I'm pretty new to climbing, and I haven't tried bouldering, although I think it looks like fun, and I think I could find some fun in The OM, boulders are everywhere!
In my humble opinion, unexperienced and girly as it may be, I don't know if starting out on a 200' climb is the best intro to climbing! Why not just rappel off the Index Wall!! (I'm poking at ya, a little, Robin!)
Bouldering is "cool", and you don't go high, but you have no ropes!! And I see tons of goof-balls dragging their crash pads out to the rocks to get their "cool" on bouldering. I think rock climbing is a better start, honestly, cause you're tied in and you can focus on your technique rather than worrying about the 15' drop you're about to take....(even with crash pads, it's still a big drop if you land wrong!)
That said, I want to try bouldering, too. But you can learn a lot from climbing small, moderate pitches (5.11a! Jezus, he's new, Breijer, play nice!:redneck: You're twubble!)
Bouldering?
Climbing with ropes??