according to google analytics my 28 day active users is 134. I haven't really tried to grow an active community yet to be honest. I feel like I need to fill out some more destinations(I'm missing a lot of south america and africa) before I pursue that.

Beyond that, there isn't really a strong need for anything social given what the core product does. On the other hand, you're right, the site feels very empty because of that... maybe I just miss websites from the 2000's haha.

I bought a couple 80meter ropes and I plan on doing some giveaway promotions to hopefully drive some traffic once the pandemic has subsided though. I'll have to think about a social aspect to the site I suppose.

To me it sounds like a nomadlist-type model could work. What draws people in to nomadlist is the info (cities, budget, etc..). What hooks them is the community (forum, Slack chat, # of nomads in the city).