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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Sep 26, 2007 - 12:31pm PT
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I meant a photo of Henry's Foops Machine. I've heard of it a few times but don't know what it was.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Sep 26, 2007 - 12:34pm PT
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That's how I did the Gill variation to The Brat. It worked great-- a heel-toe to avoid all those greasy crimps. The only Gill problem I managed to do that day.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2007 - 10:59am PT
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That looks to be The Gunks Wedding. Is it?
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Sep 28, 2007 - 12:54am PT
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"...That's how I did the Gill variation to The Brat. It worked great-- a heel-toe to avoid all those greasy crimps. The only Gill problem I managed to do that day..."
Probably only because you couldn't find some way to press it out as a mantle...
Curt
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Delhi Dog
Trad climber
Good Question...
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Sep 28, 2007 - 01:12am PT
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Steve thanks for posting, trip down memory lane for many of us seeing that cover and article!
Though the West is the Best ( slam me if you want but there you have it) there is so much of the East that remains special. From crisp fall days at the Gunks with colors radiating to the horizan to the whicked humdity that encourages the chalk to run in streams down the arms... its all good.
DD
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phillip mike revis
climber
snowbird, ut
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Sep 28, 2007 - 01:24am PT
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the gunks kick ass
MF is the best 5.9 in america
you get sh#t for even thinking about hangdoggin fall off or go home
today i soloed little face at sky top best 5.2+ ever tonite is the nite after the full moon maybe a pilgrim's progress is next i love the gunks
i have climbed all over the north america and i come back to the gunks every summer and nyc is so close
how could you not like it americas premier trad climbing area right next door to the most famous city on earth
if you haven't climbed there you are loosing money
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yo
climber
The Eye of the Snail
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Sep 28, 2007 - 10:35am PT
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I'm gonna need a little more background on the Gunks wedding please.
hahaha
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Sep 28, 2007 - 10:50am PT
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The happy couple in that picture are Lynn Hill and Russ Raffa, who were married in the Gunks in 1989. Perhaps somebody who was there can tell more about the story?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Sep 28, 2007 - 11:14am PT
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So Curt, where's The Egg pix?
I went to the Gunks on a summer weekend in the early 1980s and it was my first experience of what could only be called an urban climbing experience. I had never seen so many people packed into a climbing area. Gumbies anchored to trees on one side of the path, their ropes running across the road like slack lines to the leader's first piece, four feet off the ground, with the leader suspended helplessly twenty feet out on a 5.2. fixed in place by fear and rope drag as the rest of us casually walked over and under the belay rope; people fighting like junkyard dogs over the prime parking spaces or any space at all; huge swarms of outing groups huddled around their lost leader, trying to make sense out of the guidebook; teams of women climbers in flat-tops and dog collars; and the occasional wasp's nest to keep things fun. I was actually quite horrified. In retrospect, I appreciate the place a bit more, for the ability of the locals and the landowners to keep it open and usable under an incredible amount of pressure. Most of all, I'd really like to go back on a cool off-day for miles of fun 5.2 + soloing.
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tinman
Trad climber
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Sep 28, 2007 - 11:41am PT
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"The happy couple in that picture are Lynn Hill and Russ Raffa, who were married in the Gunks in 1989. Perhaps somebody who was there can tell more about the story?"
Didn't Bob D take this photo? He should be able to supply all the info necessary.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Sep 28, 2007 - 12:21pm PT
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I was a usher in the wedding. Nice wedding and great times.
The photo is from my camera and I set the lighting and angle. I think Russ Clune took the shot.
I am on the far right next to Jim McCarthy (preacher). With Mark Robinson and his wife and a guy who name slip from my mind.
I am going to the Gunks in a little more than a week for a reunion with a most of the folks (and more) in the photo.
As we all know Russ and Lynn parted ways and Russ is married to a wonderful lady (Holly) and has a 2-year boy.
I also have a photo of Russ Clune and Chris Bonnington who were out at the cliff the same day as the shoot.
Really looking forward to it.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Sep 29, 2007 - 12:24pm PT
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k.l.k. Egg pix for you...
...from 1981, I think.
Curt
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Sep 29, 2007 - 12:30pm PT
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Nice shorts Curt!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 29, 2007 - 03:19pm PT
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Most dramatic shot of a 5.2+ ever! Nice! Some more air for ya. From Richard DuMais' exquisite Shawangunk Rock Climbing 1985. All of the photos from the initial posted article appear in color within!
Jimmy Surette on Swing Time.
Just wouldn't be a Gunks thread without my main man Fritz. Rock solid....
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TwistedCrank
climber
Caution: Filling may be hot.
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Sep 29, 2007 - 03:59pm PT
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Nice slippers, Fritz!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 29, 2007 - 05:02pm PT
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Original School, all the way!
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tradcragrat
Trad climber
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Sep 29, 2007 - 06:36pm PT
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Ha! the dangler used to be rated 5.8?!
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Sep 29, 2007 - 07:42pm PT
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Steve...that is Jeff Achey on Fat City and Bill Shanaman on Three Pines Direct.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Sep 29, 2007 - 11:55pm PT
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The picture of Fritz is on Never-Never Land (5.10a). The crux is just above. Fritz was, I think, in his mid-seventies at the time, and was climbing in his K2 slippers, as you can see. The belayer up out of sight is me. I did not wear mountaineering boots.
Fritz was really something else.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Sep 30, 2007 - 04:47am PT
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What, no early Hardy Truesdale shots? Hmmm. Will have to dig around.
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