Editing Climbing guidebook (section)

===Climbing databases===
In recent years, many climbing guidebooks have been published in digital format, often for display in [[smartphone]] applications as apps.<ref>{{cite web | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/gear/6-must-have-climbing-apps/ | title=The Best Climbing Apps of 2023  | date=29 September 2023 | accessdate=28 October 2023 | first=Aaron | last=Gerry}}</ref> This medium offers the benefit of continuous updates, as well as rapid searching, and in some cases, GPS navigation and [[three dimensional]] diagrams.<ref name=CL1/><ref>{{cite web | magazine=Gripped Magazine| date=17 July 2023 | accessdate=3 November 2023 | first=Aaron | last=Pardy | url=https://gripped.com/profiles/has-the-future-of-climbing-guidebooks-arrived-in-squamish/ | title=Has the Future of Climbing Guidebooks Arrived in Squamish?}}</ref> There are now several major online climbing route databases including 'theCrag.com' and '[[Mountain Project|MountainProject.com]]', however, climbing authors note that the need for 'physical guidebooks' that can be carried by climbers to (often) remote crags remains (many have physical and online editions).<ref name=CM3/><ref name=CM2>{{cite web | website=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/people/semi-rad-in-praise-of-guidebooks/ | title=Semi-Rad: In Praise of Guidebooks | first=Brendan | last=Leonard | date=12 April 2016 | accessdate=5 May 2024}}</ref>