Schwierigkeitsgrad | Route | Stil | Qualität | Kletterer | |||
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Fr 5. Apr 2024 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
5c | ★★ No Hurry in Kenya | 25m | |||||
6a+ | ★★★ Twende | 25m | |||||
6a | ★★ Fight or flight | 22m | |||||
Di 9. Jan 2024 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
7b+ | Dark Juju - mit Nelson Klein, Zachary Barr, Genevive Walker | 15m, 6 | |||||
Unexpected and very smooth ascent done while shooting with Sender Films.
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Dez 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
5b | ★ Luggas - mit Peter Naituli | 20m | |||||
Sa 25. Nov 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Roadside Boulders Shark | |||||||
V2 | Shark Fin - mit Ian lekiluai | ||||||
Sa 25. Nov 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Roadside Boulders Roadside Boulder | |||||||
V2 | Hip-Hop Sit-Start - mit Ian lekiluai | ||||||
V0 | Warmup - mit Ian lekiluai | ||||||
Di 25. Jul 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
5c | ★★ No Hurry in Kenya - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 25m | |||||
6a+ | ★★★ Twende - mit Faith Chenet and Chris | 25m | |||||
Mo 24. Jul 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
5a | Leicht Beaut - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 15m | |||||
5c | ★ Speed bump - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 20m | |||||
5b | ★ Luggas - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 20m | |||||
5b | ★ Luggas - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 20m | |||||
5b | ★ Luggas - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 20m | |||||
5b | ★ Luggas — 3 Versuche - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 20m | |||||
6a | ★ 5000 mile shoes - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 25m | |||||
6a | ★ 5000 mile shoes - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 25m | |||||
6a | ★★ Fight or flight - mit Faith Chenet, Chris | 22m | |||||
Sa 22. Apr 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a+ | ★★★ Twende | 25m | |||||
6a+ | ★★★ Modern Warrior | 32m | ★★★ Mega-Klassiker | ||||
6a | ★★ Fight or flight | 22m | |||||
Fr 21. Apr 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a | ★ 5000 mile shoes | 25m | |||||
Do 6. Apr 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a+ | ★★ Leopard Hunt | 25m | |||||
6a | ★★ Fight or flight | 22m | |||||
So 8. Jan 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Roadside Boulders Kofi rock | |||||||
V2 | ★★ Samburu Wrestling | ||||||
First ascent. Lemayan was present. He proceeded to complete this boulder on 7th Jan. A perfect end to this trip.
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So 8. Jan 2023 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Roadside Boulders Run and Jump | |||||||
V5 | ★★★ Murderous Porcupine | ||||||
First ascent
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Sa 31. Dez 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Mouse | |||||||
6a | ★★ The Mouse | 30m | |||||
Guiding a client. Rock was loose as usual. She led the second pitch and was able not to pull anything off and was delicate enough to onsight the climb.
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Di 13. Dez 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6b | ★★ New Home for Nkulupa | 15m, 5 | |||||
6a+ | ★★★ Twende | 25m | |||||
6a+ | ★★★ Modern Warrior | 32m | |||||
6a+ | ★★ Leopard Hunt | 25m | |||||
Dez 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a+ | ★★★ Twende | 25m | |||||
Do 24. Nov 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Mouse | |||||||
6a | ★★ The Mouse | 30m | |||||
siku hizi, njia hii ni panya route 🤷
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So 13. Nov 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe main face | |||||||
E1 4c E1 4c | ★★★ Guiness and Goat | 290m, 19 | ★★ Sehr gut | ||||
Some serious unprotected sections, otherwise a very fun day out.
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Sa 22. Okt 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe main face | |||||||
HVS | ★★★ The Three Amigos | ★★★ Klassiker | |||||
Epic climb! (especially if you like cacti)
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Fr 21. Okt 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Mouse | |||||||
6a | ★★ The Mouse | 30m | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
Mi 19. Okt 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Mouse | |||||||
6a | ★★ The Mouse | 30m | |||||
So 21. Aug 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe main face | |||||||
E1 4c E1 4c | ★★★ Guiness and Goat | 290m, 19 | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
Guiding a client.
We spent the night on the summit with Peter Lemayan and the client. At the break of dawn, we abseiled into the wall to the start of pitch one and climbed up from there. Quite an experience doing it that way. |
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Sa 16. Jul 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Riverbed Boulders Lugga | |||||||
V2 | Horny Bill | Durchschnitt | |||||
Sa 16. Jul 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Riverbed Boulders Mto Kavu | |||||||
V3 | ★ I Wish I Had a River | ★ Gut | |||||
Sa 16. Jul 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Riverbed Boulders A Pebble in the River | |||||||
V4 | FA ★★★ The River Between | ★★★ Klassiker | |||||
Sa 25. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Snake Temple | |||||||
5.9 | FA Front Fang | 13m, 4 | |||||
First route I ever bolted. Done with Ian Lekiluai and Gabriel
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Sa 11. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Snake Temple | |||||||
VB | Omu Porcupine (Omu Porkupine) | ||||||
V0 | Nathaniel The Serpent Wrangler | ||||||
Fr 10. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
The Ololokwe Golf Club | |||||||
FA The Blood Bucket | 28m | ||||||
FFA. What a lovely feeling topping this one out.
It feels very hard. Would like more people to get on it for better idea of grade.
I'd say its between 5.11b and 5.11c in my estimates
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Do 9. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
The Ololokwe Golf Club | |||||||
FA The Blood Bucket | 28m | ||||||
Mi 8. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
The Ololokwe Golf Club | |||||||
E2 5b | FA Asante Bwana! | 110m | |||||
Di 7. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a+ | ★★★ Modern Warrior | 32m | ★★★ Mega-Klassiker | ||||
A long and beautiful route
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Mo 6. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Training wall | |||||||
5b A1 | FA ★★ Ltalet | 20m | ★★ Sehr gut | ||||
FFA. Felt about 6a+
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Mo 6. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a | ★★ Fight or flight | 22m | |||||
A solid day out with Taipi
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So 5. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Roadside Boulders Shark | |||||||
V3 | ★★ Shark Attack | ||||||
Sa 4. Jun 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Snake Temple | |||||||
V0 | Little Hiss | 8m | |||||
The FA
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V2 V1 | ★★★ M'chawi | 7m | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
The FA
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V2 | FA ★★★ M'chawi | 7m | |||||
Onsight solo FA. This route gave me the strength to complete Apocalypto
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V0 | FA Little Hiss | 8m | |||||
no crash pads
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V1 | FA ★ Cobra Queen | 7m | ★ Gut | ||||
no crash pads, so more or less a free solo.
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★★★ Apocalypto | 16m | ★★★ Mega-Klassiker | |||||
FA ★★★ Apocalypto | 16m | ★★★ Mega-Klassiker | |||||
First ascent free solo into the unknown with young, samburu herder as the witness
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Mi 11. Mai 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Snake Temple | |||||||
HVS 4b | FA ★★ Tomb Raider - mit Peter Naituli | 28m | ★★ Sehr gut | ||||
A jolly good time
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Fr 6. Mai 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Snake Temple | |||||||
V0 | FA Garden Snake | ||||||
Fr 6. Mai 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Roadside Boulders Shark | |||||||
V3 V4 | ★★★ Panga | ★★★ Klassiker | |||||
Fr 6. Mai 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Snake Temple | |||||||
HVS 4b | FA ★★ Tomb Raider - mit Gabriel Jackson | 28m | |||||
S 4a | FA A Dance With The Black Mamba - mit Gabriel Jackson | 12m | |||||
Black mambas are certainly aggressive snakes
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Do 5. Mai 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Roadside Boulders Run and Jump | |||||||
V3 | FA ★★ Long, Dark and Firm - mit Peter Naituli | ||||||
Snagged the first ascent of the standing start on the attempt following Peter's first ascent of the jump start variation.
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V3 | FA ★★ Long, Dark and Firm | ★★ Sehr gut | |||||
It's a pretty good one. So far I haven't been impressed with the bouldering around Ololokwe. But this one had some excitement to it.
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Mo 2. Mai 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
5c | ★ Speed bump | 20m | |||||
5b | ★ Luggas | 20m | |||||
5c | ★★ No Hurry in Kenya | 25m | |||||
So 17. Apr 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a 6a+ | ★★★ Modern Warrior - mit James Mixon | 32m | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
Mi 13. Apr 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe main face | |||||||
HVS 4b | ★★★ Guiness and Goat - mit Gabriel Jackson, Ian Lekiluai | 290m, 19 | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
The plan was to rehearse the moves and do more cleaning on this day, but dark clouds indicated the arrival of the rains, so the final decision was for me to run up the route rope less on that day. On pitch 6, the rain begun to pour and by the time I summited, the sky completely let loose. It was a powerful moment. Bottom to top was about 40 minutes with a few long stops on the route as I had to wait for the drone batteries to be changed and for the drone to locate me on the large wall. All in all, a very significant ascent for me personally and the growing community of Kenyan born climbers.
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Sa 9. Apr 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a+ | ★★ Leopard Hunt - mit Peter Naituli | 25m | |||||
Fr 8. Apr 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe main face | |||||||
HVS 4c E1 4c | ★★★ Guiness and Goat - mit Peter Naituli | 290m, 19 | ★★★ Mega-Klassiker | ||||
HVS 4b E1 4c | ★★★ Guiness and Goat - mit Gabriel Jackson | 290m, 19 | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
Documentary filming with Gabriel and Ian. We worked and cleaned the route, dropping huge loose flakes while at it.
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HVS 4b E1 4c | ★★★ Guiness and Goat - mit Gabriel Jackson | 290m, 19 | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
Documentary filming with Gabriel and Ian. We worked and cleaned the route, dropping huge loose flakes while at it.
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HVS 4b E1 4c | ★★★ Guiness and Goat - mit Gabriel Jackson | 290m, 19 | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
Documentary filming with Gabriel and Ian. We worked and cleaned the route, dropping huge loose flakes while at it.
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Mi 6. Apr 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe main face | |||||||
HVS 4b E1 4c | ★★★ Guiness and Goat | 290m, 19 | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
First guided ascent of the route with one client and Ian Lekiluai.
We started the climb too far off to the right and had to negotiate a horrendous blank slab with no gear before rejoining the main route. I broke off most of the crux holds on pitch 4 and had to find a new way around the section of crumbling rock. After a number of scary leads, and Ian dislodging a massive loose flake. We finished the climb and hiked off the back with the Client's family. The route wasn't as kind to us as it had been on the first trip up. |
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Di 5. Apr 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a | ★ 5000 mile shoes - mit Gabriel Jackson | 25m | |||||
6a+ | ★★ Leopard Hunt - mit Gabriel Jackson | 25m | |||||
Would be significantly harder for the vertically challenged.
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Apr 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Roadside Boulders Shark | |||||||
V2 | Shark Fin | ||||||
Barefoot
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Apr 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe Bouldering Roadside Boulders Run and Jump | |||||||
V1 | Searching For The Egg | ||||||
Good fun.
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So 27. Mär 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
5a | Leicht Beaut | 15m | |||||
5c | ★ Speed bump | 20m | |||||
5b | ★ Luggas | 20m | |||||
6a | ★ 5000 mile shoes | 25m | |||||
5c | ★★ No Hurry in Kenya | 25m | |||||
Do 17. Mär 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Ololokwe main face | |||||||
5.9 E1 4c | ★★★ Guiness and Goat - mit Ian Lekiluai | 290m, 19 | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
A great route.
a total of 3 hours from base to top.
This was the 3rd ascent and saw the party add their own finish to the climb by climbing directly up the tree roots to the roof on the last pitch.
All in all, the route is insanely run out between bolts and one can easily climb past the odd bit of gear if not very keen. Traditional placements are scarce.
As far as difficulty is concerned, I'd place the most technical cruxes somewhere in the 5.9 YDS range. Route could benefit from one extra bolt per pitch, but perhaps more so one rap ring or bolt directly above the route at the finish, to simplify access from above. Still, I personally had a blast leading this one.
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Sa 5. Feb 2022 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
5c | ★★ No Hurry in Kenya | 25m | |||||
Darkness caught me near the end of the route where any hope of an onsight ended. Half an hour later I'd be forced to re-ascend the route with my head torch to retrieve a stuck rope from the anchor. What a day.
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5a | Leicht Beaut | 15m | |||||
5c | ★ Speed bump | 20m | |||||
Di 14. Dez 2021 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
5c | ★ Speed bump | 20m | ★★ Sehr gut | ||||
6a | ★ 5000 mile shoes | 25m | ★★ Sehr gut | ||||
6a+ | ★★★ Twende | 25m | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
6a 6a+ | ★★★ Modern Warrior | 32m | ★★★ Klassiker | ||||
Mo 13. Dez 2021 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Mouse | |||||||
6a | ★★ The Mouse | 30m | ★ Gut | ||||
Fun route that is very flaky, aided quite a bit not to affect the route.
A few notes:
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Mo 13. Dez 2021 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Cat | |||||||
HVS 4c HVS 4c | ★ Pussy | 60m | ★ Gut | ||||
It's a great route climbing wise, but Ididn't find it well protected and quite flaky.
A few notes on the experience:
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Mo 29. Nov 2021 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Cat | |||||||
E2 | ★★ No Mercy | 90m | ★★ Sehr gut | ||||
Very chossy, throwing big blocks off, but still many left. Nearly pulled a few blocks onto my belayer, and there are a few sections where you have to run it out as you can climb on the rock, but you wouldn't trust any gear on it.
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So 28. Nov 2021 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Baboon Cliff | |||||||
6a | ★★ Fight or flight | 22m | |||||
6a | ★ 5000 mile shoes | 25m | |||||
Sa 27. Nov 2021 - Mt Ololokwe area | |||||||
Cat | |||||||
5.9 HVS 4c | ★ Pussy | 60m | ★★ Sehr gut | ||||
Fun outing especially for those that enjoy more crack climbing. Protects fairly well (with both cams and nuts - just a couple of flakes to watch out for). Did in two pitches with anchor under the off-width corner. Bring at very least a #4 BD (ended up using a #5 BD also) for the anchor. Or if belaying from the below tree, a #4/5 may be your only protection on the corner. There is a little chockstone in the off-width corner you can slot a nut in, but a #5 will give peace of mind. Corner is fun fun fun then easy climbing to the top-out.
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