Enjoy the pleasure and excitement of outdoor rock climbing, no experience necessary. All equipment is provided.

Designed for both avid and occasional gym climbers, this program will help you transfer your skills outdoors.

Already have some climbing experience? We'll work with you to improve your technique.

This program is designed to help experienced climbers to bring their climbing skills to the next level.

Learn rock climbing safety principles and practice using gear and building various top rope anchors.

This advanced course teaches climbers how to retreat from unexpected dangerous situations.

Become an AMGA Certified SPI or renew your cert!.

For corporate team building or outdoor adventure, rock climbing is a great way to bring people together.

Scout groups can count on a full day of climbing and rappelling, learning to trust and count on each other.

We designed this program specifically for women to help developing a unique and more efficient climbing style.

A guided climbing day is a fantastic way to treat yourself to the best routes The Gunks has to offer.

Treat your friend or your significant other with a guided day of climbing in the Gunks. No experience necessary.

“I have been fortunate to spend the last 23 years of my life climbing in one of the most pristine climbing areas in the Northeast, the Shawangunk mountain range. I am the owner of HighXposure and it is my aim to provide the best possible climbing experience for our clients.”

Sue is passionate about teaching and climbing. She is a boxing instructor at the United States Military Academy, and the director of the Cadet Mountaineering Club. She is an AMGA certified Rock Instructor, and an SPI and CWI provider. She has a long history of guiding in the gunks and will deliver an exceptional rock climbing experience.

Olivier has been climbing since 2003 and in the Gunks since 2005, where he learned to trad climb as a client of …High-Xposure! He is AMGA SPI certified, is NY DEC licensed for Rock Guiding and completed his AMGA rock guide course.

While the Gunks is the “home crag”, Olivier enjoys all things mountain including ice climbing and skiing, though rock climbing is certainly the main sport having climbed on four continents. He resides in PA with his family.

My first outdoor climbing experience was guided by High Xposure’s own Sue Kligerman in 2000.

19 years later, my wife and I are avid rock and ice climbers and Gunks residents. Climbing has taken me around the country and around the world (Alaska, France, Switzerland, Sardinia, Malta, Canada) and allowed me to meet many amazing people.

I am active in the Adaptive climbing space and helped people of very different abilities to access the great sport of climbing.

Michael is a NY State Certified Tier 1 Rock and Ice Guide.

Dale was first exposed to rock climbing while at summer camp in the Catskill Mountains. He signed up for a climbing trip to the Gunks and was immediately hooked.

Simeon is a licensed rock climbing guide, and a certified Wilderness First Responder who has been technical rock climbing since 1995 and has taught people how to climb and mitigate risk in the vertical world for the better part of twenty years.

Eric is a NY State licensed Rock Climbing Guide, AMGA SPI, and is certified by the Professional Climbing Guides Institute (PCGI). Eric has mentored many climbers and enjoys helping people safely progress to whatever grade makes them happy.