Right you are! Bonus questions: 1) Who was the Dick of Dick's Prick? 2) There is a 5.8 variation to the last pitch of Northern Pillar called Cemetary Gates. Where did this name come from? 3) Who did the first all nut ascent of Never Never Land? He also did not clip the bolt or the pins.

1) Dick Hirschland. (sp?)

Dick's Prick is HARD.

Should be in the most sandbagged 5.6's list - it gave me pause, and I was only following it.
No good gear for a while, poor awkward (very non-Gunk's-like) holds, and then when you finally get some gear, you've already blown yer wad, since it's over so quick

"I'm sure that happens to *all* the routes...."

2) There is a 5.8 variation to the last pitch of Northern Pillar called Cemetary Gates. Where did this name come from? 3) Who did the first all nut ascent of Never Never Land? He also did not clip the bolt or the pins.

2) A Llanberis route. (The Gunks route is Cemetery Wall.)

Dave craft did the first free ascent of Never Never Land; Art Gran did the first ascent but used the bolt as an aid point. Dave's ascent occurred before nuts arrived in the U.S., so he most certainly did clip the bolt and pins.

I don't know who did the first all-nut ascent, but of course Stannard would be a good guess.

wow, Peter Rossi! He moved back to New Paltz recently. He hasn't climbed for quite a few years... but I guess he used to allright...

Stannard may not have done it first, but he did make a winter all-nut ascent of the Arrow in mountain boots...

Spoken like..ah..oh never mind.

Stannard did the first all nut ascent of Never Never Land, supposedly in symbolic protest against the piton Ivan Rezucha used on the FA of Star Action.

1) There's a climb in the Near Trapps called L.P. What do those initials stand for? 2) What was the original name of the climb Swinging Cunt? (trick question) 3) Why did McCarthy and Williams call their Near Trapps climb Generation Gap? 4) Two first ascents in the 'Gunks have involved a well known author. Who is he? 5) There are two climbs in the 'Gunks that are named with boxing in mind. Which ones? 5) The climb Un-Appealing Ceiling was once known by another name. What was it? And aside from a climb at the 'Gunks, what else (hint: comedy) was once known by this name? 6) There is a climb called Glypnod. What is a glypnod? And finally, (this one isn't fair), what did John Stannard say when he first saw Friends?