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At the 5.7 crux on the last pitch of Yellow Ridge. Yes, there's an easy line past the overhangs!<br>
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Photo by [[11870]].

Brian on Andrew Problem

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Matinee, P1, 1976 approximately. Photo by (I think) Hardie Truesdale, now a successful landscape photographer. Classic! Flip-flop stoppers (2 on a single cord so that you can flip one over the other as opposing wedges), 2" red swami, home-made leg loops, green Shoenards (stiff like cinder blocks), all ovals, and, of course, painters pants.

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The 5.7+ third pitch of Cascading Crystal Kaleidoscope (CCK), an airy and exposed Gunks classic.<br>
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Photo by [[11870]].

Climber preparing to start the exposed and exciting last pitch of High Exposure, one of the best 5.6 pitches on the planet.

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Jeff Arliss pulling the first roof on Feast of Fools (5.10).

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A cropped version of a photo submitted by Denis O'Connor.

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Mike Amato firing the wild crux of Modern Times. Can you believe this move is only rated 5.8+?

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Learning to climb in the talus next to the Bonticou trail

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Waiting near the Gunks.

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Climber on Doubleissima, a 5.10 Gunks classic.

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Dick Williams, Fritz Wiessner, and Dick Dumais in the Uberfalls

Sunday Nov 3, 2013 -- An amazing rainbow right over the Trapps! Taken by Jim Van Natta, from the GT ledge atop "Morning After"

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a ghost photo of the Gunks' ultimate climbing bum Bill Ravitch.

Jekich latching onto the final jug of Susie A.

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Rainy day on the carriage road. Heading down to the Yellow Wall looking for something dry to climb.

Skytop in Fall

The Survival Block. Climber on Survival of the Fittest 13a

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A climber moving into the corner on Horseman, one of the best 5.5 routes anywhere.

At the 5.7 crux on the last pitch of Yellow Ridge. Yes, there's an easy line past the overhangs!<br>
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Photo by [[11870]].

Welcome to the Gunks!

Brian on Andrew Problem

Lost City on left. Skytop in background.

Here is one of many fun moderate lines up the Bonticou cliff. I exited the V to the left.

Skytop from the Trapps

Local Wildlife

Handful of fun boulder problems along the trail at the Gunks. [Natalie Duran]

At Duck Pond.

The swimming hole.

At the crux of Filipina (after doing P1 of The Nose). Typical funky Gunks gear.

View from on Three Pines - Trapps

Benny Bach on, of course...the boxcar.....

Entering the Trapps in October

Looking south @ the Trapps

Tricia Fusco approaching the P1 crux of Bonnie's Roof (5.9)<br>
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Cropped version of a photo by Denis O'Connor.

Local Wildlife!

Nice colors.

Local Wildlife

A young Rat Snake looking for some lunch on the carriage road near the trail up to High Exposure.

Fall leaves.

Local wildlife that loves to come out in the rain.

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Fall in the Gunks- once past the power lines, it is really pretty. Photo by Tony Bubb, 10/03.

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