Gunks Climbers’ Coalition Sponsors
The Gunks Climbers’ Coalition is grateful to the wonderful people and companies who have donated goods and services to our organization. Here’s a list of GCC sponsors over the past year. Please return the favor and support our sponsors with your business. Click on the logos to learn more about their sponsorship, view images, and find the link to their website.
If you or your business would like to donate goods or services to the Gunks Climbers’ Coalition, or if we were bad and forgot to list your business and you’ve donated in the past year, please contact the GCC.
Recent Gunks Climbers' Coalition Sponsors
(in random order)
Mountainsmith
•Since 1979, Mountainsmith manufactures durable gear for exploring the outdoors that is... forged for life.
Dick Williams
•Vulgarian and Gunks climbing legend, founder of Rock and Snow, and Gunks guidebook author.
Time to Climb
•Time to Climb, a site by Nicholas Hernandez, is a site dedicated to those who have a passion to pursue their dreams. Time to Climb also hosts climbing related film events in the tri-state area.
Furnace Industries
•Makers of Hand Crafted Gym Safe Drytooling Tools and Wood Technical Ice Climbing Tools, Furnace Industries is committed to promoting dry tooling, ice, and mixed climbing while educating climbers to conserve the climbing environment.
Stone Ridge Wine & Spirits
•For over 22 years, Stone Ridge Wine & Spirits has provided the best selection of wines and craft spirits in the area, with many of their products coming from right here in the Hudson Valley.
Sterling Rope
•Sterling Rope designs and produces the world’s finest ropes, hardware and gear that enable climbers to confront challenging conditions.
The Climbing Zine
•The Climbing Zine is a collection of memories of treasured experiences. We are here to represent the soul of rock climbing, and take it back to the essence.
The Gravity Vault
•The Gravity Vault began in 2005 with a climbing gym in Upper Saddle River, NJ, followed by Chatham, NJ. They now have many locations in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including Poughkeepsie, NY, serving the Gunks climbing community.
REI
•A member-owned co-op since 1938, REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) sells sporting goods, camping gear, travel equipment, and clothing.
Hans Florine
•Hans Florine, world champion speed climber and author of "On the Nose - A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb."
The Cheese Plate
•The Cheese Plate, located in the Water Street Market in New Paltz, specializes in fine local and imported cheeses, artisan-crafted meats, specialty products and handmade sweets, as well as gifts.
Nora Scarlett
•Photographer and author of "Trunks of the Gunks," a visual odyssey through the Shawangunk Mountains in search of the unexpected.
BC’s New Paltz Climbing Gym
•BC's New Paltz Climbing Gym is a center for the rich climbing community based around the Gunks. BC's is the local spot for experienced climbers to meet partners, make friends, and enjoy the community our sport creates.
Mohonk Preserve
•As New York's largest nonprofit nature preserve and the home of Gunks climbing, the Mohonk Preserve protects and manages over 8,000 acres of mountain ridges, forests, fields, streams, ponds, and other unique and beautiful places with over 200,000 visitors annually.
Gunks Apps
•Gunks Apps provides the Gunks+ app for iPhone and Android, and digital guidebooks for the Trapps, Nears, and Peter's Kill rock climbing cliffs and boulders in the Shawangunks of New York.
Vultaggio Studios
•Chris Vultaggio's adventure photography and writing has been featured by National Geographic online, Rock and Ice, Climbing magazine, and maintains a global base of Fortune 500 clients including BMW, Anheuser Busch inBev, and major financial institutions. Chris is also on the board of directors of the Gunks Climbers' Coaltion.
Rock and Snow
•Specialists in Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Hiking and Cross-Country Skiing Since 1970.
Tuthilltown Spirits
•Located in Gardiner NY and co-founded by climber Ralph Erenzo, Tuthilltown distillers are bringing back traditional batch-distilled spirits. The Tuthilltown Spirits line of products includes gin, vodkas, whiskeys, rum, eau de vie, brandy, liqueurs, and infusions.
Jetboil
•Jetboil builds super-dependable stoves & systems that pack light, set up quick, and achieve rapid boils in minutes
ClimbStuff.com
•ClimbStuff provides quality and trusted climbing equipment while providing a platform of education and participation to protect and maintain the resources we cherish as a community. ClimbStuff donates 5% of all sales to the access organization of the customer's choice.
Alex Honnold
•Alex Honnold, professional rock climber famous for his free solo ascents of America's biggest cliffs, and author of the book "Alone on the Wall."
Bacchus Restaurant
•Bacchus is a restaurant and brewery in New Paltz, NY with hearty food, tasty beer & wine, a billiards room, live music, and a warm, neighborly atmosphere.
The Cliffs
•The Cliffs climbing gyms are located in Long Island City, Valhalla, DUMBO and soon, Harlem.
Patagonia
•Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, paddling and trail running.
