Gunks history
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I'd love a Gunks history book full of stories of significant ascents and colorful background stories. I know a lot of it from the grey/purple/black Dicks, both the front matter and route descriptions. And I have the Dumais book with wonderful photos. Lots of great photos and stories have been posted on various climbing sites by Richard Goldstone, Ivan Rezucha and so many others. |
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Yankee Rock and Ice ( Amazon ) gives a detailed history of climbing in the northeast from the 1800s through 1990. It's not specific to the Gunks, but is very Gunks-heavy purely based on the amount of significant climbing that happened there. |
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It's not a book (yet?) but Rock and Snow's blog has a series called "flashbacks" that chronicles many of the old school climbers. Seems like it's a work in progress, with new posts every month or two. |
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The above suggestions are good ones. One of the supertopo Gunks threads has a scanned version of the history section from the original Gunks guidebook written by Art Gran, which is also a good read. |
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Seth, |
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Thanks all for the links and info. Some I'd seen but lots new! I'll pick up Yankee rock and Ice next time I'm up to Rock and Snow. Forums are nice, but I still like having a book :) |