[Trip Full] Dams Cliffs, Blue Mountains – Beginner friendly Rock Climbing trip

Hello, Myself (Marcus Gatt) and Linna, are running a rock climbing trip to Dams Cliffs in the Blue Mountains on Sunday 15th March. This is a great area for a first outdoor climbing trip as there is an assortment of grades for people to try, as well as an area for us to swim once we are too tired to continue climbing. We will arrive at the crag at 9am, and we will leave from there at 4pm. We will carpool from Sydney.

I’ve labelled this as a ‘Beginner friendly ‘ trip, this means that you have at least done a few sessions of indoor top-rope climbing prior to joining this trip. This is so that the trip leaders can be confident in your ability to belay, and so that you at least have a baseline of strength and technique to move on the wall.

The trip leaders on this trip will set up rock climbs so that they can be completed in top-rope, trip-leaders will not be focusing on teaching lead climbing.

Required equipment
Prior to commencing the trip, you need to ensure that you have the required climbing equipment. If you do not own an item on this list, it must be borrowed from the UNSWOC Gear Cupboard on a Thursday evening (5th or 12th) prior to the event.
– Harness
– Rock Climbing Helmet
– Rock Climbing Shoes
– Belay device and locking carabiner
– Chalk bag (Optional, but nice to have)

Extra things that are important to bring:
– Enclosed shoes for the walk in & belaying.
– Swimsuit, towel, sunscreen.
– Lunch, 3L of water, exquisite snacks to share.
– A jacket (it can get cold in the mountains).
– medicines if you need them (asthma puffer, etc)

To be accepted onto the trip In the comments, let us know:
– how long you have been doing indoor rock climbing for,
– whether you have a car, how many spaces you have, where would you drive from.
– your Facebook name, or phone number, so that we can organise a group chat.

Safety
Rock climbing is an inherently dangerous sport with potential for serious injury. Compared to indoor climbing, there exists additional and occasionally unpredictable dangers. Trip leaders will put all reasonable controls and procedures in place to prevent an incident, however it is worth noting that risk is not entirely eliminable.

If you have any questions feel free to contact myself or Linna.

Pictures for hype:

~~~Please note, the trip is now full!~~~