sambataro Posted June 4, 2005 Posted June 4, 2005 Climb: Gunks, NY-Twilight Zone Date of Climb: 4/20/2005 Trip Report: It may be disputed whether the east coast has mountains, but adventures can be had nonetheless. Where else can you skip a day of uni to climb 20' and 35' roofs? My friend Jeff and I took a weekday trip to the gunks with two goals: aid Twilight Zone (C2/free at 13b) and aid Kansas City (C1/free at 12b). After practicing some aid indoor, it was time for some roofs. Needless to say, it was amazing. Yeah, yeah, its just aid climbing, its not the same as freeing a route. True, but after 2 hours for me to aid Twilight Zone and 2 hours for Jeff to clean it, we had completed the most mentally and physically exhausting pitch in our lives. Just think, you have a 10 pitch 5.10 crack with a A3 roof in the middle (ahem-liberty crack)--you wouldn't want that to stop you. For photos and videos, check out: http://isc.astro.cornell.edu/~don/pictures/joe_gunks For a full story visit: http://jeff.robreid.com/albums/20050420/index.html Gear Notes: 1 set of aiders, daisy, easy daisy, full trad rack, 2 ascenders (for follower) Should have used another set of aiders for the leader and a set for the follower to reverse aid a long traverse/roof like this, another easy daisy would have been nice Approach Notes: Walk 15 minutes up carriage road from car Quote
snowball Posted June 5, 2005 Posted June 5, 2005 Very impressive you guys. Never aid climbed but pics like these always give me a serious dose of willies. Keep at it and good luck on El Cap. Look forward to your next post... Quote
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