Treasurer, Board Member
Years Climbing: 33
Climbing Origin: Cornell & The Gunks
From: Albany
My name is Bill Ottaway. I moved from New Paltz to Albany in 1999. I have been climbing since 1987. I have climbed in Colorado, Washington, California and Australia, but I have really missed having a local crag for after-work climbing, so I was really excited when I heard about Thacher opening up for climbing. I have been working on trails and route development for the past 4 years and have been the TCC Treasurer for the past 2 years. My main goal right now is to streamline the process of signing-in, registering, parking, etc.. All the things keeping us from climbing!
I have one kid at Brown University and two others at Albany High School. I work at the NYSDEC, cleaning up hazardous waste sites, and bike to work about 2/3 of the time (one of the 3 people on unicycles in Albany). I haven’t been climbing as much as I would like lately, but I expect to ramp that up in the coming years. My other main leisure activity is mountain unicycling.