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Visiting Climber to Sydney Area 17-Apr-2014 At 11:59:53 AM alleyehave

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Hey everyone,

I have absolutely no idea if I'm in the right forum, so I hope so. My girlfriend and I are headed to Australia for about 3 weeks or so(end of May). We are flying into Sydney and staying in the general area for about 5 days. We plan on spending a couple of days climbing Blue Mountains(?)..I haven't bought a guidebook yet, cause I don't want to pay an arm and a leg for shipping. How many draws are recommended for sport routes there? I'd like to leave my trad rack at home, but if the trad climbing is absolutely rad there, i'll bring some, opinions? Is a 60m rope standard there, or should I bring a 70m?

Also, we will be flying out of Brisbane, any recommendations for climbing between Sydney and Brisbane, or just surf? :)

Lastly, if anyone wouldn't mind meeting up and hanging out/climbing, we'd def like to hang out with some local climbers, we climb into the 11s sport and 10s trad(sorry, don't know Aus grades, yet...). We'd be happy to repay the favor if you ever come to California to climb...

Take care,
Nate