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Hex's Vs Cams Vs Stoppers 11-Nov-2011 At 3:30:47 PM wallwombat

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On 4/11/2011 jcrunk wrote:
>...I climb mostly at Nowra NSW, Mt Keira (Wollongong) NSW & hopefully!! the Blue Mountains...
>which is sandstone

These places are not Arapiles or the Gramps but the majority of the advice the OP has received is geared towards these two area.

Nowra? Trad? Nup

Mt Kiera? Trad? Not really

Blue Mountains? Trad? Besides Mt Piddo there isn't a lot of good trad climbs in the mountains, certainly not for the begining trad leader. Mt Boyce maybe and perhaps The Wolgan (which isn't really the Blueys)

Point Perp is a great trad/mixed area but i wouldn't advise a beginner trad leader to head down there and it's not a place to go if you only have a sparse trad rack - doubles are pretty handy and sometimes triples. So is a nappy.

A set of nuts and some mid sized cams should do you OK at Piddo. Maybe a couple of larger sized hexes.

Don't waste your hard earned on RPs and other more esoteric crap yet. Wait until you head down to Victoria.