Photo Gallery: Perfect Tens—An Homage to the Shawangunks’ Classic 5.10s
Paulin, Ari
The Shawangunks form a precipitous ridgeline slicing through the farmland of New Paltz just 85 miles north of New York City. The cliffs top out at around 250 feet—short by Western standards—but the beta-intensive, powerful climbing on the area’s overhanging quartzite crushes sensitive egos.

