Good Friday Climb 

FA:  Dana Bartlett and Todd Swain, 1981 Type:  Trad Consensus:  5.9 [details] Length:  1 pitch, 50 feet Views: 60 page views Submitted By: JSH on Jun 27, 2009 Add Photo  Add Comment

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A portion of Near Trapps has been closed to climbing MORE INFO >>> A portion of the Near Trapps has been closed to climbing. This includes land below the cliff to above cliff line and starts approximately at Eenie Meenie and continues south about 200 feet. Climbers are asked to respect the no-trespassing signs and advised to use the access trail marked in orange blazes. This trail starts at the intersection of the Blue trail over the top of the Nears and the first Red trail. Follow the orange blazes east and downhill from this junction to arrive at the far (south) end of the Nears. For more information please view http://www.mohonkpreserve.org/index.php?news Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

BETA PHOTO: Good Friday Climb is the fainter crack to the righ...

Description 

Good Friday follows the fainter and right-leaning crack to the right of Eastertime Too. While it's most easily nabbed as a toprope after climbing Eastertime, it's also a worthy though heady lead (it's quite PG, though perhaps not quite PG-13; be good at small nuts). The climbing is mostly thin face, with a few finger/tip locks thrown in for fun.

There are three additional pitches, though they're likely to be vertical rock gardening: P2 is described as breaking through overhangs above, and onto a ledge with a cedar tree, 50 feet at 5.8. P3 reads: climb right up to the ceiling with a short left-facing corner. Clear the ceiling, and continue up the overhanging face above to the large ledge. 100 feet. 5.9+. P4: 30 feet of meandering and muscling through jungles, 5.4 to the clifftop.

Protection 

Standard Gunks rack up to 2", with an emphasis on the smaller stuff.