The Chief wrote:Well, that clears it up. So the first "gym" was the 'Gunks.
Don't think so.... Dresden is more along the lines as the "first gym" then the Verdon then the "Gunks".
No auto belays at either of them "real" gyms.
Dresden? No kidding? Isn't there some big,famous rock climbing area(limestone crags?) in former East Germany?