The Club Today
The club has seen something of a resurgence of (recorded) activity and interest, hosting HMC luminaries like the above-mentioned Bradford Washburn, David Roberts, and John Graham of the Wickersham Wall expedition, as well as famous contemporary climbers such as Alexander Ruchkin, Timmy O'Neill, and Dave Anderson. These slideshows have, in turn, fueled several ambitious new exploits. In the summer of 2005, a group of HMCers led by then-president Lucas Laursen revived the club first-ascent tradition with an exploratory climbing trip to the Borkoldoy Too of Kyrgyzstan. Summer trips to Yosemite, the Palisades, the Italian Dolomites, and Cascades, have helped strengthen and train a new generation of climbers. In addition, the club revived the dormant journal in 2004.
The club continues to maintain the 1963 cabin on Mount Washington — adding a new, metal roof in 2006 — and a particularly outstanding library of historic climbing-related literature and periodicals. Over the summer of 2006 members helped convert an old Lowell House squash court into a modern climbing wall. Membership is open to all Harvard affiliates interested in climbing, but the club is run by a board of undergraduate officers.
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