Hiking with Kids Doesn’t Have to Be Painful! I hate that awful feeling when you’re in the middle of a hike with your young children, you still have a mile or more to hike back to the car or to your camping destination, and they decide to either flop over, melt-down, or they declare they’re …
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The cliff is not your driveway. I was walking down the carriage road at the Gunks recently and came across some chalk graffiti on the cliff at the base of some popular climbs. It covered perhaps a 10 foot wide swath of rock. There were flowers, stick figures, and “I was here” type scribble – …
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What are the Gunks? Geography The Gunks are located west of the Hudson River in New York State. The official name of the ridge is the Shawangunk Mountains. This ridge runs north-south from vicinity of Rosendale in the north, and Ellenville in the south. Most of the permitted rock climbing is in the Mohonk Preserve, …
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Getting to the Gunks – Travel Information A Word About Communications Before you plan your trip, if you have to meet up with people or call a cab, note that the cell phone service is spotty and unreliable once you get behind the cliffs. That includes the West Trapps parking lot, Minnewaska State Park Preserve, …
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Boulder, Colorado Springs and other central Colorado areas There’s so much climbing to be done in the central Colorado area that I can’t begin to go into details. Remember that the older climbing areas, like Boulder Canyon, have old-time stiffer grades. When the kids were little, we spent a day climbing in Boulder Canyon with …
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Ophir area – southwestern Colorado Ophir area, southwestern Colorado Dates Crag Climbs Partners July 25, 2001 Dark Side, Ophir Wall rained, no climbing, just looking Barbara Zlebek July 27, 2001 Cracked Canyon, Ophir Wall Algebra (5.6), Pirouette (5.7), Where are you’re friends (5.10+), Air Arete (5.10) Barbara Zlebek July 2001 Ames Wall, Ophir didn’t climb, …
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Ralph Stover State Park, Pennsylvania High Rocks – Ralph Stover State Park, Pennsylvania Dates Crag Climbs Partners Sun, Oct 7, 2001 Obnoxious Partner, Phone Booth Obnoxious Partner (5.8+), Phone Booth (5.10a) Ethan Oct, 13, 2000 Great Buttress Right Friable Alternative (5.8), Rattlesnake (5.7) Mike B.
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Bozeman area, Montana Gallatin Canyon, Red Cliff, Hyalite Canyon, Bear Canyon In 2009, I was looking for a climbing destination that would be cool in the heat of the summer. I discovered Gallatin Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana, in a climbing magazine. There are mountains full of gneiss and limestone to be climbed there with mild, …
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Potrero Chico, Nuevo Leon – Mexico Potrero Chico, Nueva Leon, Mexico Dates Crag Climbs Partners BETA! General information and gallery of photos Ethan’s Mini Guide to El Potrero Chico (pdf) February 2010 Pictures from me and others on the trip – climbing, Hidalgo various many new and old friends February 2008 Pictures from me and …
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