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Found gear at the Gunks

TSluiter · · Holland, VT · Joined May 2013 · Points: 314

Be careful not to overgeneralize about a demographic Nick unless there are some decent data to back it up.

If I wasn't careful, I might suggest that all the old folks believe in absolutely ridiculous superstitious nonsense in which the universe comes together to reward you with trinkets if you act in accordance with cultural norms with respect to piles of rock.

Eli Buzzell · · noco · Joined Nov 2010 · Points: 5,507
Happiegrrrl wrote:If half the posts mentioning lost pieces are true, the Gunks is like shopping at the Annex to the Rock & Snow Annex!
It is actually more like the grabby-prize machines at retail stores, because you know there is gear to be found, but you have to pay 17$ for a slim chance to get at it.

I was never good at those shitty machines anyway.
oldfattradguuy kk · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 170
Marc801 wrote: The best example of karma I ever encountered was in the Gunks some time in the 80's.... There was a good climber working at freeing some of the remaining aid lines and putting in some of the earlier 5.12 routes. He was also a bit of an obnoxious dick and a cheap bastard, known for, among other things, pulling fixed pro (pins) out of 7s & 8s for use on his 11/12 projects. He believed his projects were more worthy than those lesser, easier climbs that the masses gravitated toward. He became aware that there was a fixed cam on the last pitch of Three Doves, so he went up to booty it. Unable to remove it on his first foray, he returned with a hammer and chisel and managed to free it, but in the process a rock chip lodged in one of his eyes. Once on the ground, no amount of flooding the eye with water was able to dislodge the chip. He sold the cam for $40 but was eventually forced to go to the hospital to remove the chip. Having no insurance, that visit cost him $350. Karma.
That would be Donald p.......he stole the pin at the start of classic.
Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65

A few others as well. I was avoiding mentioning by name......

S. Neoh · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 35

Has "abandoned gear" become more common at The Gunks? I climbed there quite a bit for years until the mid 90's. Besides some gear which had become really fixed (on Frog's Head for example), retrievable gear I would add to my rack were uncommon.
I have climbed at Rumney much more since then and I have to admit I have only scored two biners or so, incl one good locker from Idiot's Deluxe 2 years ago. Note that at Rumney, "project" and fixed draws are not booty. Please do not take any, even tho most people do not leave draws on climbs for more than a couple of hours.

Thomas Stryker · · Chatham, NH · Joined Aug 2014 · Points: 250

Last I saw Donald P. he was climbing Three Doves with Mike B., lol, and carrying a bible in a sachel. I asked Mike what he was tied in with and he said " it looks kinda like a bowline doesn't it?"

True story!

S. Neoh · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 35
sara pax wrote: This is important! Quicklinks on mid route bolts - always booty, they don't belong there anyway.
Thank you Sara!
qlinks on protection bolts are OK if they are part of perma draws.
Nick Goldsmith · · Pomfret VT · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 440

Prince of darkness had a perma looking quick link on the last bolt before the gear section on P 2 for all the folks who believed the hype that "it's just a sport climb" ;)

City Dweller · · New York, NY · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 10
NESteve wrote:Ive been climbig at the Gunks for five summers got my start there so I have plenty of experience bud. Rather climb it the 'dacks these days mostly cause of the Brooklyn hipsters who clog the place up every weekend with skinny jeans and trapps-app conversations and whining that thers no gps info to find the rap stations LOL! real mountains and granite vs nyc and north Jerseys outdoor climbing gym you tell me! Sorry if I only signed up for mp 2 weeks ago -been reading the site for a while just decided to chim in I'll let my climbing speak for me rather than how many times I can post on some website!
I don't think this guy's ever been to Brooklyn. It's like the Dacks of NYC: way less crowded and way more hard core!

The Trapps is like Manhattan below the Park. Uberfall is Times Square. Arrow Wall is the Village. High E is the Upper East Side. Andrew Boulder is Central Park.

Nears is Harlem. Millbrook is Washington Heights. Lost City is Inwood.

The Bronx is like Little Falls. Queens is like the Powerlinez. Staten Island is like West Point. And so on.
Derek Jf · · Northeast · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 335
City Dweller wrote: I don't think this guy's ever been to Brooklyn. It's like the Dacks of NYC: way less crowded and way more hard core! The Trapps is like Manhattan below the Park. Uberfall is Times Square. Arrow Wall is the Village. High E is the Upper East Side. Andrew Boulder is Central Park. Nears is Harlem. Millbrook is Washington Heights. Lost City is Inwood. The Bronx is like Little Falls. Queens is like the Powerlinez. Staten Island is like West Point. And so on.
Who?
Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
Derek Jf wrote: Who?
Perhaps the person s/he quoted in the post?
J. Serpico · · Saratoga County, NY · Joined Dec 2009 · Points: 140

Anyone able to get that stuck link cam out on Black Fly? I hadn't ever worked a link cam, so I wasn't able to work it out (it's not mine or anyone I know, I just like booty projects). Anyway, whoever placed it really made sure it was fixed.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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