Routes in South Africa for selected grade

Start on Brandon's roof and climb into Archelon. 7C+ into 8A+ makes around 8B maybe 8B+.

Sitstart and climb the desperate zigzag seam with long reaches to awesome TO.

Hang-start at the back of the roof on the right, move up through the roof using compression moves to exit the cave and end on a crimp to the left of the crack.

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Sit-start on crimps, move up and then left to join Seventh Subject.

It’s a right exit to The Temple of Boom from the knee bar where you do 3 really hard moves (around 8A) - Nicholas Allan

Hard, maybe even 8B-ish, Start in low crack, follow arete to top out on the slab.

David Naude

Rowan Toselli

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Start as Captain Graffiti but goes straight up.

Climb the blank face to the right of D3.

Unrepeated, potentially harder since key foot broke off a few years ago.

Ascent by Nicholas Allan

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Climb the steep roof on obvious holds.

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Rowan Toselli 2016

Left variant to Skobbejak.

Nicholas Allan

Calrin Curtis

Rowan Toselli 2016

Probably the best crimp line in Cape Town. The setting, the movements, everything. My tips are happy this is done - Rowan Toselli

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Nicholas Allan

Rowan Toselli

Calrin Curtis

All the way through the cave. fitness dazeee - James Webb

Nicholas Allan

Sit start with the flat undercling at the bottom of the wall and climb straight up and out.

Ascent by Nicholas Allan

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Ground Swell into Shark Biscuit.

Ascent by Nicholas Allan

Giuliano Cameroni

Calrin Curtis

Climb war and peace but climb over left and finish on midst of chaos direct

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Sit-start and climb the face on slopers finishing right.

Sit-start on the left with crack, follow the crack out right and finish left with rail.

Sit-start with slopers, climb through the low roof and finish up left on slopers. Originally graded 8a but it was reopened by Christian Core in '05 after a couple of key holds broke in the roof

Irina Kuzmenko - mellow

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Climb the seam

Climb the beautiful face.

Sit-start with slopey left hand & right pocket, dyno up and climb into Green Mamba.

The original start to Black Eagle is broken and now the route is much different and a full grade more difficult.

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Start as Steak House but climb through the long roof and finish as Winnie. "Opened on Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday"

Climb Madiba but exit right

Sit-start low with matched hands and climb into Leopard Cave.

Sit-start with crimp rail and climb leftwards out the cave.

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Sit-start and climb through the tension roof finishing out left (without the boulder behind). "Fred fleetingly mentioned this send the following year in casual conversation – just another world class problem"

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Crouch-start on the right side of the undercling and climb out leftwards.

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Climb up right from a good hold on the left. "Named after a famous book about South Africa during the 1940's"

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Start with Resonance but after a few moves into the traverse use "Ninja tactics" to gain the large flake.

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A 13-move problem.

Sit-start with jug and climb out right.

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To the left Amber Is the Color of Energy. Climb up and dyno.

Start with ledge, climb up on rails trending left then back right for the finish

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Sit-start with the rail, climb out to the lip and traverse left through the roof and finish up as for Colin the Librarian. "Compression"

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Max Bertone

Climb The Vice halfway to pinch on the lip and then up the face using small crimps.

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Sit-start #SD with large sidepull, move to gaston and climb straight up.

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Oriane Bertone

Sit-start with right hand on undercling, move up on small crimps then move left and top of left of the arete.

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From good holds throw up to the lip. "The sit remains a project"

Sit-start on the right and climb out with thin crack.

Start inside the cave and climb out.

Start in the cave and climb out right with compression moves.

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Climb the black looking wall.

Sit-start on the right with left hand on sidepull & right pinch (high) and

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Sit-start below prow and climb out right

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Sit-start on the left and climb into The War of Attrition.

Sit-start on the right and climb left through the roof

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Sit-start with large side pull and climb out right and up the compression feature.

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Two dynos gets you through the overhanging wall.

Sit-start with rail and climb out on seam.

Sit-start and climb out right.

Start matched on the jug shelf, dyno to the high jug - bring lots of pads.

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Sit-start far on the left, traverse right along the rail until you can reach up to two small crimps then move up to a pebbled hold and finish up left.

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Climb up on the left, throw out right and top-out. mORPHO

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Sit-start with second break, climb up right to jug, traverse right to shelf and climb up.

Start with small rail, move up left to crimp then to the same jug as Ray of Light but traverse out right to finish.

Start on lowest rail and climb into Betta Move.

Some holds may have crumbled?

Sit-start, do two moves into the undercling and climb up.

Start at the bottom of the cave and climb into Koevoet.

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Start with good rail and climb out through the roof. "Amazing moment, one of my best FA's yet! 5 stars – Daniel Woods"

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Crouch-start, move to crimp then right to crimp rail and climb up left.

Climb the black slab/wall.

Sit-start and climb the overhanging prow finishing out left (the use of a kneepad drastically changes the grade.

Start at the back of roof and climb out. "Make sure to bring your kneepads"

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Start under small roof with small sidepulls, move up to crimp and dyno up. "Obvious line with great moves on small holds"

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Start at the back of the roof with jug rail, climb through the steep roof and exit with The Umbrella.

Start as Wingdings and Things but move up then dyno to rail and join Springbok for it's dyno finish.

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Sit-start low and add a few moves to Panama.

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Start with rail, move out to lip and climb up the rounded arete.

Start on the left, climb onto the right face and finish back left

Vadim Timonov - mellow

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Sit-start, move up to crack and climb out left to the arete.

Sit-start with large hold and climb the arete / prow "The creepy cat at Lorraine farm"

Climb the high wall trading slightly left.

Start with crimp rail and climb through roof into Zeroand exit left or right.

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Crouch-start with pinch feature and climb up right.

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Sit-start with low jug and move up and climb out left to finish.

Sit-start, move left and climb out left.

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"The furthest single-move dyno I’ve ever done!"

Start in the rail and dyno through the big roof to obvious large pockets

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Climb wall with 2 horizontal breaks. DYNOS!

Climb up the beautiful seam.

Start with crimps and climb the arête.

Start at first break, dyno to second break, dyno again.

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Sit-start with block and climb the perfect finger crack.

Left of Law and Order.

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Sit-start with left hand on crimp rail and right on sidepull / pinch, climb leftwards through the belly of the overhanging prow.

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Sit-start and climb the sloper wall.

Sit-start and climb the high overhanging wall finishing out left.