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The place to be for climbing 13-Jan-2011 At 12:03:14 PM will5686

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On 13/01/2011 nmonteith wrote:
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>From Melb CBD to the rock...
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>You Yangs - 45 minutes
>Camels Hump - 50 minutes
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>I used to regularly go to these places after work in summer.

Fair enough, I've not been to either of these places (my boyfriend refuses to go climb "scarily run out slabs" as he calls the You Yangs, he really just has poor technique and strong upper body strength, so he likes overhangs). If camels hump is really that close I have to get out there. I was really talking about Werribee gorge, I should have specified. And I am coming from oakleigh on the other side of Melbourne, so it takes me half an hour just to get over the west gate bridge.

I guess Melbourne would be way more awesome for climbing if I lived on the right side of town. Still, I used to be able to climb happily five days a week in Sydney, because of SICG, and then get to the blueys or a little crag down south on the weekends. I miss having a good climbing gym nearby, hard rock just doesn't do it for me - its always super busy and I never feel like they have put any thought into their route design.

That said, I finally got to the grampians recently, and it is definitely the best place I have ever climbed. I am looking forward to getting to araps, maybe once I have done that I will vote for Melbourne, :)