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Phil Schaal & Dan Yagmin Bouldering In The Gunks

Via the guys at BassForYourFace comes this video of Brian Kim sending Cybernetic Wall (5.13d) at the Gunks, NY ground up on natural gear.

In keeping with the theme of videos lately, here are a few more I came across that I think will help keep you psyched.

Phil Schaal has made a probable 2nd ascent of Paul Robinson’s Agent Orange (V13) at the Gunks.  Here is some video and a few thoughts on the FA..

8a recently posted an interesting article on really hard (5.14d and up) routes that haven’t been repeated despite having been established years ago. Most of the routes seem unrepeated as much for their obscurity as for their difficulty, but it is definitely an interesting idea for discussion. I imagine a list for unrepeated [...]

Last October, I had the good fortune of climbing at the Gunks for a few days. If you missed my original write-up on the trip you can find it here. Finally, I got around to going through all the pictures for the first time since I got back, and here are a few [...]

Despite all of my (and Old School’s) stressing, belly-aching and doomsday predictions about the weather forecast for New Paltz last week, the weather was basically a non-factor during our trip to the Gunks. What was a factor? How about the incredible climbing, landscapes, history and weather we got a taste of during our 5 day visit to New York.

What better way to start recapping my trip to the Gunks than to talk about bouldering?