The Kittatinies and Gunks are part of the same Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachians - neither should be considered an extension of the other.
gunksclimber - Sep 30, 2007 9:22 am - Hasn't voted
This page is awful
There is no class of 4.0 and 5.13 is a grade, not a class.
"The Gunks Guide" is not the main guidebook for the area.
The statement "Skytop is completely closed due to insurance problems" is speculation. We don't know why Skytop is closed. It's worth mentioning that it's open now to guided climbing.
It makes no sense to talk about "four main cliffs" and then list five.
The rock is quartzite conglomerate, very similar to sandstone.
"Physicist" is spelled wrong.
Shockley's Ceiling is a 5.6, not a 5.8. Its nude ascent is not a "rite of passage"; that implies that most people do it, when in fact very few do.
Foops is not so important that it merits 3/7ths of a "history" section. It might be worth mentioning Supercrack, which was briefly the hardest climb in the U.S.
The phrase "totally illegal, except in certain specified areas" makes no sense; "there is over a 1,200 ascent routes" and "There is also some good scrambles" are ungrammatical.
alex - Sep 21, 2007 10:06 pm - Voted 8/10
Re: GeologyThe Kittatinies and Gunks are part of the same Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachians - neither should be considered an extension of the other.
gunksclimber - Sep 30, 2007 9:22 am - Hasn't voted
This page is awfulThere is no class of 4.0 and 5.13 is a grade, not a class.
"The Gunks Guide" is not the main guidebook for the area.
The statement "Skytop is completely closed due to insurance problems" is speculation. We don't know why Skytop is closed. It's worth mentioning that it's open now to guided climbing.
It makes no sense to talk about "four main cliffs" and then list five.
The rock is quartzite conglomerate, very similar to sandstone.
"Physicist" is spelled wrong.
Shockley's Ceiling is a 5.6, not a 5.8. Its nude ascent is not a "rite of passage"; that implies that most people do it, when in fact very few do.
Foops is not so important that it merits 3/7ths of a "history" section. It might be worth mentioning Supercrack, which was briefly the hardest climb in the U.S.
The phrase "totally illegal, except in certain specified areas" makes no sense; "there is over a 1,200 ascent routes" and "There is also some good scrambles" are ungrammatical.