Star and I are in New Paltz now having a wonderful time at the Gunks. We have a huge tick list and will probably not make it through half of it before we have to head to the Adirondacks. Too bad for us. On Saturday we arrived to town early enough to check out the town, trail head, and set up the tent in daylight. This is a first for us considering that we always drive straight to climb. We climbed 5 pitches the first day. It was uber busy and we had some trouble finding an open route. We warmed up on Frogs head, then headed over to Limelight. Both are great routes. Limelight being the harder of the two. After we had a much needed snack we walked down to try and climb Classic or Jackie but both had lines. We settled for a 5.8-, Dirty Gerdie, that was harder than any 5.9 I have ever tried in my life.

Today on day two we had plans to climb four routes. We made it up two SUPER classic lines, High Exposure and CCK. High E is by far the best line that I have climbed in a long time. It is in my top five for sure. The exposure on the second pitch is wonderfully exciting!!! CCK on the other hand is was very hard. The route's second pitch had a fare amount of drag and was tough to lead, but I can see how it is so popular.

We took our time on the summits and tried to take in all of the beautiful sights and the peace and quiet. Tomorrow we are going up Madame G, Shockley's Ceiling, and Arrow. That will make 8 pitches. We are really excited!!! Stay tuned for photos in the next post.


We Out!!!