The Horseman was a climb recommended to us by a friend of Dottie's. He has been a Gunks climber your a long time and he said this was his favorite climb. He also asked Leo what he lead at home. Leo replied '5.10'. this guys response was 'Thats great, you will be able to lead 5.8 here!".The Horseman is a 30 meter 2 pitch climb. It starts with some face climbing up to a right facing corner. Towards the top, it traverses left out onto the face to a ledge for the first belay. The second pitch was interesting face climbing to the top for a tree rap anchor.
We know it is a little over 30 meters because we were told that with a 60 meter rope, a rap from the top would get us to a ledge about 2-3 meters off the ground that we could easily down climb. We simul-repelled and just managed to reach terra firma.
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