The Teenagers Taking the Gunks in Upstate New York by Storm. Young rock climbers like Adam Shahar, Austin Hoyt, and Will Moss are climbing difficult grades at the Gunks (5.14D), returning the area ...

Stretching northward from the New Jersey-New York border to historic Rosendale in Ulster County, this ancient rock deity — nicknamed ‘The Gunks” — is a global mecca for climbers and a year ...

The Gunks’ 2,000-plus climbs range from 5.1 to 5.13 and are renowned for their high-quality holds and hard quartz conglomerate rock, which makes placing protective gear unusually safe and easy.

A quiet "third-classing" competition took place in the summer of 1985 in the Gunks, culminating in the author's free solo of the ultra-classic "Supercrack" 5.12c.

I’m hanging onto the side of a towering 200-foot cliff wall and a professional climbing instructor is urging me to do something that every muscle in my body is resisting – let go. It is… ...

The Gunks were discovered for climbers by world renowned mountaineer, Fritz Wiessner. Later, he and Hans Kraus pioneered many of the finest routes, and the two are considered heroes to this day.