I think you should consider keeping this simple as first. There is plenty information on Gunks/Peter's Kill in guidebooks and online for free already. Unfortunately, there is very little information on bouldering/climbing closer to the City. When NYClimb.com was online, a great idea was floated around....basically, the guy created a google map that stuck virtual pins where all of the boulders in the City were located. I would assume that there is some way to do this in a wiki that would allow different people to add different boulders. Once people know where the boulders are, we can upload photos with route lines/descriptions. Locations, photos and routes descriptions are all we really need anyway, right?
I think that this would help people find available climbing outside of the ever popular and crowded Rat/Cat Rock, and maybe even some buildering opportunities (bridges in Astoria Park?). Hopefully, the areas covered will expand to include rock outside of city limits (Long Island beach boulders), but there is plenty within it the City (Van Cortland Park) that would be new to the online community.
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Tom,
I think you should consider keeping this simple as first. There is plenty information on Gunks/Peter's Kill in guidebooks and online for free already. Unfortunately, there is very little information on bouldering/climbing closer to the City. When NYClimb.com was online, a great idea was floated around....basically, the guy created a google map that stuck virtual pins where all of the boulders in the City were located. I would assume that there is some way to do this in a wiki that would allow different people to add different boulders. Once people know where the boulders are, we can upload photos with route lines/descriptions. Locations, photos and routes descriptions are all we really need anyway, right?
I think that this would help people find available climbing outside of the ever popular and crowded Rat/Cat Rock, and maybe even some buildering opportunities (bridges in Astoria Park?). Hopefully, the areas covered will expand to include rock outside of city limits (Long Island beach boulders), but there is plenty within it the City (Van Cortland Park) that would be new to the online community.
Thanks again for organizing this site!