Chair: Matt Villani

The Outing Club climbs such locations as the Gunks and Little Falls, and take trips to local indoor rock gyms such as AIR and Electric City. The ROC Climbing wall is now open, located in the 87 Gym!

• Club Climbing Policies

Rock Climbing Leaders:

Class A:

• Jeff Moss

Class B:

Class C:

• Pat Carey
• Matt Filippelli
• Greg Moore
• Andrew Shilliday
• Scott Stepenuck
• Matt Villani

Class D:

Climbing Wall Leaders:

• Hari Acharya
• Phil Bracken
• Adam Brown
• Michael Chu
• John Debs
• Gabe Diaz
• Scott Dugas
• Steve Grandpre
• Alex Grintsvayg
• David Hallock
• David Hussey
• Yusuf Iqbal
• John Lembke
• Mike Miller
• Blount Monica
• Jeff Moss
• Scott Murawski
• Matt Oakley
• Sam Owens
• Ben Polito
• Dan Skellie
• Brent Solina
• Matt Spencer
• Lawrence (Charlie) Stoker
• Ryan Twardowski
• Andrew Verge
• Matt Villani
• Scott Youmans

Useful Links:

• Dr. Topo: Guides to popular climbing places across the country. Great for planning road trips.
• New England Bouldering: Information on bouldering in New England. Has an active discussion board with local information on comps.
• Rock Climbing.com: Anything and everything you wanted to know about rock climbing including gear reviews, conditions, discussion boards, and routes.
• 10 Minute Hangboard Workout: Metolius's 10 minute hangboard workouts for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced climber. Great for keeping in shape when you can't get to the gym.
• Rock and Snow A great rock climbing and ice climbing shop in New Paltz, NY.

Places To Climb Inside:

• ROC Climbing Wall: Coming Soon to the '87 Gym!!!
• Electric City Rock Gym: Climbing gym in Schenectady with a separate bouldering room.
• Albany Indoor Rock Gym: Climbing gym in Albany with lots of routes (including roof climbs). Also has an elaborate system of caves running behind the walls for when your arms get tired.

Places To Climb Outside:

• Little Falls (Little Falls, NY): TR, Trad, & a little Bouldering
• Shawgunks - Trapps Road, Lost City, Peterskill (New Paltz, NY): TR, Trad, & Bouldering at all 3 locations, though Peterskill is known for its bouldering.
• McKenzie Pond (Lake Placid, NY): Bouldering
• Great Barrington (Great Barrington, MA): Bouldering
• Rose Ledges (Rose Ledges, MA): TR & Trad.
• Rumney (Rumney, NH): The best place for sport climbing in the northeast. Also has TR, Trad, & a little Bouldering.
• Buck Mountain (Lake George, NY): TR, Trad, & Sport.
• Directions to some of the outside places