Routes : North America : United States : New York : Upstate : The Gunks : The Trapps : Beginner's Delight
Previous
Beginner's Delight - 5.3 popular
Average Rating : 4.07 out of 5
Route sequence (left to right): 199
Route Summary | Ascent Notes (76)
|
Hans Kraus, Roger and Del Wolcott
Rock (Trad)
PG13
3
Standard Rack
255
|
|
||||||||||||||
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: 757
Route ID: 9879
Most Recent Photos
|
|
|
76 Ascents Recorded
Record an ascent
Read all 76 ascent notes
| Ratings | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | |
| Safety Rating | G |
Onsight ascent by:
first trad lead at the gunks
woo hoo
Added: 2009-09-13
| Ratings | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 5.3 |
| Safety Rating | G |
| Exposure |  |
| Rock Quality | |
| Scenery |  |
| Fun Factor | |
Good Climb
Lead pitches 1 and 3 and a lot of fun with some easy and good climbing.
Added: 2009-09-04
| Ratings | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | |
| Safety Rating | G |
Second ascent by:
Beginners Delight
Good final pitch even though it is short.
Added: 2009-08-23
| Ratings | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 5.3 |
| Safety Rating | G |
| Exposure | |
| Rock Quality | |
| Scenery | |
| Fun Factor | |
Beginner's Delight - with Bees
Climbed with Terrie and Ken, tons of fun, took a while to figure out where to go after traverse, but made it through clean. Hornet nests in two hand holds, buzzy warnings but no stings. First climb where I could look down as I was climbing.
Added: 2009-08-04
| Ratings | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | |
| Safety Rating | G |
Flash ascent by:
n/a
Climbed with Ken S and Lauren P. Ken took p1 and 3, and I led p2. The traverse actually does have gear. Not every 5 feet of course, but it has enough gear to be safe on any penji fall, if you are on route and look for it.
There is one part where an apparent *perfect* nut placement slots - the block is loose. Not fall out and kill someone on e the ground loose, but for sure won't hold pro on a fall loose. Just to the left and at feet is a good cam placement. Like I said - if you look for the pro, it is there! I had a new person in our middle, and I wanted to protect her well.
P3 crux sequence is pretty awesome for a 5.3 - gotta love the Gunks!
Even though it's my 6th season out, I had never been on anything but p1 of this route before. It's nice to be finally ticking these classics.
There is one part where an apparent *perfect* nut placement slots - the block is loose. Not fall out and kill someone on e the ground loose, but for sure won't hold pro on a fall loose. Just to the left and at feet is a good cam placement. Like I said - if you look for the pro, it is there! I had a new person in our middle, and I wanted to protect her well.
P3 crux sequence is pretty awesome for a 5.3 - gotta love the Gunks!
Even though it's my 6th season out, I had never been on anything but p1 of this route before. It's nice to be finally ticking these classics.
Added: 2009-07-13
