Hi All,

We (my son and I) are coming to Tassie in 2 weeks to look around with a view to moving there later on in the year.

We have been climbing for around a year in Qld and really want to get some climbing in on our visit which will be for just over a week.

We would be happy if we could climb for 3 or 4 days. We are hiring a car and staying half the time in Launceston and the rest in Hobart.

Can anyone suggest some good climbing anywhere around these areas, (travelling is no problem up to an hour or so in the car but we don't want to spend the whole trip walking!)? 

We have done mainly sport and have done several 19s and 20s but are most comfortable climbing from grade 14/15 - 18.

We have all sport gear plus 50m and 70m ropes.

We have done minimal trad but have a reasonable rack if there are any lower grades 14 - 16. If there are not many decent climbs in these grades we will leave the trad rack at home to save on weight.

We have the "Climb tasmania selected best climbs" guide book.

If possible we would like to climb some of the higher stuff including multipitch.

Any help/advice will be much appreciated.

thanks in advance

Alex

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  1. Jed Parkes

    Not a heap of sport climbing in tassie at that grade, your best bet will be Hillwood up north http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Hillwood

    Unfortunatly the guide for that area is not on thesarvo, i can lend you mine if you like.

    South you could check out the Paradiso, only 3 climbs at that grade there but great area http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Mount+Brown

    For some craggin around Hobart look at Waterworks, not amazing but easy and has a bunch of easier sport routes http://thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Waterworks+Quarry

    1. Alex Turner AUTHOR

      Hi and thanks for the reply.

      How do you think we will go at the Organ Pipes, there are a couple of low grade (11 - 15) climbs there that look great?

      Also we would appreciate the loan of your Hillwood guide. How can we pick it up?

      1. Jed Parkes

        Yeah lots of classic trad routes on the pipes. just follow the stars.

        i'm in Hobart email me jedparkes (at) hotmail dot com and can organize to pickup any week day.