MIT Outing Club

The MIT Outing Club (MITOC) is a collegiate outing club at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was founded in 1935 and remains active today. Popular activities include hiking, rock climbing, skiing, kayaking, and bicycling.
Significance
MITOC was one of the first university outing clubs to appear in the early 20th century. The club has been an active member in the Intercollegiate Outing Club Association (IOCA) and has contributed to the development of rock climbing in the northeastern United States. MITOC publishes Boston Rocks, "the definitive, most up-to-date guide to rock climbing, ice climbing and bouldering in eastern Massachusetts." During Independent Activities Period each January MITOC organizes a course known as Winter School where experienced members of the club give lectures on topics relating to winter outdoor pursuits and lead trips to the White Mountains on weekends.
History
Timeline
* 1935: MITOC founded on December 11 . Activities include skiing, rock climbing, canoeing, and hiking.
* 1939: First square dance hosted by MITOC after a visit with the Dartmouth Outing Club.
* 1939: Professor Willard Allis is first ice climber to ascend the Pinnacle Gully in Huntington Ravine.
* 1942: Earliest reference to "Three Ring Circus Weekends." Fall Circus has been an important annual trip ever since.
* 1957: Winter Safety Committee created.
* 1958: First cabin, Intervale I, built in New Hampshire.
* 1969: Tech Squares spin off to become their own group with help of $500 loan from MITOC.
* 1971: First Winter School during IAP.
* 1972: Construction begins on Camelot cabin in New Hampshire.
* 1979: Intervale I burns down.
* 1980: Intervale II built.
* 1993: Intervale II burns down after Delta Upsilon pledge class starts a fire in the composting toilet. A yurt is built as a temporary replacement for the cabin.
* 1994: Construction begins on Intervale III.
* 2001: Bouldering wall constructed in an old squash court in Walker Memorial.
Notable members
* William Crowther, early computer game programmer, caver, and rock climber
* Patricia Crowther, caver, discovered connection between Flint Ridge and Mammoth Cave
* Arlene Blum, mountaineer, leader of first all-woman expedition to Annapurna
* Bruce Normand, mountaineer

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