The recent sharp fall in the number of posts on this site may cause some of us to work
too hard. Since the weather keeps us 'too cool' guys away from the rock, we can instead
try answering one of those big philosophical questions of life:
Where are the bolts in the Gunks?
The rap bolts have it's own listing on this site, but where are the ones we clip for pro?

To start off:
2nd pitch of Arrow: 2 bolts. Real nice and shiny, give confidence.
1st pitch of Never Never Land, 1 bolt.
1st pitch of Thin Slabs, 1 bolt. A bit on the manky side.
1st pitch of Sente, 2 bolts. Both old rusty 1/4" ?

Is there also one on 1st pitch of Tequila Mockingbird?
Could there also be one on Womb Step?

There's one (piton, actually) "protecting" the crux move on Shockley's Ceiling; rusty, illmannered-looking thing. Saw a hapless leader take a fall on it; they hadn't sunk a cam or hex into the beautiful crack, in the ceiling, and couldn't pull the Move. The piton held, somehow. *shudder* This just before my first ascent of it.

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Bolts that I know of:

1. Phoebe
2. Blackout
3. Dry Martini
4. Gory Thumb
5. Never Never Land
6. J'Accuse
7. Turdland (3)
8. Arrow (2)
9. Worp Factor I
10. April Showers
11. Yellow wall (2)
12. Carbs and Caffeine (2)
13. Scarey Area (2)
14. Fat City
15. Beer and Loathing (2)
16. Sente (3)
17. Wonderland
18. Thins Slabs

3. Dry Martini - technically 2, the original and the new replacement.

4. Gory Thumb - on the second pitch, which perhaps sees as many as 5 ascents per decade.

19. Keep On Struttin'

A bunch at Lost City and Bonticou.

Historical ones now chopped:
Moonlight
Pumping Pygmies

1. Phoebe - That thing would be lucky to hold body weight!

Chopped bolts:

Never Never Land (2)
Never Say Never
Farewell to Fingers

Lets not forget that big shiny bolt on Honky Tonk Woman, which is located about 20 feet below the poorly protected crux, supposedly to keep you from decking when your optimistic gear zippers(?).

The April Showers' bolt is gone now - think it disappeared last year.

27 bolts? Is that the number for the Gunks? I wonder how many Seneca has in comparison? Do they even have any bolted rap anchors at all? Perhaps it should have the trad-style title more than the Gunks.

yes, seneca has bolted rap stations, and a more interesting comparison would be a pitches per bolt for both areas. Seneca has all of 500 or so routes.