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 ...

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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 ...

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… ...

NEW PALTZ — A firefighter chomps on a green apple, watching a field at the Mohonk Preserve go up in flames with the nonchalance of a kid roasting marshmallows by a campfire.

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.

Rich Romano established some 80 routes, many of them R rated, at the steep and remote Millbrook, the Shawangunks, New York.

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.

The board plans to revisit the permit application for the proposed Bunks in the Gunks project at its […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 67°F. Tuesday, May 13th 2025 ...

The sixth annual New Paltz Climbing Film Festival, sometimes referred to as the Gunks Film Festival, takes place at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Julien J. Studley Theater at SUNY New Paltz, 75 S ...