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Download 13 times Source: www.bonnieprudden.com // Topic: Poughkeepsie Journal File Size: 106.22 kb // Total of Page: 3 Page(s) Last download by bboys Last download on: 8 months ago Share this info: Sample of page (click to enlarge) Short Desciption: Poughkeepsie Journal. Darryl Bautista/Poughkeepsie. Journal. Veteran climbers Alex Baer,. left, and Julie Seyfert-Lillis,. shown Tuesday at Mohonk ... Content Inside: GO Thursday, August 22, 2002 Site index Womens climbing group forms national network By Jennifer Karchmer Poughkeepsie Journal Bonnie Pruddens passion with rock climbing began in the 1940s at Ulster Countys Shawangunk mountains, known as the Gunks. She was one of only a handful of women who climbed alongside men making first ascents of rock that had never been explored. There were no styles. We always just climbed. We were pioneers, she said during a phone interview Aug. 10 from her home in Tucson, Ariz. In those days, we had lousy shoes, a rope, a few pitons and a hammer. Darryl Bautista/Poughkeepsie Journal Todays Ads Marketplace Coupons Find a business Find a car Find a home Find a job Post a job Post a resume Virtual career fair Advertiser index Place an ad As a rock climbing trailblazer, Prudden climbed with the likes of Hans Kraus, Ken Prestrud, Fritz Weissner and her husband Richard Hirschland. After the group