Russ Clune is an integral part of climbing’s humble beginnings in America. Recently, Sam Elias paid Clune a visit at his home in the Gunks, where he sampled the historic routes of the past and attempted a rare ascent of the new-school trad testpiece: Brozone (5.14b). But perhaps the most important thing Sam walked away with, amid all the climbing history lessons, and constant, often hilarious, Clune cliff-banter, was an intimate view into the soul of a man who has dedicated his entire life to climbing.
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Nice.
Going back a little further - http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1097594/John-Stannard-in-Life-magazine-1971
I think the Gunks always scared me away - probably (almost certainly) a mistake! Although even the 5.6 routes looked scary to me.
Wow, great video. I'd never even heard of this place but it looks totally awesome!
Incredible and very inspiring
Good video, shame the audio quality (especially at the start) was quite bad.