Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Metropolis Skyline | |||||
{FR} 6A | ★★ 53 floor
An easy climb with a contradicting mantle. Start with your hands under the small roof. Go straight up and over the small overhanging part at the top. FA: Albert Botha, 20 Feb 2023 | ||||
{FR} 5 | 49th floor
Same start as 53rd floor but chicken out at the top and by topping out on the ledge to the right. FA: Albert Botha, 20 Feb 2023 | ||||
{FR} 6A | ★ Balcony
Sit start and go straight up. FA: Albert Botha, 20 Feb 2023 | ||||
Metropolis Trooper | |||||
{FB} 6C | ★★★ You'll never survive in war
Sit start on a good ledge bottom far right. Traverse all the way left and top out. Don't let the jugs fool you. FA: Albert Botha, 23 Feb 2023 | ||||
{FB} 6B | ★ Good morning Maggot
Stand start on two crimps on the left side of the boulder. Go straight up. FA: Albert Botha, 20 Feb 2023 | ||||
Metropolis Flatty Boom Boom | |||||
{FB} 6C+ | ★ Sticking to U
Sit start on left of the boulder. Traverse over to the right and top out. FA: Albert Botha, 24 May 2023 | ||||
Metropolis Farm Life | |||||
{FR} 6A | Farm Life
Sit start go straight up. FA: Albert Botha, 20 Feb 2023 | ||||
Metropolis Jonny Bravo | |||||
{FB} 6A | ★ Boogy With Me
Sit start on good ledge and go up and over the roof. FA: Albert Botha, 24 Feb 2023 | ||||
{FB} 6A+ | Respect the queen
Sit start on good sidepull. Use some good crips to get up and over the roof. FA: Albert Botha, 24 Feb 2023 | ||||
{FB} 6A | Blue jeans
Sit start in the corner on good sidepull. Go out left to some crimps which will help you reach the roof and top out. FA: Albert Botha, 24 Feb 2023 | ||||
Metropolis Tilda Wave | |||||
{FB} 6A | ★★ My Jokes are Funny!
Sit start and go up on the corner. FA: Albert Botha, 24 Feb 2023 | ||||
Metropolis Fat Upper Lip | |||||
{FB} 6B | ★ Amanda Bunkface
Start on good undercling and ledge (right next to the undercling). Use a good sloper in the corner on the edge of the big lip to topout right of Still Waiting FA: Albert Botha, 28 Mar 2023 | ||||
{FB} 6A | Still Waiting
Same start as Amanda Buckface Start on good undercling and ledge (right next to the undercling) Go straight up and over the roof. FA: Albert Botha, 28 Mar 2023 | ||||
Metropolis The Vase | |||||
{FB} 6A | ★★★ I'm ok mamma
Start by going up the crack in the wall. Go straight up to the highest point of the wall. A beautiful climb that overlooks the valley. FA: Albert Botha, 4 May 2023 | ||||
Metropolis Wag 'n bietjie | |||||
{FB} 6A | Gee my 'n rukkie
start on the obvious jug and go straight up. The top out is where the fun starts. FA: Stephan Smidt, 17 Jun 2023 | ||||
The Playground Watch me Neinei | |||||
{FB} 6B | ★ Stay Away
Start on the pedestal. Go up to two triangular holds on the side and make your way up. Set: Albert Botha, 21 Apr 2023 | ||||
Skirrvee
Same start as Just Give Love (Sit start on the corner under the roof to the left). Move out right and top out on the nose. Possible 7b/c. Set: Albert Botha, 21 Apr 2023 | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★★ Closed Project: Box Shaped Heart
Sit start. Left hand on corner jug and right hand on an undercling in the back corner. Traverse right andtop out with a dynamic move up to a decent sloper with a lot of texture on it. Climbs name come from the black heart you climb past. Set: Albert Botha, 21 Apr 2023 | ||||
{FB} 6C | ★★★ Jugilo
Start on good crimps and dyno up. FA: Albert Botha | ||||
OG sector The Batman Boulder | |||||
Riley the Mojestic Monkey
FA: Cameron Johnston, 2013 | |||||
One In A Million
FA: Ruan Else, 2013 | |||||
OG sector Eagle | |||||
{FR} 6A | Eggs
Start on good sloper and go straight up. Good holds all the way up. FA: Albert Botha, 15 Nov 2022 | ||||
{FR} 6A | Nest
Hands start on the ledge and feet on the bottom. Go straight up. FA: Albert Botha, 15 Nov 2022 | ||||
{FR} 6B | Feather
Start on obvious sidepull and go straight up. Very good crimps on this one. FA: Albert Botha, 15 Nov 2022 | ||||
OG sector Hipster Tattoo | |||||
{FR} 6B | Moisturiser
Start on the horizontal line and go up. FA: Albert Botha, 15 Nov 2022 | ||||
More Moisturiser
Start below horizontal line and don't use any rock that isn't part of the main "mushroom" looking boulder. Possible 6c - 7a. | |||||
OG sector Dragon Eye | |||||
{FR} 6A+ | ★★★ Open Door
Start on the ledge and make your way up. This climb has one of the best slopers in town. FA: Albert Botha, 15 Nov 2022 | ||||
OG sector Ninja Socks | |||||
{FB} 6C | Ninja Socks
FA: Johan Prinsloo, 2013 | ||||
OG sector The Bush Administration | |||||
{FR} 6A | Another way
Maybe it's a dyno, maybe it isn't. start on the clear slit in the rock. FA: Albert Botha | ||||
{FR} 6B | Keep it tight
The pedestal is not in play. lie down to start on the corner below the roof. | ||||
{FR} 6B+ | ★★ Have it both ways
Start on "keep it tight" and traverse left to top-out on "Another way" FA: Albert Botha | ||||
OG sector Leaky | |||||
{FR} 6B | Plumbing Checked
Start on the great jug under the roof to the right. FA: Albert Botha | ||||
Monolith Turtle | |||||
{FB} 7A+ | ★★★ Galápagos Islands low
Start on jug on far right of boulder and climb into "Galapagos island" FA: Christoff Buys | ||||
{FB} 6C+ | ★★★ Galápagos Islands
Start on big jug and climb left on awesome slopey crimps. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 6B | ★★ Galápagos Islands direct
As the name suggests FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 6C | ★ Big Turtle
Sit start and left hand crimp and right hand crimp and climb leftish up overhang FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 7C | ★★★ Archelon
Start on jug sidepull and climb straight out. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 6A | ★★ Small turtle
sit start on jug and climb rightish. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 7A | ★★★ Komodo Dragon
Awesome little climb. Sit Start under roof on left hand low side pull and right hand on obvious crimp. (left hand side pull is next to obvious left foot). Climb straight up over buldge. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 7C | Brandons roof project
Sit start right hand jug and left hand roof compression and climb into "komodo dragon" | ||||
{FB} 8B | ★★★ Beautiful Island Project
Start on Brandon's roof and climb into Archelon. 7C+ into 8A+ makes around 8B maybe 8B+. | ||||
Monolith Warship Boulder | |||||
6C | ★★ Warship
Start on right hand good crimp and left hand good sidepull and climb up prow FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
7B+ | ★★★ Screaming in war
start as warship but slap out left and climb left through buldge and up face on little crimps FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
6C | ★★ Battleship
Start on big pocket and climb straight out. FA: Ale Barerio | ||||
7B+ | ★★★ War for the Planet of the Apes
Start far left under roof on jug and traverse right on some pretty poor holds. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
7A | War of the wimps
Same start as War for the planets of the apes but wimp out and finish up early. FA: Elmer, 5 Aug 2023 | ||||
Monolith Cold in Summer | |||||
6A+ | ★★ The only way up is down
Start on obvious jug and climb up. FA: Christoff Buys | ||||
6C | ★★ Heatwave
Start on obvious good hold and climb straight up via awkward move. Pedestal not in. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
6C | ★★★ Fight the heat
Start as heatwave but traverse right and around the corner. Pedestal not in. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
6A+ | ★ Cold up
Start on jug and climb up. Pedestal not in. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
Monolith Fire Boulder | |||||
6C | ★★★ Walking on coals
sit start on jugs and climb through and around. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
6B | ★★ Spicy Speedbag
Start on jugs under the roof and climb up tricky buldge. FA: Mignon Basson | ||||
8A | ★★ Project Burn
start on low side pull and climb straight up via compression | ||||
8A+ | ★★ Speed of Light project
Start as hydra but continue left via a ridiculous move to a crimp. This move will separate the men from the bois.... | ||||
7B | ★★★ Hydra
Sit low on obvious jug and climb left and do a massive dyno to a perfect edge on the arete. Amazing. FA: Christoff Buys | ||||
6C | ★★★ Basilisk
Start as hydra but once you have the jug deadpoint out right to sloper. FA: Christoff Buys | ||||
6C+ | ★★★ Questioning Balance
Start on holds just right of "hydras start" and climb up little crimps with perfect balance FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
Monolith Moai | |||||
{FB} 6A | ★ Nose Crawler
Stand Start in the corner and go up using the arête and left face. FA: Albert Botha | ||||
On the ear
Same start as nose crawler but instead of going up the left face go up the right face by using the only right hand slopper crimp on the right face. | |||||
{FR} 6A | On the rear
Stand start and go straight up | ||||
Monolith Banshee | |||||
6C | ★★★ Banshee Arête
Sit start on obvious sidepull and climb up high arete. FA: Christoff Buys | ||||
Monolith Sigiriya | |||||
7A | ★★★ Up and over
Start on pedestal and climb straight over the lip. FA: Christoff Buys | ||||
Monolith Chance Encounter | |||||
6B+ | Stone Hinge
Start on the obvious sidepull on the left and go straight up. FA: Elmer, 5 Aug 2023 | ||||
Monolith Ben Amera | |||||
{FR} 4 | El Desperado
Stand start on the left using the obvious foot rails and divot. Move up on shallow divots. FA: Ale, Nov 2022 | ||||
Monolith Perfect Rock | |||||
{FB} 6A | ★★ Freezing
sit start on left hand jug and right hand pinch and climb up. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 5A | ★ Cold feet
Sit start left of the arete and climb up cool face. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 4 | ★★ Ice
Sit start and climb arete. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 6B | ★★★ Ice man
Start as Ice but climb right into polar FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FB} 6B | ★★ Polar Arête
Sit start on obvious holds and climb up nice arete. FA: Christoff Buys | ||||
Monolith Red Eye | |||||
6B+ | ★★★ Bloodred eye
Sit start on low jug and climb up cool overhang. FA: Alistar Stubbs | ||||
6C | ★★★ El Jimador
Start on obvious rail and climb through roof using the left lip as holds. FA: Christoff Buys | ||||
Monolith Erosion | |||||
5A | Landslide
Start on obvious jugs and go up (pedestal in) FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
7B+ | ★★ Erosion
Start as landslide but traverse right and finish as sedimentary. Pedestal not in. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
5A | ★ Rock type
start on pedestal with hands and climb straight up. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
5C | ★ Sedimentary
Start on jug and climb left and up. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
Down by the River Thunderbolt | |||||
{FB} 6A | In my Pocket
Sit start on the ledge use the pocket to go up. FA: Albert Botha, 14 Mar 2023 | ||||
{FB} 6A | de Mantlin
Sit start on a good ledge to the right of the boulder. Make your way up and over the roof. FA: Albert Botha, 14 Mar 2023 | ||||
Down by the River Silky Snakeskin | |||||
{FB} 6C | ★★★ Mamba Spoeg
Sit start on a descent crimp sloper combo. Climb out right over the ledge. Watch out not to use the boulder on top as you top out. It's not part of the boulder you're climbing. FA: Albert Botha, 28 Mar 2023 | ||||
Big Daddy's crack. The Fort | |||||
{FB} 6A | Ziggy Stardust
Far left on Fort left Sit start with a bit of compression. Go straight up. Watch out to not dab on the boulder to the right. FA: Haley, 18 Jun 2023 | ||||
Graveyard area Bitch it | |||||
7C | ★★★ Bitch it
Start on jug and bust out on dope compression. One of the best climbs in the area. FA: Christoff Buys | ||||
7C | ★★★ Thats the Business
Amazing line! start on big jug and climb straight through overhang using comprerssion. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
Graveyard area Ascension | |||||
{FR} 5 | Ascension Avoided
Use the upside down triangle as an undercling and go straight up. FA: Albert Botha, 11 Nov 2022 | ||||
{FR} 6B+ | ★★★ Intimacy
Same start as Ascension Avoided but go up left. Big balancy moves on decent crimps. FA: Albert Botha, 11 Nov 2022 | ||||
{FR} 6B+ | Won't be missed
Stand start on the ledge and go straight up on crimps. The top out is a bit void of good holds | ||||
Definitely won't be missed
Sit start on crimps below "won't be missed" and make your way up to the top. Suspected to be 7a/b | |||||
{FR} 6A | ★★★ Slice of bread
This is the jewel of this boulder. Start under the first ledge and go straight up. FA: Albert, 11 Nov 2022 | ||||
Graveyard area Ruins | |||||
6B+ | ★★ Altered Ruins
Sit start low on jug with high heel. Move up to jug and traverse left all the way and top out. FA Gary Lowther FA: 24 Jul 2022 | ||||
6B+ | ★★ Altered Ruins reverse
Start on the far left of "ruined roof" but traverse right. FA Christoff Buys | ||||
Graveyard area How | |||||
{FR} 7A | ★★★ Delilahbattleduck
One of the longer routes at Botshabelo. Toe hooks, heel hooks, horrible feet with crimps and sloppers will test your problem solving skills. A very interesting boulder problem for sure. Stand start below the obvious crack and traverse as far right as you can for the top out. FA: Albert Botha, 24 Nov 2022 | ||||
Graveyard area The Sewer | |||||
{FR} 6B+ | ★★ Die Drolleloog
Start as deep into the "cave" as possible. Push either both or one leg into the hole and start with both hands on the ledge closest to that hole. Follow the crack and stay to the right as you exit. Only use the crimps to the right of the crack in the roof. FA: Albert Botha, 13 Dec 2022 | ||||
{FR} 6B | ★ Air Freshner
Same start as turdologist but top out to the left by using some good ledges. FA: Albert Botha, 12 Dec 2022 | ||||
This Stinks
Possible traverse. Maybe a 7? Stay low and top out as far right as you can go on the boulder. | |||||
Graveyard area | |||||
6C | Dead in 1820
stand start on big foot and thin crack and climb up sketchy face. FA Christoff Buys | ||||
6A | ★★ Fort Merensky
Start on flat hold on the left side of boulder and climb up little face. FA Gary Lowther. FA: Gary Lowther, 24 Jul 2022 | ||||
7A | Land Claim
MORPHO.Directly right of Fort Merensky. Start left hand on low side pull and right hand on decent side pull and do a big move with left hand to slopey crimp and top out. FA Evan Margetts FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
6C - 7B | ★★ Reach beech
Start to the right of Land claim. Start right hand on tiny undercling and left hand on flat undercling thats high. Do a big move up and right to jug.MORPHO FA Evan Margetts FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
{FR} 6C | ★★★ Landmine
Start on the flat jug and traverse all the way around and up on good/Sloped holds (bottom slab not in). FA Evan Margetts FA: Evan Margetts, 24 Jul 2022 | ||||
The Ark The Rhino | |||||
{FR} 5 | Horn
start as low as you can and climb up the left side of the horn FA: Albert Botha, 1 Nov 2022 | ||||
{FR} 5+ | Horny
Start the same as horn but go up on the right side of the horn. FA: Albert Botha, 1 Nov 2022 | ||||
{FR} 5+ | It's a Crimp
Start on two good holds left of horn. Go up by using n obvious crimp for you left hand. FA: Albert Botha, 1 Nov 2022 |