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Jul 23, 2025 Gunks > Trapps Bouldering > Trapps Cabin Zig then Zag V0-1 PG13 ● I can’t say for sure, but it’s likely anything of this grade in this spot has been climbed many times and i… View Comment
Jul 23, 2025 Gunks > Trapps > d. Strictly - The Cei… Glyptodon 5.8 ● For the runout on p1: the slab after the corner is runout but would be pretty cruiser if it wasn’t slightly… View Comment
Oct 27, 2023 Gunks > Peterskill b. Bunkbed Wall ● The routes listed and drawn in the topos don’t represent how these routes are most often climbed. Left to R… View Comment
Jun 25, 2022 Gunks > Peterskill > a. Khadejha Area Old Route 5.10d R ● Great movement. Takes reasonable gear even if you don’t trust the pins. First one can be backed up by a sma… View Comment
Oct 10, 2021 Gunks The Near Trapps ● Regarding the previous comment: the walk-off to climber’s Right is quick and easy for lots of routes: just.… View Comment
Sep 15, 2021 Gunks > Trapps > c. Frog's Head - the… Son of Easy O 5.8 ● Regarding previous comment: bomber purple metolius cam protects the first crux. If you fall before placing… View Comment
Mar 25, 2021 Gunks > Near Trapps > a. Beginning of cliff… Fat City Direct 5.10d PG13 ● While this certainly doesn’t warrant an X rating, a fall in the spot mentioned in the previous comments cou… View Comment
Jun 27, 2020 Gunks > Trapps > l. Sleepy Hollow 10,000 Restless Virgins 5.10d ● +1 for the #4 before the long reach. The top of the flake definitely looks suspect. I'm surprised it's stil… View Comment
Mar 12, 2020 Gunks > Near Trapps > b. Workout Wall Revolving Eyeballs 5.10c X ● Hard to figure out exactly where this one goes in some places. The line we took started with bouldery moves… View Comment
Jul 29, 2019 Gunks > Trapps > f. The Guides' Wall Tetonia 5.10b PG13 ● Certainly a wonderful, aesthetic line. An under-climbed sleeper classic. I know for a fact, though, that it… View Comment
Jul 29, 2019 Gunks > Peterskill > q. Chalkboard Wall Writer's Block 5.12- ● Phenomenal route. Though I think it is easier than many Gunks 11+/12a from a technical standpoint, it argua… View Comment
Jul 24, 2019 Gunks > Near Trapps > c. Grease Gun to Closure Wildmere 5.10a R ● I had a good time, but I don’t mind some dirty rock. The movement itself is pretty phenomenal on both pitch… View Comment
Jul 18, 2019 Gunks > Trapps > a1. The Uberfall - left No Picnic 5.5 ● Though that block moves and can be unnerving to stand on, I actually think it’s quite unlikely that it woul… View Comment
Sep 19, 2018 Wind River Range > Cirque of the T… > Pingora Cirque of the Towers Traverse 5.8 ● Did the traverse a few weeks ago from a camp in the cirque. It took us just under 41 hrs camp to camp and w… View Comment
Sep 19, 2018 Northwest Region > … > N Cascades > Washington Pass > Silver Star & W… > Juno Tower Clean Break 5.10b/c ● Just having done this, I can't say enough good things. Pitch one felt the hardest, which may be due to how… View Comment
Jun 11, 2018 Adirondacks > Indian Lake Region > Sugarloaf Heroes 5.8 PG13 ● Gotcha. Thanks for the info! We didn't actually climb the direct variation, regrettably, so i can't confirm… View Comment
Jun 11, 2018 Adirondacks > Indian Lake Region > Sugarloaf Heroes 5.8 PG13 ● Tried to follow route as described in Adirondack Rock and got a little off-route between the 2nd half of th… View Comment
Jul 19, 2017 Gunks > Near Trapps > a. Beginning of cliff… Infinite Space 5.12- ● You do not need a #5 or #6 for this climb, in my opinion. Good gear right before the pre-traverse sequence… View Comment
May 27, 2016 Gunks > Trapps > e. The Mac Wall Mother's Day Party 5.10b ● Pawel, Mother's Day Party P2 goes left of MF through the roof at a rectangular break with tricky gear and d… View Comment
May 18, 2016 Gunks > Trapps > j. The Yellow Wall &… Carbs and Caffeine 5.11a ● Attempted P2 onsight last week. With the shiny new bolts this feels really safe and accessible at the 11a g… View Comment
Mar 11, 2016 j. The Maine Hi… > Katahdin > 06. All Winter Ice Ro… Pamola West Ridge(Pamola III) Easy 5th WI3- M2 Easy Snow ● On our first trip to Katahdin, and after enduring poor weather, snowfall, and several nights below -5F in t… View Comment
Dec 21, 2015 Gunks > Trapps > f. The Guides' Wall Tetonia 5.10b PG13 ● Did this again a week ago. Really cool route with dramatic positioning. Bonus: even when every 5.10 at the… View Comment
Dec 21, 2015 Gunks > Trapps > h. The Arrow Wall - CCK Supper's Ready 5.12a ● Awesome, pumpy route with two short bouldery cruxes separated by the biggest holds you'll ever be tempted t… View Comment
Dec 9, 2015 Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Black Velvet Ca… > Black Velvet Wall Epinephrine 5.9 ● My buddy and I climbed this on a cold November day as our very first red rocks route. We had an awesome typ… View Comment
Nov 3, 2015 Gunks > Trapps > f. The Guides' Wall Beginner's Delight 5.4 ● P2 protects fine IMO. You may have to make a move or two up from the best line to place gear. Poke around a… View Comment
Nov 2, 2015 Gunks > Trapps > j. The Yellow Wall &… Shit Creek 5.7 ● I didn't climb the upper pitches but P1 has great climbing. The rap anchor atop P1 consists of two disgusti… View Comment
Aug 31, 2015 WM: Pinkham / Preside… 05. Huntington Ravine ● Yesterday we showed up late for the conga line on the northeast buttress of the pinnacle so we decided to d… View Comment
Aug 6, 2015 Gunks > Near Trapps > a. Beginning of cliff… Baskerville Terrace 5.7 PG13 ● A classic climb when linked with the yellow ridge. View Comment
Jul 30, 2015 Gunks > Near Trapps > a. Beginning of cliff… Grand Central 5.9 ● Mostly a 5.6 jug haul with a 15' 5.9 crux and a two-move 5.8 boulder problem to top out. I second rgold's a… View Comment
Apr 9, 2015 Gunks > Trapps > e. The Mac Wall Welcome to the Gunks 5.10b PG13 ● I thought the orange face below the crux roof was well protected for the face itself, but the stand up move… View Comment
Apr 9, 2015 Gunks > Trapps > g. V3 - Middle Earth Badfinger 5.9+ PG13 ● This is one of those 5.9+ that felt harder for me than many 5.10- and 5.10a. Tricky moves and tricky gear. View Comment
Nov 11, 2014 Gunks > Trapps > e. The Mac Wall Mother's Day Party 5.10b ● If the cruxes on pitch 1 are 10b, that puts the pitch 2 crux at 10d in my book. Pitch 1 sports really great… View Comment
Nov 6, 2014 Gunks > Trapps > h. The Arrow Wall - CCK Nurse's Aid 5.10c R ● I climbed this onsight and without any gear beta... Provided for a pretty intense experience! There is a la… View Comment
Nov 6, 2014 Gunks > Trapps > i. High E Directississima (aka Doubleissima) 5.10b ● While technically easy for the grade, this is one of the more sustained 10s I've done in the gunks. Great m… View Comment
Aug 5, 2014 Adirondacks > Adirondack Ice… > Interior High P… > Gothics North Face WI2 Easy Snow PG13 ● With a proper topo map of the High Peaks area, the descents should be pretty obvious. The summit of Gothics… View Comment
Jul 24, 2014 Gunks > Trapps > d. Strictly - The Cei… Grim-Ace Face 5.9+ PG13 ● Held off on this one for quite some time and was a wee bit disappointed. That's what I get for having expec… View Comment

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