Route in Africa Crag

The climb commences on the white face just to thw left of the Lily Pond.

P1 & 2 can be bypassed by climbing the first pitch of Africa Wall, bringing the grade down to 13.

1. [15] 25m Previuosly 2 pitches. Pull up on the white fae on horizontal holds. Move right into the groove. Climb up with an awkward move up on a sloping ledge, then a delicate move up on tiny footholds on the rib on the right to reach the handgrips on the top. Exit up right on to the stance. Traverse across left and out on to the projecting platform on the nose

2. [11] 28m Climb the face to the broad Upper Africa Ledge. Now walk across to the left to the base of a chminey, facing the cable station. in the huge nose.

3. [10] 23m Climb 8m up the chimney and traverse out left around the corner for 12m and move up to a small stance on the edge of a diagonal crack on the side of the nose.

4. [13] 36m Pull up from the stance and traverse up and across left to a tiny platform on the front edge of the noae. Pull up through an overhang on to the crest of the nose above, and continue up the right-hand ednge until possible to move up onto a ledge stance with a huge block on it. (It is also possible to move up using a recess just right of the actual crest of the nose instead of pulling up from the tiny platform.

5. [12] 20m From the back of the stance step slightly down and to the left, climb a crack to a horizontal handrail. Traverse left on the corner, then climb the easy face above to a large ledge.

6. [9] 15m A grass covered face behind the ledge is now climbed from right to left into a gully leading to behind a large block. Climbing out around the back of this blockand on to the front of it leads to easy rock to the top.