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Slideshow (18 photos)

Shawangunks, Near Trapps (map)
 

Good Friday Climb: Leading a poorly protected face in wet conditions at the Nears

 

Void Where Inhibited: Barely pulling the layback crux at the Nears

 

Elder Cleavage: Getting in some gear after the boulder problem start of Elder Cleavage

 

Hang Ten: Moving into the crux of Hang Ten

 

Birdland: At the crux on Birdland (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Criss: A failed attempt at the hard start to Criss (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Harvest Moon: Series 1: Making the moves into the crack from the chimney (Copyright © Will Mayo)

Harvest Moon: Series 2: Moving through the crux jams (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Harvest Moon: Series 3: Still moving through the crux jams (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Harvest Moon: Series 4: At the rest at the top of the crack (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Swing Time: Series 1: On the lower wall (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Swing Time: Series 2: Just clipped the fixed gear below the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Swing Time: Series 3: Moving left to the lip of the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Swing Time: Series 4: Grabbing the bomber hang jam with the knees locked below the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Swing Time: Series 5: Hanging from the good buckets at the lip of the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo)

Swing Time: Series 6: A toe hook allows one to grab the horizontal further left (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Swing Time: Series 7: A bomber heel hook allows one to grab the side pull above the roof; a fall from this position would surely break the ankle, and the swing would slam one headfirst into the wall below (Copyright © Will Mayo)

 

Swing Time: Series 8: The crux involves pulling up on side-pulls and standing on the horizontals above the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo)