Routes : North America : United States : New York : Upstate : The Gunks : The Trapps : Beginner's Delight
Beginner's Delight - 5.3 popular

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Rock (Trad)
PG13
3
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Description:
This is a fun route, it gets a bit trickey on the traverse. Climb a short easy pitch to a ledge at the base of a huge corner system with ceilings at the top. Pitch 2 climbs the corner system and traverses left(towards a pin in the face) to a right facing corner, which is followed to the GT ledge. Pitch 3 climb some corner systems past a few overhangs to the top.
Submitted by: interniq on 2006-10-23
Last Modified: 2007-02-17
Views: 4114
Route ID: 9879
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Difficulty | 5.4 |
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First Gunks lead
Did the harder version of pitch 1 which was pretty fun. Strung p1&2 together which was quite a stretch. P3 was wicked fun.
Added: 2013-11-01
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Rained off
1st pitch is un-memorable
Added: 2012-10-09
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Beginner's Delight
Pitches 1 and 2. The traverse was amazing.
Added: 2012-09-24
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Difficulty | 5.3 |
Safety Rating | G |
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Fun climb!
Very fun climb. It was one of my first traditional leads and I have good memories of it. I was aware of the traverse route finding and I still climbed about 10 ft. too far up! It was no problem down climbing though and I found the old pin and saw the, then obvious, ledge to go out to.
Added: 2012-08-10
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tricky route finding
Followed by somewhat sparse gear on the traverse. That said, it's a delightful climb. Not sure I would put a Newb on it...
Added: 2011-07-16