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Slideshow (119 photos) |
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Lichen' The Lip: Leading a first ascent of a route to the right of Resistance (5.11?) |
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Nest Route: About to pull the crux on a nice face climb at Lost City (5.10a) |
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Black Crack: Will leading Black Crack, a nice 5.10 crack left of Lost City Crack |
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Black Crack: Close-up of Will leading Black Crack |
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Black Crack: Will leading the crux of Black Crack (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Cars That Eat People: Shows the entire sequence on Cars that Eat People |
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Cars That Eat People: Series 1: Moving through the crux of Cars that Eat People |
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Cars That Eat People: Series 2: Moving through the crux of Cars that Eat People |
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Cars That Eat People: Series 3: Moving through the crux of Cars that Eat People |
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Cars That Eat People: Series 4: Moving through the crux of Cars that Eat People |
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Cars That Eat People: Series 5: Moving through the crux of Cars that Eat People |
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Cars That Eat People: Series 6: Just past the crux; placing the gold Camalot (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Lichen' The Lip: Jim climbing the hard-to-protect crack right of Resistance; this section of the route is 5.10b (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Evelyn: Hidden off-width crack at Lost City |
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Evelyn: Below the crux of the hidden off-width crack at Lost City; we didn't make it this go |
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Lost City Crack: Just getting into the crux section of Lost City Crack |
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Resistance (aka Surprise Crack): Will at the "pod" crux of Resistance |
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Wishbone: Will below of the Wishbone roof; the normal route goes out the right side of the large triangular block |
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Stannard's Roof: Leading the 5.8 section up to the roof |
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Stannard's Roof: Just below the roof |
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Lost City cliff, as seen from the Overcliff Road |
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Lost City with some points of interest labeled |
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Gravity's Rainbow: Chris attempts the onsite |
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Persistence: Looking up from the cave at the base of the route, Chris climbs into the crux; the route is steep, overhanging from base to summit |
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Survival of the Fittest: Climbing the tweaky moves above the initial roof of Survival |
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Survival of the Fittest: After clipping the fixed pins, Chris rests before the crux of the route |
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Awosting Falls in Minnewaska State Park; too bad you can't swim |
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Good Friday Climb: Leading a poorly protected face in wet conditions at the Nears |
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Void Where Inhibited: Barely pulling the layback crux at the Nears |
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Elder Cleavage: Getting in some gear after the boulder problem start of Elder Cleavage |
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Hang Ten: Moving into the crux of Hang Ten |
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Criss: A failed attempt at the hard start to Criss (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Harvest Moon: Series 1: Making the moves into the crack from the chimney (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Harvest Moon: Series 2: Moving through the crux jams (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Harvest Moon: Series 3: Still moving through the crux jams (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Harvest Moon: Series 4: At the rest at the top of the crack (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Swing Time: Series 1: On the lower wall (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Swing Time: Series 2: Just clipped the fixed gear below the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Swing Time: Series 3: Moving left to the lip of the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Swing Time: Series 4: Grabbing the bomber hang jam with the knees locked below the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Swing Time: Series 5: Hanging from the good buckets at the lip of the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Swing Time: Series 6: A toe hook allows one to grab the horizontal further left (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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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) |
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Swing Time: Series 8: The crux involves pulling up on side-pulls and standing on the horizontals above the roof (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Foops: Pulling through the lip of Foops |
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Foops: Working out the roof on Foops |
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No Exit: Close-up of friends in the initial crack of No Exit |
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No Exit: At the bottom of No Exit |
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Scare City: Messing up a tenuous clip on Scare City |
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Wipe Out: Tad pumping through the overhanging hand crack of Wipe Out |
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Wipe Out: Tad pumping through the overhanging hand crack of Wipe Out |
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Mom and Dad next to Mohonk Lake (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Sound and Fury: Starting out on the first pitch of Sound and Fury |
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Foops: Pulling through a 5.9 crack on the first section of Foops |
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Single File: Enjoying the sun and quiet on Single File |
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Pete's Meat: Steve at the top of Peat's Meat at Skytop |
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Max Factor: Clipping the second piece of gear at the start of the crux (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Foops: Jim following the first 5.9 section of Foops |
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The Mohonk Hotel as seen from Skytop |
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Bonnie's Roof Direct: Checking out the crux roofs on Bonnie's Roof Direct |
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Pink Laurel: Hanging around on the roofs of Pink Laurel |
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High Exposure: Stuart starting the last pitch of High Exposure |
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Trad weenies in the 1980s |
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Retribution: Close-up of Joe climbing the crack above the crux on Retribution |
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MF: Close-up of Tom clearing the second crux on MF, pitch 1 |
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Wegetables: Close-up of Will gearing up for the crux moves on Wegetables |
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Wegetables: Close-up of Will gearing up for the crux moves on Wegetables |
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Retribution: Working out the crux on Retribution |
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Retribution: Climbing the crack above the crux on Retribution |
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The gang hanging out at the base of Turdland |
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MF: Tom clearing the second crux on MF, pitch 1 |
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Birdie Party: Powering through the roof on the second pitch of Birdie Party |
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Bonnie's Roof Direct: Gearing up for the roof moves on Bonnie's Roof |
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Wegetables: Gearing up for the crux moves on Wegetables |
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Wegetables: Gearing up for the crux moves on Wegetables |
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Directissima: Rich and Myriam at the belay at the top of the first pitch of Directissima |
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Directissima: Jim leading the second pitch of Directissima |
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MF: Dick on the mega-classic MF |
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April Showers: Will's completed the difficulties and tackles the 10b upper section |
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Interstice: Struggling on the low roof of Interstice on the Mac Wall |
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Matinee: Series 1: Will leading the crux on the first pitch of Matinee |
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Matinee: Series 2: Finishing the crux moves on the first pitch of Matinee (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Matinee: Series 3: Jim moving past the crux on the first pitch of Matinee |
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10,000 Restless Virgins: Series 1: Will places gear in preparation for the crux roof |
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10,000 Restless Virgins: Series 2: Q: Is that Steve Petro? A:Nope, it's a ripped Will bustin' out of his skin |
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10,000 Restless Virgins: Series 3: Will gets established in the crux roof |
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10,000 Restless Virgins: Series 4: Will places gear in the crux roof |
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10,000 Restless Virgins: Series 5: A couple of pieces in, time to move up (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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10,000 Restless Virgins: Series 6: Lock off and reach high in the crack above (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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10,000 Restless Virgins: Series 7: Feet up, nearly finished (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Directissima: Climbing up the arete on the second (or third) pitch of Directissima |
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Directissima: Hanging out on the High Exposure ledge |
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Modern Times: A climber makes his way up the first pitch |
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CCK Direct: Climbing amongst severely overhanging rock on CCK Direct (Copyright © William Segal) |
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Directissima: Sequence showing climbing the crux overhanging wall of the second pitch of Directissima (Copyright © William Segal) |
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Directissima: Selecting gear to place into the horizontal crack at the crux (Copyright © William Segal) |
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Directissima: Clipping the rope (Copyright © William Segal) |
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Directissima: One more mantle and it's done (Copyright © William Segal) |
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Three Doves: John leading the final thin section of Three Doves |
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Frogs Head: Lucie climbs juggy rock on Frogs Head |
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Frogs Head: Lucie belays; Millbrook in the background |
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Scary Area: Chris boulders the opening moves on the direct start of Scary Area; Bones offering support from below |
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Scary Area: Placing the first piece of gear in the horizontal |
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Space Invaders: Scoping out the moves above |
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Space Invaders: Moving up the initial arete on Space Invaders |
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Matinee: Series 1: Starting the difficult traverse moves beneath the roof |
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Matinee: Series 2: Doing the hand swap on the small hold on the underside of the roof |
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Matinee: Series 3: Snagging the bucket at the end of the traverse |
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Stirrup Trouble: Bones offering beta to Chris at the base of Stirrup Trouble |
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Space Invaders: Looking for that first piece of protection |
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Space Invaders: In the crux; one more move and there's a solid hand jam |
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Stirrup Trouble: Chris climbs the initial scary section, belayed by Bones |
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Uphill All The Way: Approaching the traverse (.11+) |
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Uphill All The Way: Chalking up before the traverse |
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Enduro Man's Longest Hangout: Chris solos the first pitch of Enduro Man; some climbers place a small brass nut, but it's practical use is arguable |
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Jim photographs his daughter on Nosedive |
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Erect Direction: Will and Michelle on the GT ledge preparing for the top pitches |
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Susie A: Bouldering up the start of Susie A (5.10+) |
