She was 6 when she first tried to scale Rat Rock, a long, low outcropping of Manhattan schist in Central Park, just north of Columbus Circle. It was a very kid thing, to see a big rock and want to ...

But for safety reasons, it’s generally considered a good idea to leave the park before it gets dark. Rat Rock is located in the southwest section of Central Park. There are 47 established routes ...

By Ed Shanahan At around 10:30 Thursday morning, a half-dozen young women from Australia climbed a large rock outcropping near Central Park’s south ... say, a rat, it could well be hazardous ...