Mountain Project is a website that serves as a

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to more than 300,000 climbing routes across the world. The website is operated by Adventure Projects Inc., a

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-based company, founded by Nick Wilder and Andy Laakmann in 2005 and purchased on June 11, 2015 by REI. Adventure Projects, Inc. subsequently became independent and has since been acquired by onX. Adventure Projects Inc. has expanded from its initial focus by creating ''MTBProject.com'', a website for

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trail maps, ''HikingProject.com'' for hiking trails, ''PowderProject.com'' for

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trails and ''TrailRunProject.com'' for

cross-country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...

trails.

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