central park beta
Submitted by uptown212 on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 14:18.
I know the places to boulder in Central Park have not changed so drastically since "A Climber's Guide To Popular Manhattan Boulder Problems" was created/updated, but I was wondering if maybe there could be better directions? Maybe instead of including a link to the guide, that info can just be accessible here? I am making this suggestion because sometimes it would be nice to have some sort of exchange (kind of like this forum) instead of someone just saying, "the info you're looking for is here" and supplying a link. I can read and have a general sense of the park but I can't ask the link a question. Does that make sense? So maybe by having the info in one spot, there can be a clearer exchanges? Just a suggestion.
What is informing this post is I've been interested in the ramble area of the park. I'm not really sure where the boulders are and, from past experience, I really don't want to be alone exploring that area. The description in the guidebook simply says, "along hilly windy paths there are some grungy boulders." Is that all there is to it? I like as much comprehensive information of an area because I climb alone and am usually (90% of the time) sacrificing time to address the rigors of my grad program--sometimes I just need to get out and climb!
What do you think about having that guidebook information here?
falcon guide " rock climbing
falcon guide " rock climbing new jersey" has all the beta on cp.
you can get it at ems and tent and trails, it has good directions to lesser known boulders in the ramble such as split rock.
theres nothing sketchy about the ramble area or for that matter cp itself......besides for the glass.
sea legs homie...sea legs.
thanks for the tip
I appreciate being directed to a quality guidebook. I know I just need to get out and explore re: the ramble, but what I really wanted to get across in that post is, info that we need to go somewhere else for should be here, in one central spot. If this site is going to survive and thrive, it should be like a store that is always stocked with what you're looking for. When I come here, I don't want to be directed somewhere else. For that, why even come here, right? I think if we have beta on rocks that little to no one is going to boulder on like Edgecomb park or the Loony Bin boulders down near the highway on 168th street, there should be a backlog, if you will, of older more established stuff. So when out of townies come to this site to get beta on NYC areas, they get the expected stuff and the other stuff (Edgecomb, Fort Tryon, Inwood) are unexpected gifts that display the awesome variety that is New York. I know it's a lot of work to get all that info in one spot, but I think this site could be THE site to figure that out. I enjoy coming to this site even in its current empty-ish stage. It can be what it once was and more, I think.
It would be excellent to
It would be excellent to have all that info here.
I'd envisioned this forum as a place people could arrange group explorations of different areas and get topos and good location descriptions on the website.
The other thing we could do is arrange a weekend of mapping the boulders, along the lines of an Open Street Map Party (one happening this weekend - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/New_York_City). I've got an offer of some GPS units if we ever want to do this. I know there's a bunch of people interested in mapping Fort Tryon, but I'd love to get Central Park covered thoroughly too. If we pick a weekend I can send out a message to the mailing list to try and get some good participation.
Thomas
Good Idea
I think a comprehensive mapping of all climbable rocks in NYC would be absolutely amazing. And, of course, a lot of work. When I'm done with summer school, I will look you up on that offer. The summer is also a tough time for finding rocks because of the foliage, but good idea all the same.
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