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Advice for a visiting climber 19-Sep-2013 At 9:48:28 AM maxdacat

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Hi Ramon - what time of year are you visiting? and for how long?

Plenty to try in that grade range in Araps and the Gramps. Taipan Wall would certainly keep you busy for a while eg Serpentine which Gresh says is one of the best routes he's done:

http://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/grampians/mt-stapylton-amphitheatre/area/12974653

At Araps you would definitely want a rack of some sort, just the usual cams and wires. If you're worried about weight you could take the bare essentials and aim to hook up with other people to share cams for certain routes. There is a lot of history behind some of the routes so have a try at some of the sandbag stuff put up by Henry Barber in the 70's. Some other random suggestions:

Trojan - 25
Birdman of Alcatraz - 23
Kachoong - 21 (mainly for the photo op and outrageous position)
Watchtower crack - 16

The thing to remember is that even some of the 1 star routes at Araps would be popular classics in the UK. The rock and protection is some of the best i've climbed on (the Grampians is the same), so it's hard to give a definitive list, suffice to say you won't run out of stuff to do no matter what grade you climb.

For staying in the Gramps I've heard good things about this place:

http://www.mtzerologcabins.com.au/

but Araps you will need camping gear to stay at the famous Pines.

I'm based in Sydney so don't get down there as often as i'd like but drop me a message if you need any more info.

cheers
Morgan