HangaboutHangabout — Terms of Use
Effective 14 October 2026.
These terms apply when you use the Hangabout app. By using it you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the app.
Hangabout is operated by Lachlan Dowd ("we", "us"). Each gym that uses Hangabout runs its own content in the app; "the gym" means the gym you are using Hangabout at.
1. The app
Hangabout is free. It shows a gym's routes, walls, news and events, and lets you log and rate the routes you climb. You can browse without an account; some features need one.
2. Your account
- Give a real email address and keep your password to yourself. You're responsible for what happens on your account.
- You must be at least 13. If you're under 16, get a parent's or guardian's permission first.
- You can delete your account at any time in Me → Settings → Delete account. See our Privacy Policy for what that removes and what stays, anonymised.
3. What you post
Your username and profile photo are visible to each gym you've joined and, if you set routes, to other climbers. Don't use a username or photo that is offensive, impersonates someone, or infringes anyone's rights. Setters and staff are responsible for the routes, photos and notes they add on the gym's behalf.
We, and the gym, may remove a username, photo or other content that breaks these terms, and may suspend an account that keeps doing so. To report something, email support@hangabout.app — we'll look at it within 72 hours.
You keep ownership of photos you upload. You give us and the gym permission to store and show them in the app for as long as they're there.
4. The gym's content
Route grades, hold colours, photos, news, events and opening details come from the gym. We don't check them and aren't responsible for their accuracy. Grades are a setter's opinion — that's half the fun.
5. Climbing is your risk
Hangabout is information, not instruction or supervision. A route's photo, grade, holds or "intended" sequence may be out of date or wrong — routes change, and holds spin. Climbing and bouldering carry a real risk of injury. Follow the gym's rules and staff, warm up, and climb within your ability. Nothing in the app replaces the gym's own safety guidance.
6. Fair use
Don't misuse the app: no attempting to access other people's information, interfering with the service, scraping it, or using it to break the law.
7. Our liability
We provide Hangabout "as is" and can't promise it will always be available or error-free. To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of it.
Nothing in these terms limits your rights under the Australian Consumer Law or any other law that can't be excluded.
8. Changes
We may update the app and these terms. If a change matters, we'll tell you in the app before it takes effect. Continuing to use Hangabout after that means you accept the new terms.
9. Law
These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia.
Contact
Lachlan Dowd · support@hangabout.app