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MRoyer4 - Jan 19, 2010 5:25 pm
East Coast CragAn outdoor climbing gym on summer weekends, but a great place nonetheless. I split between the gunks/seneca as a 'local' crag.
gcap - Oct 7, 2008 10:16 am Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007
5 what??Great routes for lead practice. Exposure on some routes definitely mocks the rating though.
PellucidWombat - Dec 15, 2007 1:57 am Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2007
A Real GemI got out here climbing a bunch of weekends over the summer and fall while I was interning in New York. Crazy routes for such low ratings - and awesome climbing!
climbxclimb - Aug 16, 2007 11:08 pm
Great place!I had my first day of rock climbing at the Trapps about 3 years ago...I climb there almost every weekend since than...
It is a great place!
mekwise - Aug 7, 2007 6:36 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007
Spent a few days...over July 4th at the Gunks...great climbs...Sixish, Apoplexy, Rhodendren, Laurel, Horseman, Coronary, Arch, Bloody Bush, Retribution...great times.
rasgoat - Apr 24, 2007 8:50 pm Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2007
Good routesSoo many amazing routes.... sooo little time.
mekwise - Apr 4, 2007 3:10 pm Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2007
Three...long hard days at the Gunks. Great, exposed, hard climbing...
nartreb - Apr 1, 2007 6:26 pm Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2007
Madame Grunnebaum's Wulst 5.6My first multi-pitch ever!
This is an extremely popular route but we had it to ourselves this cold early-season day. Good thing too, since a variety of mishaps combined to make this an eight-hour climb (!).
We did this in two pitches (using the semi-hanging belay), which is how our guidebook had it; I've seen it described as 3 pitches but there's no reason to complicate it.
Easy to see why this is a favorite - the second pitch in particular is great (but a bit tiring), with frequent small overhangs that always have fantastically good holds (that you usually can't see, you just have to reach up and conjure them out of the rock).
I hear High E's even better, so I'll be back (hopefully stronger too)..
Cookie Addict - Apr 4, 2006 7:33 pm
Great weekWe spent a week on the East coast in 2005 and were all over the gunks. High E was the highlight of the trip for me.