I have a somewhat unorthodox partner request. For the past year and a half, I’ve lived in the Bermuda Triangle of MA climbing gyms and have been going NUTS! It takes me a solid 45 minutes to drive to the nearest gym…at 3 in the morning, without traffic. After work is near impossible. I’ve been considering opening up some kind of co-op place (my brother’s got a sweet set up in Cali where some guy rented out a storage unit and built his own wall and lets friends use it) or even a full-fledged gym, I don’t know. Thing is, I’m not a business major and frankly, I don’t want to learn to be a business major. I just want to climb. So what I’m thinking is that there’s a TON of available commercial real estate in Natick and Framingham that’s just begging to be climbed in. I’d be willing to put in whatever effort it took (even volunteer to run the desk after work every night), so long as the title “manager” or “owner” doesn’t apply. “Grunt with benefits of unlimited free membership” is perfect. It’s a huge project and would cost a lot of capital to start up…I’d be willing to take out a loan to put into starting the place up as well, or at least co-signing, whatever the legally sound method is. Obviously I haven’t put a whole ton of thought into this (it’s not fun to get your own hopes up then crush them in a moment of legal rationality) but the basics are there. I just need a partner (or a few) in crime…I mean business. Business, definitely. Any takers?

Whuz Crackin' homez?

just checked weathar.cawm, adn it listed 40 adn partly cloudy for sat 3/1...I am encouraged, and am planning on showup in the quarries P-lot around 8 am.

should have me a little bit o' ice gear with me too...


Tex, that's an idea tha wideguy and I had talked over a couple years ago, but eric's comments abiove were similar to our own conclusions... a huge hindrance. thoughnI like the 10-committed-friends - CO-OP idea.

concensus? sunday? or try for 3/8?

I vote for June 7.

pshh.. june is for Rumney... rob won't go for that though

Well, I'm headed to nashoba for some local snowboarding tomorrow, and prolly won't check in until later in the afternoon.

anybody nearby there feellike driving by for a condition report sat morning? ;-)

Not I (north of the city) but I'll plan to be there with a box-o-donuts and enough ropes and gear to set up the works on Sunday, snow or no snow. If no-one else shows, I'll just feast on donuts and rope-solo.

At any rate - anyone who decides to go on Sunday is guaranteed a partner, 'cause I'll be there.

GO

PS - next weekend is a maybe for me - I have a number of plans in the works, though none are guaranteed yet.