About us
We were founded in 1974, and have been guiding rock and ice climbing trips in the Gunks and Catskills Mountans for more than 40 years. We became an American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) accredited guiding service in 1986, when the accreditation program was established.
We work with clients with wide range of abilities and experience - from total beginners, introducing them to outdoor rock climbing, to avid climbers visiting the Gunks from other regions and interested in climbing the Gunks classic routes. We help organizing group climbing trips - corporate outings, family retreats, adventure groups. We have extensive experience working with kids - during school breaks, we guide rock climbing outings for summer camps and boy scout groups.
We also offer a wide range of climbing programs - we teach rock climbing techniques, rope management and anchors, multi-pitch, lead climbing and more. Additionally, we organize customized programs, based on your abilities and goals. We bring 40 years of high professionalism and safety.
Meet our guides
Bob Ferrari
Chief guide and Owner
“I have been fortunate to have spent the last 23 years of my life climbing at one of the Northeasts most pristine climbing areas, The Shawangunks mountain range.
For the last 14 of those 23 years I have had the privilege of working as a guide for the longest running guide service on the Mohonk Preserve, HighXposure Adventures Inc., formerly High Angle, founded by Jon Ross in 1974. We are proud to say that we're celebrating our 45th year of business. The last 19 years that I have spent guiding here have been some of the most rewarding years of my life.
As your ambassador to the "Gunks" it's my aim to make sure that every HighXposure client has the best possible climbing experience of their life. I truly enjoy meeting new people, sharing my climbing knowledge, and showing you all the beauty this wonderful area has to offer. I look forward to climbing and guiding here for many more years to come.”
Sue Kligerman
Lead Guide, AMGA and PCGI certified multi-pitch rock climbing instructor
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.
Certifications
- AMGA certified Rock Instructor
- AMGA certified Single Pitch (SPI) Instructor/Provider
- AMGA certified Climbing Wall (CWI) Instructor/Provider
- Wilderness First Responder
Oliver Carre
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
Simeon Heimowitz
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 stay safe in the vertical world for the better part of twenty years. Simeon is active in several climbing coalitions throughout the northern continent and believes in protecting open space for future generations. You can find Simeon's name in guidebooks within the Red River Gorge, Kentucky, Mount Charleston, Nevada, Ralph Stover State Park in Bucks County Pennsylvania, the New River Gorge, West Virginia, and throughout Mexico including; El Potrero Chico, Peña de Bernal, and Aculco de Espinosa. Simeon learned to climb on traditional gear in the Delaware Water Gap, then moved onto the Gunks in 1996 which propelled him into a life as a climbing guide. Simeon considers himself firstly as a traditional climber even though the the majority of his route development is largely comprised in sport climbing areas.
Michael MacElhiney
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.
