Climbing resources for the Boston area

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Greater Boston:

Boston Chapter Mountaineering Committee (BCMC)

This is a committee of the Boston Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC). The Mountaineering Committee also hosts non-climbing social events for climbers and their families. [The Boston Chapter pages don't work very well without Javascript.]

Tuesday Night North Shore climbing

General information:

• The Tuesday Night schedule for 2008.
• Directions to Tuesday Night climbing crags.
• Tuesday Night Climbing Ephemeris.

Weather forecasts for Tuesday Night locations:

• Andover forecast
• Boston forecast
• Gloucester forecast
• Hopkinton forecast
• Quincy forecast
• Waltham forecast

These are links to the forecasts updated every few hours on the National Weather Service Internet Weather Source site.

The MIT Outing Club (MITOC)

Their "Links" pages contain pointers to many other local resources.

Local rock gyms:

• Boston Rock Gym, 78G Olympia Ave., Woburn; 781-935-7325.
• MetroRock, 69 Norman St., Everett; 617-387-ROCK (7625).
• Gravity Rock Gym, 260 Fisher Street, Franklin; 978-568-1411 or 1-888-ROCKGYM (1-888-762-5496). (Never been there -- Franklin is kinda out of the way for me -- but they are hosting photos from the Quarries Adopt-a-crag event, so good for them.)

These are just the ones that are relatively nearby; for a fuller listing, see the page for Massachusetts at indoorclimbing.com.

Related mailing lists.

Further afield:

• http://www.neclimbs.com/, the home of New England Climbing. I'm a fan of Al Hosper's weekly "White Mountain Report" dispatch from North Conway.

Or, if climbing proves to be too much for you, you might prefer to be a gekkonaut.