After having a great time in East Marion on Saturday, Dasha and I enjoyed a lazy Sunday morning, lingering over breakfast and taking a nice boat ride to Great Gun Beach. We decided to head to Wildwood State Park for some climbing before Dasha had to retreat back to the city. Wildwood is a beautiful park, especially this time of year when the crowds have thinned out and the leaves are changing color.There are two distinct bouldering areas. The Beach Boulders offer maybe a dozen problems with most of them being either fairly easy or fairly hard. The Bluff Boulders offer around 15-20 problems, most of them concentrated on one large boulder, with two smaller blocks adding a few lines. Of the two, the Bluff Boulders are the more frequently visited and this is where Dasha and I chose to spend the afternoon. An enjoyable twenty minute hike through stands of elm, oak, maple, sassafras and beech deposits you at the top of a short, steep trail down to the boulders.
The pics: (above) Dasha Zamolodchikov sticking the crux sloper on 'Kash Size' V1+ (below) 1-Dasha using her own unique beta on 'Crescent Moon' (V0+). 2-Christian Prellwitz midway through 'Agoraphobia' (V2). 3-Christian moving through the opening sequence of 'Blunt' (V2). 4-A sunset pose.
2 comments:
Hi mate,
Nice blog and awesome photos.
I've just moved here from england and came across your site when trying to find good spots near Port Jefferson. I spent a good few days working on the beach boulders but i'm having trouble finding this large boulder in the bluffs.
Any info on how better to find it would be appreciated.
i'm heading out to greenport today to climb some of the lines you mentioned here too so thanks for helping me out!
Tom
tom, to find the large bluff boulder, just take the wildwood yellow marked trail that goes west along the top of the bluffs. Take that as far west as possible until you are at the top of a large hill. The boulder should be at the bottom of the hill.
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