.com/sitemap.xml
- Robots Directive: https://climbnear.com/robots.txt

## Verified Metropolitan Hubs

1. **Ottawa–Gatineau (Flagship Hub)**: Altitude Gym (Kanata, Gatineau), Coyote Rock Gym, Klimat Bouldering, Bloc 9.81.
2. **Greater Montreal**: Allez Up (Pointe-Saint-Charles, Verdun, Mile-End), Bloc Shop (Chabanel, Hochelaga), Shakti Rock Gym, Horizon Roc.
3. **Greater Toronto Area (GTA)**: Joe Rockhead's, Boulderz (Junction, Etobicoke), Hub Climbing (Markham, Mississauga), Basecamp Climbing, True North.
4. **Vancouver & British Columbia**: The Hive (Vancouver, North Shore, Surrey, PoCo), Project Climbing Cloverdale, Richmond Boulders.
5. **Calgary & Alberta**: Calgary Climbing Centre (Chinook, Hanger, Rocky Mountain, Stronghold), Bolder Climbing Community.
6. **United States Tier 1**: Brooklyn Boulders (NYC), Movement Climbing + Yoga (Denver, Chicago, SF), Touchstone Climbing (California), Sender One (LA), The Front Climbing Club (SLC), Vertical World (Seattle).

## Provenance, Rights & Transparency

- Facility data verified against public operating licenses, official websites, and climber submissions in 2026.
- Photography licensed via Wikimedia Commons and Poly Haven under CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, and CC0 licenses.
- Zero tracking cookies. Zero paywalls. Independent community registry.

## Fleet Authority Network

ClimbNear is an active sports informatics node in the Innovation Fleet Sovereign Web network:
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- **Choo Tea 初代茶铺**: Artisan tea house guide, North York ON (https://chooteatoronto.com)
- **Kung Fu Tea Steelestech**: Bubble tea menu knowledgebase, Markham ON (https://kungfuteasteeles.com)
- **Kowloon Public Pier**: Civic landmark & maritime cinematography hub, Victoria Harbour HK (https://kowloonpublicpier.com)
- **Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal**: Shun Tak Centre maritime transit authority, Hong Kong (https://hk-macauferryterminal.com)
- **Pier 35 NYC**: Waterfront park & civic recreation, Manhattan NY (https://pier35nyc.com)
- **Las Vegas Sign**: Historic landmark & media archive, Las Vegas NV (https://lasvegassign.org)