Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Botswana Gaborone Kgale The Red Rocks | |||||
19 | Phatla
FA: carl bauer & Jacob Knight, 2007 | 22m | |||
19 | Dihedre
| 20m | |||
Botswana Gaborone Kgale The Black Rocks Triple Chin Area | |||||
18 | Peg On The Nose
FA: carl bauer & Anton Makgetho, 2003 | 22m | |||
18 | Tripple Chin
FA: Robert Daffe, 2005 | 22m, 7 | |||
Botswana Gaborone Kgale Upper Tier | |||||
18 | Hot Dog
| 10m | |||
18 | Tsela
| 22m | |||
19 | Aperture
FA: Robert Daffe & carl bauer, 2005 | 22m | |||
Lesotho PTC Mountain | |||||
G2 | LCU Cornerm | ||||
Lesotho Qiloane - 'The Basotho Hat' | |||||
G2 | ★ Go Go Crack
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Namibia Windhoek Eros | |||||
19 | Nurse Hoogenbusum.
Easy buttress starting directly out of the Kloof bed. Trending right, Double ring bolt lower-offs. Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter & Martin Haworth, 2003 | 22m, 7 | |||
Namibia Windhoek Closed Harmony | |||||
18 | Albrecht
Can go natural/trad. FA: V.Müller & H.Gantze, 1998 | ||||
18 | Nameless
FA: J.Morewetz, 2012 | ||||
18 | ★★ Pluto
FA: E.Haber & R.Graf, 1999 | 8 | |||
18 | Sollbruchstelle (SBS)
FA: J.Morewetz & R.Graf, 2012 | ||||
18 | Pfefferfresser
FA: E.Haber & R.Van Der Smit, 1998 | 8 | |||
19 | ★★ Schwalbenwand
FA: E.Haber & R.Van Der Smit, 1998 | 8 | |||
18 | ★★ Advent
FA: H.Gantze & E.Haber, 1998 | 8 | |||
19 | ★★ Tannin
FA: E.Haber & R.Graf, 1999 | 8 | |||
18 | Kaffernadler
FA: H.Gantze & V.Müller, 1998 | ||||
18 | Against All Odds
Can go natural/trad. FA: E.Haber & J.Redelinghuys, 2000 | 8 | |||
18 | Frost
FA: E.Haber & R.van Der Smit, 1998 | 5 | |||
Namibia Windhoek Falkenstein Falkenstein South East | |||||
19 | Wurzelbehandlung
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19 | Kein Wort!
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19 | Holzweg
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18 | Affenthron
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19 | Flake
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Namibia Affenberg (Auas) | |||||
19 | Death by Kühlschrank
FFA: Richard Ford & Manfred Burth, Nov 2017 | ||||
Namibia Midgard Asgard | |||||
18 | Mjölnir
FA: Richard Ford & ollie leimkühler, 2019 | ||||
Namibia Midgard Rocky Point | |||||
18 | Grauzone 5
1
16
14m
2
18
18m
FA: Ch. Huhn & A. Otto | 32m, 2 | |||
19 | Totsiens
FA: Ch. Huhn & A. Otto | 32m, 14 | |||
Namibia Erongo Mountains Omandumba Schattenwand | |||||
19 | 19 left of 18
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18 | 18
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Namibia Erongo Mountains Omandumba Braver Soldat Schwejk | |||||
18 | Hundefänger
On the right side, first climb the chimney into the crack and then the final slab to the top. FA: volker Müller & H. Gantze, 2008 | 28m, 5 | |||
19 | Liebes Brief vom Herrn Leitnant
Follow the bolts to the summit. FA: Volker Müller & H. Gantze, 2008 | 28m, 8 | |||
Namibia Sphinxblick | |||||
18 | Bei Isis u. Osiris
FA: Volker Müller & Hasso Gantze, 2003 | 130m, 3, 8 | |||
19 | Kleopatra
FA: Hasso Gantze, V. Müller & H. Müller, 2003 | 150m, 3, 6 | |||
Namibia Spitzkoppe & The Pontoks Great Spitzkoppe South West Wall | |||||
19 | ★★ The Northern Impregnator
Bolted route right of Blowing up the postbox. Excellent route following a small dyke on the first pitch and plaques on the second. easy friction climbing on the 3rd pitch. Abseil down BUTPB. FA: Robert Powell, Jul 2022 | 150m, 3, 30 | |||
Namibia Spitzkoppe & The Pontoks Boulder Valley Elephant Rock | |||||
18 | ★ Tusker
FA: H.Kolb & E.Haber, 1999 | 14m | |||
19 | Mastadon
FA: E.Haber & R.Graf, 1998 | 14m | |||
19 | ★ Mamut
FA: E.Haber & R.Van Der Smit, 1998 | 14m | |||
Namibia Spitzkoppe & The Pontoks Boulder Valley Elephant Backside | |||||
18 | Heffalump
Set: Matt Tranter FA: Matt Tranter | ||||
18 | Breakfast Crack
Short and slightly chossy crack on the SW wall side of Elephant Rock. Anchors at the top. FA: Robert Powell & Lawrence Smoker, 2018 | 12m | |||
Namibia Spitzkoppe & The Pontoks Boulder Valley Rhino Rock | |||||
18 | Bicarnis | 14m | |||
Namibia Spitzkoppe & The Pontoks Boulder Valley Lion Rock | |||||
19 | ★ Claws | 18m | |||
18 | Mane | 14m | |||
Namibia Spitzkoppe & The Pontoks Agulla Marcelino | |||||
19 PROT:X | ★★ Mrs Balls
SCARY! 1st pitch has 1 peg and 1 bolt and a run-out of almost 35 meters. Don't fall. Further bolts to be added soon and then the route will be much more enjoyable. Pitch 1 - Climb up the flaky corner crack past a peg to a foot ledge and a bolt. Friction up and then diagonally left to reach a hidden crack to belay on large cams. X rated pitch! Pitch 2 - Follow the wide corner crack (BD5 & 6) to belay on chockstones. Awesome! Pitch 3 - Continue up the crack crossing over to the right and up a crack system. A hard pull over a bulge to belay on a ledge. Pitch 4 - Climb up a groove with good but spaced gear past a steepening and then up the easy slab to belay in a cave. Pitch 5 - Squeeze up and out right of the cave and scramble up easy ground to the belay bolts on Hoab Hanab. Abseil down this route from here. TOPO here: http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201215046/Great-Spitzkoppe-Northwest-Face-Mamba-No-5-and-Other-New-Routes FA: Robert Powell, David Barlow & Hugh Thomas, Aug 2018 | 240m, 5, 1 | |||
Namibia Spitzkoppe & The Pontoks The Pontoks | |||||
18 | ★★★ To Bolt or not to Bolt
FA: R.Graf & J.Greiter, 2000 | 270m, 8, 12 | |||
Namibia Spitzkoppe & The Pontoks Felsenteich | |||||
19 PROT:X | Redemption
Great little route. 1st pitch easily protected, 2nd pitch no so much. Long runout on a very wide layback crack at the top. Bolts to be added soon. Topo can be found here: http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201215046/Great-Spitzkoppe-Northwest-Face-Mamba-No-5-and-Other-New-Routes FA: Robert Powell, david Barlow & Richard Ford, 2018 | 70m, 2 | |||
Namibia Swakop River Brauhaus-Wand | |||||
19 | THE GHOST
Starts with a boulder move to the rock flake right over the beginning, then friction climbing to thr bulge. Then on a thin and strenous move up and scramble to the top. Rig rappel to avoid friction on the rope. Set: Speedy Gonzalez, Jens & Renscha, Jan 2021 | 18m, 6 | |||
19 | ILLUSION
Work your way through the little overhang and continue up the scramble to the little crack. Use the crack to access the face and up to the anchor Set: Speedy Gonzalez, Jens & Renscha, 21 Feb 2021 | 18m, 7 | |||
19 | ★★ Happy Face
Difficult friction climbing to the first big ledge and gets more difficult the upper section Set: Richard Morsbach & Speedy Gonzalez, Oct 2018 | 15m, 9 | |||
18 | ★★ Eisbein
Super good route and everyone's favorite. Follow the line to the first big ledge, move right until you can standup. Swing up left on the face and friction climb on good holds to the top. Set: Volker Müller, H. Gantze & B. Kriegeskorte, 2010 | 15m, 11 | |||
18 | Herrengedeck
Thin and strenous start, then friction climbing in the face up to the anchor. FA: Volker Müller & H. Gantze, 2010 | 15m, 8 | |||
19 | ★★★ WEISSBIERTRAUM
Friction climbing up to the tricky face move and a lean back to get better grip at the top crack Set: Harry Maier, 31 Mar 2021 | 20m, 9 | |||
18 | Spider Crack
Climb your way to the bulge/overhang into the open book, then you can lay back on your way to the face and friction climb to the anchor. Variant from the old Route. We add a new anchor on the right, to top rope the route. Set: Speedy Gonzalez & Richard Morsbech, 23 Aug 2020 | 5 | |||
18 | Balder's Gate
Start on the right side of the crack and climb up good grips to the ledge. From there, there is a tricky friction climb on top. | 18m, 9 | |||
Namibia Swakop River Flinstones | |||||
18 | Daba
Belay bolt in the middle of the three routes FA: Speedy Gonzalez, Richard & Richard Morsbech, 2020 Set: Speedy Gonzalez & Richard Morsbech, 2020 | 18m, 5 | |||
Namibia Aussenkehr King's Throne Canyon The Sunset Sector | |||||
18 | ★★ Fear of Music
FA: T. Lourens & K. James, 2009 | 12m, 5 | |||
Namibia Aussenkehr King's Throne Canyon The Excavation Sector | |||||
18 | ★★★ Melt Down
FA: T. Lourens & K. James, 2005 | 6 | |||
Namibia Aussenkehr King's Throne Canyon Not to be Sneered at Sector | |||||
18 | Sluk
FA: K. James & T. Lourens, 2005 | 3 | |||
Namibia Aussenkehr King's Throne Canyon The Block House | |||||
18 | ★★ Crowbar Collateral
FA: K. James & T. Lourens, 2005 | 6 | |||
Namibia Aussenkehr King's Throne Canyon The Enchanted Sector | |||||
19 | ★★ Swings Both Ways
FA: A. de Kock, 2008 | 7 | |||
19 | ★ Codgeratti
FA: K. James & T. Lourens, 2009 | 4 | |||
Namibia Blutkuppe | |||||
18 | Mit Stock und Hut
1
14
50m
2
16
60m
3
18
50m
FA: Volker Müller & Hasso Gantze, 2001 | 160m, 3, 10 | |||
Namibia Aus Perdeberg | |||||
19 | Kavallerie
1
19
25m
2
19
30m
FA: Volker Müller & H. Gantze, 2008 | 55m, 2, 7 | |||
Namibia Aus Berggeistpfeiler | |||||
18 | Ghost Buster
FA: Volker Müller, H. Gantze, J. Manthey, T. Hofmann, A. Bieh & B. Bieh | ||||
South Africa Limpopo Kransberg Chevron Area | |||||
19 | Tom-Tom
1
12
30m
2
11
24m
3
19
30m
4
15
27m
5
13
15m
FA: T. Kerrich, M. Makowski & J. Anderson, 1964 | 130m, 5 | |||
19 | The Reluctant Accomplice
1
18
45m
2
19
45m
3
16
45m
4
12
10m
FA: Hector Pringle, Andrew Porter & Nic Grech-Cumbo, 2011 | 150m | |||
19 | ★★ Apocolypse
1
15
30m
2
12
20m
3
18
35m
4
19
25m
5
15
25m
6
18
25m
7
13
45m
The routes goes up a conical buttress. Starts near a big yellowwood tree midway between Groothoek Chimney and Black Eagle Crag below a big roof 15/20m up.
Note: Excellent climbing made less serious by the proximity of Groothoek Chimney. FA: M. Arsenjevic & D. Peters, 1982 | 210m, 7 | |||
18 | Reaching Raptors
1
18
45m
2
15
45m
3
14
25m
FA: Hector Pringle, Andrew Porter & Nic Grech-Cumbo, 2011 | 120m | |||
19 | ★★ Alignment
1
19
15m
2
15
30m
3
15
30m
4
12
30m
Climb the thin seam, splitting the buttress, to the right of Angelica’s deep crack. This is easily seen from where the path enters the kloof at the base of Sunshine Crack. Walk around Angelica’s pillar and scramble up to a ledge at the base of the crack, about 25m right of Angelica’s pillar.
FA: Sarel Petrus & Roger Diamond | 110m | |||
19 | Lost Contact
1
15
40m
2
19
40m
3
15
45m
4
11
20m
FA: M.R. Bill, E. Muller & H. Seuring, 1982 | 150m | |||
South Africa Limpopo Kransberg Wages of Fear Area | |||||
18 | ★★★ Grey Beard's Sabre
Pitch 1: 50m 18: Gain the obvious crack on the left of the stance follow the easiest line up the crack system past a small block on the left with a manky piton. (20m) continue upwards until you reach a large ledge below the open book. Pitch 2: 60m 15: continue up the open book feature until you reach an obvious stance on the left of the crack. (2 people comfortably). Pitch 3:50m 16: climb up the crack until you reach a small overhang move diagonally left through the overhang and continue up the face trending left past a small tree on the left arête to a stance below a large yellowwood . Pitch 4: 50m 18: traverse right from the good stance back onto the face, trend diagonally right until you gain the right arête, bomb up the committing but well protected face until you reach the obvious stance before the easy scramble out. FA: Nic Grech-Cumbo & shaun kroukamp, 2015 | 200m, 4 | |||
South Africa Limpopo Renosterpoort Farm Lazy Day Crag Upper Sector | |||||
18 | ★★ Lightning Bird
The objective of this route is a lightning bolt shaped crack on a block at the top of the crag, where the gorge makes a bend. Start behind a huge boulder, true left, at the narrowest point of the gorge.' Climb up in the corner to a mantle move through an overhanging crack. Aim straight for the block, easy, and top out via the lightning crack. FA: Sarel Petrus & Roger Diamond, 22 Oct 2022 | 30m | |||
South Africa Limpopo Renosterpoort Farm Lazy Day Crag Chopping Block | |||||
18 | ★★★ Poo with a view
Climb on the stream facing side of the block, start 2m to the left of the corner shared by slickenside, pull on good holds through overhanging bulges. FA: Nic Grech-Cumbo, ChrisOdd & Jemma Falkov, 2021 | 20m | |||
18 | ★★ Slickenside
Climb on the face adjacent to the vegetated dihedral, start close to the corner FA: Nic Grech-Cumbo, Apr 2020 | 20m | |||
South Africa Limpopo Renosterpoort Farm Lazy Day Crag Main Crag | |||||
19 | ★★ Activate
Between “KeK”and “FNJ” Skirting the first corner 2m up activates then mental focus for the route. Climb easily half way up to a roof corner crack. Pull through middle of block, with a long move to next rail. Powerful and commiting. Climb out slightly to right around corner and up straight. Easier climbing but still committing FA: Marianne Schwankhart & Jessica Bloem, 22 Oct 2022 | 30m | |||
19 | ★★ Full Nettle Jacket
Start at stream level and climb the obvious buttress, through a small roof halfway up the buttress FA: Sarel Petrus & Roger Diamond, 22 Oct 2022 | 45m | |||
21 A1 | ★★★ Juluka
FA: Sarel Petrus & Bennie de Wet, 23 Oct 2022 | 40m, 2 | |||
South Africa Limpopo Lindani Upper Crag | |||||
19 | ★★★ Narina Bozon
Starts to the right of too legit to quit, takes the obvious crack line through the roof, easy pulling through nice overhangs. FA: Nic Grech-Cumbo, Oct 2023 | 25m, 8 | |||
19 | ★★★ TO LEGIT TO QUIT
FA: Louis Breytenbach, Sep 2020 | 11 | |||
South Africa Limpopo Wellington's Dome North Dome | |||||
19 | ★★ Where Eagles Dare
1
16
25m
2
18
20m
3
17
20m
4
19
25m
5
17
20m
6
14
25m
This climb starts at a strange pocket feature at the base of the wall 40m from the left arête. Pitches 1+2 and 5+6 can be combined. FA: Dave Chesney, Darryl Margetts, Neil Margetts, Gareth Frost & Tim Wilmot, 2000 | 140m, 6, 16 | |||
South Africa Limpopo Wellington's Dome Sarcophagus | |||||
18 | ★ Tutankhamuns Touche
1
17
25m
2
18
15m
This climb starts up the crack to the right of a deep corner/crack, about 10m right of Rhamses Ramrod. FA: Gareth Frost & Darryl Margetts, 2001 | 40m, 2, 10 | |||
19 | ★ Cleopatras Crack
1
19
25m
2
16
15m
Climb up the crack system just to the right of Tutankhamuns Touche starting up the pillar on the left. FA: Gareth Frost & Derryl Margetts, 2001 | 40m, 2, 10 | |||
18 | ★ Archimedes Screw
Leftmost route on the west side of Sarcophagus about 50m left of the right hand arête. Go up the slab rightwards. Share chains with Dancing with Anubis FA: Gareth Frost & Darryl Margetts, 2003 | 8 | |||
18 | ★ Dancing with Anubis
Go up the slab leftwards. Share chains with Archimedes Screw FA: Gareth Frost & Darryl Margetts | 8 | |||
19 | ★★ Naughty Nefertiti
Start down next to the block right of Eye Of Osiris, follow up the small crack / water mark. Thin exit up slab. This is the rightmost climb on the west face. FA: Edwin McLenaghan & Neil Margetts, 2009 | 11 | |||
South Africa Limpopo Thabaphaswa Kanniedood | |||||
15 - 18 | ★★ Skoenlapper
Route starts at the granite slab, then up the crack, out right and up to the anchors. Use the crack and stay left for 15. Use the face right of the crack for 18. (Skoenlapper, Super Cool Nifty and Miena se Muis use the same anchors.) Set: Thomas Kotlar FA: Hermien Venter, 26 Mar 2016 | 17m, 6 | |||
19 | ★★★ My Big Toe
| 20m | |||
18 | ★★★ Atom Heart Mother
FA: Neil Margetts, Aug 2020 | 10 | |||
19 | ★★ Scorpion
1
19
20m
2
16
30m
3
10
35m
The line of bolts following the off-width crack is Scorpion. The bolt line to the left of the crack is direct start. Variation pitch is a grade 23.
When Abseiling and you're using 60 meter ropes, use the chains you pass as you climb pitch 3. The abseil is only 5 meters between the two point but necessary. You will be caught short on a 60 meter rope. | 85m, 3, 10 | |||
South Africa Limpopo Thabaphaswa Dome Rock | |||||
19 | ★★ Whistling in the wind
| 7m | |||
South Africa Limpopo Hanglip Hanglip South IV | |||||
G2 | ★★ Hanglip Frontal
1
E2
18m
2
D
22m
3
E2
30m
4
E3
40m
5
E2
15m
6
E3
24m
7
D
18m
8
F2
30m
9
F2
15m
10
F2
33m
11
F1
16m
12
F2
18m
13
G2
4m
14
E3
20m
15
E3
20m
The lower section follow the largest area of grey rock on the South East side of the mountain. Start 150 steps to the left of the fence, which runs straight up to the rock face. Start at tha large tree growing 3m away from the rock face.
FA: R. Barry, C. Purdham (1937-12-25) Variation: Starting from the top of pitch 8 to near the bottom of pitch 12, this section can be climbed in two direct pitches. Decent: If the climb is completed in daylight, a fairly quick descent, involving a short abseil, can be made in the vicinity of the first saddle behind the main peak. As this route is not easy to find in darkness, late parties are advised to contour around on the rough, bushy slopes of the next 'hump' to a more obvious route where a steep grassy gully breaks the rock faces. To decent to Hanglip North, the descent is as follows: From the top beacon of Hanglip, keeping basically right, descend to a neck between a small koppie and Hanglip. The koppie overlooks the valley of Hanglip North. DO NOT go down the gully, but descend the slope diagonally left of the gully. FA: R. Barry & C. Purdham, 1937 | 320m, 15 | |||
South Africa Limpopo Hanglip Hanglip North D | |||||
G2 A2 | The Rocky Horror Show
1
G1 A1
35m
2
G1 A2
40m
3
G2
40m
4
G2
40m
5
G2 A2
30m
6
F2
30m
Start 10m left of Woody Wood³.
Note: Hard and serious with a lot of poor rock but good runners. Recommended for suicidal maniacs. Take four pegs [in 1980, what should we take today?]. FA: B. Gross & Dave Cheesmond, 1980 | 220m, 6 | |||
South Africa Limpopo Makapansgat The Gulley | |||||
19 A1 | ★★★ BUNGELJUNNY
1
19 A1
2
F2
FA: P. Douglas & L. Chambers, 1982 | 2 | |||
18 | NO NAME
FA: M. Brunke & Peter Lazarus, 1984 | ||||
18 | ★ VUIL ONDERBROEK
FA: M. Richter, Paul Schlotfeldt & party, 1984 | 30m | |||
19 | ★ DABULLA
1
17
10m
2
19
25m
FA: M. Richter, Darryl Margetts & Neil Margetts, 1984 | 35m, 2 | |||
19 | NAMELESS
FA: M. Brunke & Peter Lazarus, 1984 | ||||
19 | ★★★ NELSON’S COLUMN
FA: Neil Margetts & Stuart Brown, 1984 | 20m |