Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | ||
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Northwest Province Magaliesberg Mhlabatini True Left | |||||
31 | Midnight Beauty
Has one bolt and climbs a ridiculously thin seam through a bulge/roof. FA: Steve Bradshaw | 1 | |||
Northwest Province Magaliesberg Fernkloof Stormwatch Area | |||||
31 | ★★ Stormwatch
A complex and sequential sport journey, not a give away at its grade! It was the first 31 in the country even though there was no 30 yet at the time. The direct start is grade 32. FA: R. Nattras, 1990 | 8 | |||
Northwest Province Magaliesberg Narrow Kloof & Wigwam Wigwam | |||||
31 | Running Bare
Starts a few metres downstream of Tomahawk, off a large triangular rock. An intense start to a rest then a headwall with just enough holds on it. This sequence is a gift from god, totally brilliant. Set: Mark Millar FA: Andrew Pedley & Marc Efune | ||||
Northwest Province Magaliesberg Narrow Kloof & Wigwam Narrow Kloof | |||||
31 | Flight Simulator
Involves a large dynamic one move wonder crux. Falco will buy a case of beer for the 1st person to repeat the line. Set: Alex Bester & Ebert Nel FA: Falco Filotto, 2014 | ||||
Northwest Province Chosspile The Man Cave | |||||
31 | Kleptomaniac
knee pads recommended Set: Andrey Pedley FA: Brian Weaver, 2013 | 9 | |||
Northwest Province Chosspile Lord of The Rings | |||||
31 | Anduril Flame of the West
Set: Wesley Black, 2011 FA: Joey Kinder, 2011 | 11 | |||
31 | Frak-It
Set: Andrew Pedley FA: Andrew Pedley, 2014 | ||||
Gauteng Johannesburg The Glade | |||||
{FB} 7B | Taken by force
FA: James Roberts | ||||
{FB} 7B | Global warming
FA: Russell Hattingh | ||||
{FB} 7B | The cruelest cut
Eliminate FA: Russell Hattingh | ||||
Gauteng Johannesburg The Keg | |||||
V8 | Kane Wasn't Able
FA: Mark Millar, 2004 | ||||
Gauteng Johannesburg The Wilds The Cave | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★★ Evolution Sunday
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{FB} 7B | ★★★ Pull
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{FB} 7B | ★★ In Search of the Sun
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{FB} 7B | ★★ Phat Cat
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Gauteng King's Kloof Southern Boulders My Foots Wet Boulder | |||||
{FB} 7B | My Foots Wet
Stand start below the blunt arete. Climb this using tricky lay backs and edges and top out. Avoid the sharp arete on the right... FA: Wesley Black, Oct 2022 | ||||
Gauteng Faerie Glen | |||||
FB:7B | ★★ Out Of Time Sit Start
Sit start version of out of time. Do not use the protruding rock.Start on a sloper moving up onto the face.Top out. FA: Wesley Black | ||||
Mpumalanga Waterval Boven The Mayhem Crags Burning Man Walls | |||||
31 | ★★★ Pandora's Box
Starts on a boulder then a journey with 3 crowd-pleasing roofs. A must-do! MCSA bolts. Set: Mountain Club of South Africa FA: Marc Efune, May 2016 | ||||
Mpumalanga Waterval Boven Tranquilitas Rubiks Cube Boulder | |||||
31 | ★★★ Pit Fighter
Direct version of 'Stitch it'. From the obvious slopey right hand side pull keep going straight up, slightly left on small holds. Leave the chalk bag behind. A power test-piece. FA: Andrew Pedley, 2009 | 6 | |||
Mpumalanga Waterval Boven Tranquilitas Baboon Buttress | |||||
31 | ★★ Psyche Ward
Starts off the boulder. Climb up and pre-clip the 2nd draw. Dead-point your way to the chains. FA: Andrew Pedley, 2011 | 5 | |||
Mpumalanga Waterval Boven Tranquilitas The God No Wall | |||||
31 | ★★★ The Beast
Start up 'Monster' and move right at the 4th bolt. Some funky moves through the white roof, get a rest in the 'man trap' then finger jugs diagonally to the chains. 70 m rope needed. Low in the grade if you use all the latest tricks. Use slings on the bolts below the roof to reduce drag. FA: Andrew Pedley, 2008 | 16 | |||
31 | ★★ Who Needs Lucky Cows
Climb 'Chocolate Éclair' then continue over the roof with a grunt, then up the headwall. Some very satisfying and crimptastic moves. The route remains dry during heavy rain. FA: Daniel Gebel, 2009 | 12 | |||
31 | ★★ The Blackcountry Butcher
Starts off the same ledge as 'Tokolosie', or from the ground. Up the orange vertical wall past hard moves including a very defensive little hold, take a rest at the ledge then up the leaning headwall via some real sequency climbing. Don‟t get butchered. Solid at the grade. FA: Andrew Pedley, 2009 | 13 | |||
31 | ★★★ Vorpal Sword
The one that killed the 'Jabberwocky'. Crimpy and gymnastic climbing to the right of 'Jabberwocky', shares first bolt with 'Hell Yeah'. An unbelievable climb, one of best sport pitches in SA. Need a 70 m rope. FA: Andrew Pedley, 2008 | 16 | |||
Mpumalanga Waterval Boven Wonderland Area The Superbowl | |||||
31 | ★★ Hack and Slay
Starts 6m right of 'Snapdragon' and tackles the lovely looking smooth open corner using some rather small holds. Hard for the short. FA: Richard Lord, 1994 | 30m, 16 | |||
Mpumalanga Waterval Boven Wonderland Area The Right Wings | |||||
31 | Mind's a blank - Open Project
Some bolts on the blank face above a ledge, left of 'Joy Division'. Set: Danny Pinkus & Tessa Little | ||||
Mpumalanga Waterval Boven Sport Valley The Coven | |||||
31 | ★★★ God of Small Things
Takes the line up the middle of the face on small holds. Superbly technical. FA: Jens Richter, 2003 | 12 | |||
Mpumalanga Kaap se Hoop Living the Dream | |||||
FB:7B | ★★ Shongololo
Start next to a rock on the ground on your right, move left onto Dynomite and finish off FA: D.Willis | ||||
FB:7B | Badass Raindance
Start as for Hold the Chutney, but move up and rightwards to top out. FA: D.Willis | ||||
Mpumalanga Kaap se Hoop Power Ball | |||||
FB:7B | Power Ball
Another John Wessels spotted boulder. Start next to the small sapling power up and rightwards to finish on the arete. Hard at the grade. FA: D.Willis | ||||
Mpumalanga Kaap se Hoop Spandex | |||||
FB:7B | Spandex
Start as for E.C and traverse right across the boulder. FA: D.Willis | ||||
Mpumalanga Kaap se Hoop The Sapling | |||||
FB:7B | The Sapling
This problem was found by John Wessels, arguably the best 7B in Kaapsehoop! Start at the bottom, with a sharp rock jutting out. Campus start to doing moves onto slopers at the lip. FA: D. Willis | ||||
Mpumalanga Kaap se Hoop Wild Ones | |||||
FB:7B | Wild Ones
Start right hand on an edge and left hand on an awkward sidepull, traverse left on the boulder all the way ending on good holds to top out. FA: D.Willis | ||||
Mpumalanga Kaap se Hoop Cracker Jack | |||||
FB:7B | Transcendual Journey
Start as for C.J, but traverse left and cross under pulling into the face on the other side of the boulder. Climb thinly up the face. FA: D.Willis | ||||
Mpumalanga Kaap se Hoop First Impressions | |||||
FB:7B | First Impressions
The 10 metre highball situated at the valley onward from Madam butterfly. Slopey pockets take you at the top. It remains un-repeated after being opened more than 10 years ago. FA: H.Cheney | ||||
Mpumalanga Botshabelo The Playground Watch me Neinei | |||||
{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 | ||||
Mpumalanga Botshabelo Monolith Fire Boulder | |||||
FB: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 | ||||
Mpumalanga Botshabelo Graveyard area | |||||
FB: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 | ||||
Mpumalanga Botshabelo The Ark Blood | |||||
FB:7B | ★★★ Jugular blood
Start on the slab on good jugs to the far right. Climb left and awkwardly on good holds and do a hard, big move to get through the gap and finish straight up overhang. Long and epic. FA: Josh Alexander | ||||
Mpumalanga Botshabelo The Ark Ship | |||||
{FB} 7B | All aboard
Sit start on good crimps. Go straight up. | ||||
Mpumalanga Botshabelo Blockbuster sector Academy Awards | |||||
FB:7B | ★★ Fools gold
Sit start on obvious low pedestal jug and climb up low roof. FA: Evan Margetts | ||||
Kwa-Zulu Natal King Solomon's Mine Meadow Boulders Boulder B | |||||
V8/9 FB:7B+ | Yeah Baby, Yeah.
FA: Justin Hawkins | ||||
Kwa-Zulu Natal King Solomon's Mine Sector B Boulders The Point Road Boulder | |||||
V8 FB:7B | The Dominatrix Project
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Kwa-Zulu Natal Kirk Falls Lower Galaxy Wall | |||||
31 | ★★ Apollo
Short and bouldery power climbing through a 40 degree wall involving multiple varied cruxes. Set: Dylan Williams FA: Dylan Williams | 10 | |||
31 | Last Days of Gravity
Set: Roger Nattrass, 2019 FA: Roger Nattrass, 26 Mar 2020 | 40m | |||
Kwa-Zulu Natal Umgeni Valley The God Father Buttress | |||||
31 | ★★★ Secret Ninja
Set: Roger Nattrass FA: Dave Richardson, 2011 | 9 | |||
31 | ★★★ The God Father
FA: Roger Nattrass, 2009 | 10 | |||
Kwa-Zulu Natal Umgeni Valley The Oceans Wall | |||||
31 | ★★★ Mango Tango
FA: Roger Nattrass, 2011 | 7 | |||
Kwa-Zulu Natal Umgeni Valley Umgeni Bouldering The Civilisation Boulders Boulder B | |||||
FB:7B | The Future of Mankind
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FB:7B | Cave Dweller
FA: Dale Rosser, 2014 | ||||
Kwa-Zulu Natal Umgeni Valley Umgeni Bouldering The Civilisation Boulders Boulder G | |||||
FB:7B | Open Project
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Free State Swinburne Barnyard Boulders Bovine Boulder | |||||
V8 FB:7B | ★ Spunky Monkey
Sit down start, left hand diagonal pinch/crimp, right hand small low sidepull, up to a diagonal edge and up slightly to the right in scoop. The starting grip for the left hand has got smaller over time and thus is solid at its grade! FA: Ralph Brucher, 1998 | ||||
Free State Swinburne Closed The Lion's enclosure Reservoir Boulder (Animal House Boulder) | |||||
V8 FB:7B | ★ Ebb
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Free State Swinburne Closed The Lion's enclosure Conscious Boulder | |||||
V8 FB:7B | Ubconscious
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Free State Swinburne The Lower Road Boulders Spearmint Boulder | |||||
V8 FB:7B | CHASING THE DRAGON
Start standing with left on a good edge and right on a small crimp, dyno up to edge slightly to the right and top out tending left. Can rip your right hand tape the joints to be safe. FA: Sean Cremen, 2002 | ||||
Free State Swinburne The Long Tonk Boulders Spatchcock Boulder | |||||
V8 FB:7B | ★★ Spatchcock
Start standing in a scoop with your right in an undercling pocket at head height and your left in a small gaston lower down. Move up to a pocket and finish on jug above the pockets. FA: Shaun Harris, 2002 | ||||
Free State Swinburne The Long Tonk Boulders Long Tonk Boulder | |||||
V8 FB:7B | TEARS OF THE SUN
Sit start with undercling for left and right in a one finger pocket inside the heuco. Move up to an edge on the right, take pockets and heucos to the bush. The big heuco on the right may need to be off-route. | ||||
V8 FB:7B | Chinese Wall
Sit start if you can with your arms splayed below CHINESE PUZZLE TRAVERSE, starts with two sidepulls, up far to a big edge. Traverse to the top of CHINESE PUZZLE. FA: Shaun Harris, 2002 | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering The Terrace Fornicator Boulder | |||||
{FB} 7B | Master Fornicator
Sit start using diagonal break for hands. Move straight up to another diagonal edge and TO. FA: Scott Noy | 5m | |||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Bright Lights The Nooner Boulder | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★★ The Nooner
Sit start, Right hand on a crimp, left up to crimpy gaston, right to the slopey crimp, left to crimpy gaston. Top out on the flat hold ignoring the arete. FA: Serle Shuman, 1998 | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Roysten Vasey | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★ Papa Lazarou | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Training Boulder | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★★ Done
Sitstart on the split crescent shaped boulder near the graffiti and do a tricky stand to the horizontal ledge. Traverse right all the way around the boulder, staying low and never using the top holds. Stay low on the slopey overhung finale using devious heel-hookery until the crux (last moves to pass the corner and exit on dark grey rock). FA: S. Shuman, 2000 | ||||
{FB} 7B | The Great Undoing
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Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Schadenfreude Boulder | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★★ Schadenfreude
FA: S. Shuman, 1999 | 3m | |||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Deer Park River Boulder | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★ Adrian Kohler Sorts it Out Again
Bold and exposed top out FA: Adrian Kohler, 2000 | 5m | |||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Deer Park Low Seam Boulder | |||||
{FB} 7B | ?
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Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering Deer Park Tree Boulder | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★★ Tree Traverse
Sitstart using jugs next to the tree. Traverse right, staying low under the first roof, through the open book and crux corner. Continue right, staying low around the next two corners (including the final roof) to finish up above the slab. FA: M. Janata, 1998 | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain CBD Bouldering The Bro Code | |||||
FB:7B | The Bro Code
Stand Start high left hand, low right hand and climb up the blunt arete. FA: Marijus Šmigelskis, 2011 | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Higgovale Quarry The Higgo Fridge | |||||
FB:7B | ★★ Don’t play the quarry man
Start low and climb the arete FA: niel mostert | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach SECTOR-1 Z: Amazing Gace | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★★ Amazing Grace
Sit start in the crack, continue to climb the roof crack following it out of the cave. Once out in the open climb the vertical crack to top out. Video Amazing Grace, 2nd ascent FA: Joe Möhle, 2006 | 8m | |||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach SECTOR-1 Crown Boulders G: It's All Old School | |||||
{FB} 7B | It's All Old School
Climb the face right of Excalibur. FA: Joe Möhle, 2009 | 3m | |||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach SECTOR-1 O: The Badger | |||||
{FB} 7B | The Badger
Sit-start on an incut rail and move up on nothing holds. FA: Joe Möhle, 2009 | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach SECTOR-2 A: Beach Babes | |||||
{FB} 7B | Southern Cross
Sit-start just right of Lonestar Arête, move RH to Beach Babes' vertical slot and top-out direct. FA: Joe Möhle, 2007 | ||||
{FB} 7B | Don's Problem
Sit-start on an edge on black rock. | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach SECTOR-2 B: Baby Shark | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★ Baby Shark Deep-start | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach SECTOR-2 F: Emile Baggins | |||||
{FB} 7B | Bradshaw's Variation
Bum start in underclings, move up to a good edge on the right and top-out. | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach SECTOR-2 Freestyle | |||||
{FB} 7B | Freestyle
Climb the seam up the very high wall. FA: Matt Bush, 2016 | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Llandudno Beach | |||||
{FB} 7B | Lost Relics | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest Deadwood | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★ Xibalba
Low SS with LH on small layaway and RH on good layaway, climb to TO. | ||||
{FB} 7B | ★ Dionysus | ||||
FB:7B | Green Leaves
Awesome climb, instead of using slopey jug on Dionysus use crimpy undercling - Sheldon FA: Sheldon Smith, 2013 | ||||
FB:7B | Phuza Thursday
Climb Another Winner (Variation 1) to the rail, then downclimb Snail Trail to join Overconfidence | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest The Classroom | |||||
{FB} 7B | ★★ Dominatrix
Eliminate. Start as for Corporal Punishment, then do a big move out right to a crimp and continue moving right using a long crimp to top out next to the tree. The good holds of Memories are off. Video here. | ||||
{FB} 7B | U19 Girls Basketball
Stand start with BH on edge in the middle of the face, up to the hollow above, RH to pinch, TO straight up. FA: Marijus Šmigelskis | ||||
FB:7B | The Deviant
Start as for U19 Girls Basketball and move left to join Swim. | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest The Scree The Holy Grail | |||||
FB:7B | Battle BC
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FB:7B | Tiger Nightmare
The Holy Grail start, into Auto Eject. FA: Marijus Šmigelskis, 2009 | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest The Scree | |||||
FB:7B | Book of Lies
FA: Marijus Šmigelskis, 2007 | ||||
FB:7B | ★★ Regime Change
Sit start to freak of the week | ||||
FB:7B | Built to Blast
FA: Marijus Šmigelskis, 2012 | ||||
FB:7B | My Tortoise Ran Away
FA: Marijus Šmigelskis, 2009 | ||||
FB:7B | No More Greener Mosses
FA: Marijus Šmigelskis, 2009 | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain Newlands Forest Leftfield Leftfield | |||||
FB:7B | Rhythm and Stealth
Climb as for Leftfield, this time using the holds up right. The arête is off. | ||||
FB:7B | Unnamed 1
Stand start on a reinforced hold and move up to the lip. | ||||
FB:7B | Unnamed 2
Climb as for Unnamed 1 but head up right to a crimp. | ||||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain The Ledge Fountain Ledge | |||||
31 | ★★★ The Squid and the Whale-Direct
One of the harder routes on the Ledge. Sustained and a touch exciting. Start: Start on the staircase ledge about 5m to the right of the arête between 'Jeopardy' and 'Jacob's Ladder'
Rail right for 1m, pull through the roof and climb directly up the face just right of the main arete to join the original line at the hook rail. FA: Jamie Smith, 2013 | 40m | |||
31 | ★★★ The Squid and the Whale-Original
One of the harder routes on the Ledge. Sustained and a touch exciting. Start: Start on the staircase ledge about 5m to the right of the arête between 'Jeopardy' and 'Jacob's Ladder'
FA: J. Smith, 2013 | 40m | |||
31 | ★★★ Triple Jeopardy
Start as for 'Roulette Arête'. FA: Jamie Smith, 2013 | 40m | |||
30/31 PROT:R | Russian Roulette
Left of 'Roulette' FA: Jamie Smith, 2014 | 40m | |||
Western Cape Cape Town Table Mountain The Ledge Africa Ledge Africa Ledge Proper | |||||
31/32 | ★★★ Darkest Africa
Roof to the right of Cukoo's nest. FA: J. Möhle, 2012 | 30m |