If you hike, climb, run, bike or simply live the mountain in some way, we have an important invitation: answer the Mountaineering Census 2025 (CEMON)! The Census is a voluntary project, created by mountaineer Giselle Melo, that seeks to identify the community’s profile and better understand how we practice, relate to, and consume the outdoor universe in Brazil.
The proposal is simple: transform experience into data. And quality data, well collected and interpreted, can become the basis for more serious and grounded debates about infrastructure, safety, behavior in natural environments, access, markets, and the directions of mountaineering in the country.
Objectives of the Mountaineering Census 2025:
- Survey the profile of those who practice activities in mountain environments;
- Understand which activities are practiced and delve into specific items;
- Map engagement with mountaineering;
- Capture perceptions about infrastructure and safety;
- Identify consumption and behavior in natural environments.
Why is it worth answering?
Because mountaineering is made by the community — but for this community to be heard, it needs to show up. Participating in the Census is a practical way of saying: “I’m here, I practice, I have habits, I have perceptions and needs”.
The Census organization emphasizes that there is no participant identification, reinforcing that participation is anonymous and that data will be used in aggregate form for statistical purposes. And the more responses from different regions, contexts and realities, the more real the national scenario we’ll be able to visualize with this data will be.
How does data access work?
At the end of the collection period (02/27/2026) the data will be statistically processed, then a report will be consolidated and published. The best part is that the entire mountaineering community will have access to the report!
It’s worth mentioning that this is not the first Mountaineering Census. The first one was conducted in 1998, then there were new editions in: 2005, 2029, 2010, 2015, by other mountaineers, but they were smaller surveys and some more focused on the climbing audience. CEMON had its 1st edition in 2020 and now in 2025 the Census takes on a larger scale, with the support of various national institutions and personalities from the mountaineering world.
“Thought-provoking” questions that make you want to answer
Without spoiling the experience – because the cool thing is for you to go there and see the questionnaire – the opening text itself delivers some themes that resonate with any mountaineer:
- What activities do you practice (and how often)?
- How do you perceive the infrastructure in the mountain areas where you go?
- How do you evaluate safety and conduct in natural environments?
- What and how do you consume in the outdoor universe (equipment, services, habits)?
- What is your level of experience/engagement with mountaineering?
Some of these topics make for good conversations among friends, post-hike or post-climb. That’s why it makes a lot of sense to put all this into one big conversation circle, involving the entire Brazilian mountaineering community, so we can learn about the realities and challenges of other mountaineers scattered across our continental country.
How to access and answer the Mountaineering Census
To answer the Mountaineering Census 2025 access: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBbhGw-ts-ffpfccAFik03-8lDGFvtmWxbM6O5ELP91cgAVw/viewform?usp=send_form
Extra information and updates can be followed on Instagram: @censo_montanhismo
If the mountain is part of your life, set aside a few minutes and answer. The survey is long, but it’s very much worth dedicating a few minutes to it! It’s a simple action that can help transform what we experience into useful information — and thus strengthen the entire community.
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