WELCOME TO OUR LOCAL LORE COLUMN, WHERE WE DROP A PIN ON THE CLIMBING MAP AND ASK LOCALS TO GIVE US THE BETA. From local climbing legends & lore to must-do-routes and historical deep dives - we’re letting our favourite locals loose on these pages to tell us how we should be spending our time in their backyards. From tips on embracing the steep and anecdotes on how climbing in Nowra shaped the people they’ve become - Max and Mitch give us the beta on Nowra climbing.
I’m sure my experience of learning to climb in Nowra is similar to most; summer days spent sweating bullets at Descent Gully, unable to climb most of the shaded routes as a beginner. Honestly, I wasn’t even aware of what “conditions” meant. Months of weekly visits turned into years of time spent at
