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gblauer
Jun 17, 2003, 2:03 PM
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Rescue me from having to play golf! I am headed to CC in early July and wondering if there is any climbing anywhere on cape cod. Bouldering? Any beta would be highly appreciated! Thanks, Gail
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rondij
Jun 19, 2003, 8:35 AM
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Hey Gail
I'm heading to Cape Cod next week and after extensive research the only place i came up with is Willy's Rock Gym in Eastham. Doesn't look like they have anything really hard but it's something. I am planning on going the two days i am on the island and then i am heading to Maine. I will tell you how it is when i return on the following sunday.
Here is the link:
http://www.willysgym.com/pages/rock_facil.html
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robbovius
Jun 19, 2003, 8:45 AM
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unfortunately, Cape Cod is all sand that was pushed up/deposited by the glaciers back in the last ice age. In 40 years of vacationing there, I can't ever recall seeing any rocks there bigger than the about 10 inches across.
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tcollins
Jun 19, 2003, 8:47 AM
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I once heard they had a boulder. that's about it though and even that went unconfirmed.
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gblauer
Jun 19, 2003, 9:35 AM
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Joe, have a great trip. Write when you get back! Gail
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robbovius
Jun 19, 2003, 10:29 AM
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y'know, now that I think about it, I was wrong...there are all these stone breakwaters up and down the forest beach, red river beach area in between chatham and harwich, which I've dived off of (much to the consternation of the lifeguards) and I've always wondered where THOSE rocks came from. and thinking a little harder I can remember seeing one boulder about 5 feet high on forest beach, but it wasn't anything you could call climbable...too small. I've sat on it and watched my kids swim.
I've scrambled on the sides of the jetties/breakwaters, getting out of the water from diving. it's not really fun climbing though, since the water makes the rocks all slippery and if you lose you footing there's barnacles down in between the rock that'll give you bunch of nasty gouges.. ask me how i know. ;-/
that's all on the atlantic side.
I canremember ROck Harbor, on the bay side, having a tall breakwter on the entrance to the harbor, all piled boulders. that's it for rocks that I can remember.
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gblauer
Jun 24, 2003, 4:15 PM
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Thanks all! I guess it will be golf for me...
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paulthenurse
Nov 29, 2003, 6:36 PM
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On the theory of better late than never...
My daughter tells me that there is a small crag at the Falmout technology park, behind one of the buildings there. I should wander over there and check it out, but at best it will be a boulder problem.
Let me know when you come this way again and I'll give you the beta on the Cape.
PTN
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dirtbagginit
Nov 29, 2003, 8:17 PM
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Wow thats funny you bring it up. I used to live in Chatham for a couple of years which is kind of the halfway point. One day someone told me of a big boulder people would climb, it was in a park within close range, damned if I remember then name of the park, wish I could. Anyway, it was next to the parking and it was big wide twenty footer. I climbed three or four routes that I just kind of made up and didnt submit because I thought it was all done before. Nothing serious--- Id call it V3 ish but a nice break from the great great mountain biking there in Sandwich :wink: If the location comes back to me Ill let you know (Big boulder in sand land- they makd a monument out of it ;)_
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capeclimber
Dec 3, 2003, 11:39 AM
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Hey, I have climbed the rock in the Falmouth Tech park, and it is decent for practice. Tall enough to climb, but not so tall to need TR. Anyway, I've got directions if anyone wants them... and pics... It's about 11' or 12' in some places and SHARP stuff in others. One of my friends tore a nice gash in his pinky once but as long as you are careful, it's actually quite nice.
There is another one in BB Woods that is pretty small but also has some good practice stuff - good sized crack, a ledge that wraps around the rock.
Deryk
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gblauer
Jul 8, 2004, 7:05 AM
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It's that time of year again and I will be in Chatham from the 10th to the 17th. Anyone want to climb somewhere?????
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gblauer
Jul 1, 2009, 4:28 PM
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It's that time of year AGAIN.
Anyone feel like climbing at Carabiners?
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