On 1/12/2013 Wendy wrote:
>If you have no trad experience at all, I would just head straight to Araps
>to get started. Preferably with someone who does know how to climb trad.
>There are far far better routes to start on there than anywhere in NSW.
>
Really?? There is plenty of good easy trad to get started on here in the Bluies and for the next month or two before the OP's trip, doing something would be better than nothing. If they can do sport routes in the low 20's then trad in the mid to high teens shouldn't be much of an issue.
My suggestion would be, go to Piddington and have a play on Hope, Faith and Charity, setting up and using a top rope to practice placing gear if need be. Then move on to some of the classics like:
- Tombstone Wall (15) - gear to start then bolts all the way
- Flake Crack (17)
- Pharoah (15)
- Carthaginian (15)
etc
Mount Boyce and Mt York are also worth a visit.....get the guide and see what appeals.