South Africa Statistics

General area statistics

Area Name: South Africa
Number Routes: 19,442
Number Areas: 4,313
Number Activity Updates: 164,204
Number Ascents: 43,514
Areas With Description: 1,088
Routes With Description: 13,040
Routes With Ascent Coverage: 7,016
Trad Routes: 6,447
Sport Routes: 4,822
Top Rope Routes: 66
Multipitch Routes: 2,356
Aid Routes: 8
Boulder Problems: 8,029
Alpine Routes
Ice Routes: 23
Average Height: 58
Route Grade Contributions: 12,025
Number Topos: 1,593
Number Routes With Topos: 4,809
Number Favorite Crags: 9
Number Shortcuts: 1,230
Number Distinct Route Ascents: 37,726
Trad Route Ascents: 4,645
Sport Route Ascents: 25,735
Multipitch Route Ascents: 2,757
Aid Route Ascents: 1
Boulder Route Ascents: 7,362
Alpine Route Ascents
Ice Route Ascents: 4
Number Ticks: 36,418
Number Hits: -53
Number Ghosts: 947
Number Pure Ascents: 22,681
Number Repeat Ascents: 4,881
Number Routes Repeated: 3,005
Number Quality Ratings: 19,162
Number Relative Difficulty Ratings: 21
Number Ascent Comments: 9,574
Number Photos: 1,221
Number Distinct Route Photos: 387
Number Contributing Publications: 2
Number Climbers Indicating Ascent: 1,083
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Hardest Flash Ascent: Dominatrix {7B}
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Area Quality Score: 64
Area Difficulty Score: 47
Area Busyness Score: 13
Area Grade Accuracy Score: 50
Hardest Routes: Livin' Large {8C+}; In the Depths of Solitude {8C}; Khoikhoi {8C}; Nalle's New One {8C}; Petrichor {8C}; The Smile {8C}; The Dragon's Guardian {8C}; Monkey Wedding {8C}; G-master {8C}; The Finnish Line {8C/C+}
Easiest Routes: Opposition {A1}; Policeman's Helmet {A1}; My Two Year Old Can Do It {1}; To Be Free {A2}; Saga {A2}; Toddler {2}; 'C' Route {2}; 'D' Route {2}; S 6 {3}; Curtain Call {WI1}
Busiest Routes: Snakeskin Safari Suit {18}; Flakes {14}; Grizzly Behr {16}; Angel of Mercy {16}; Lucy {17}; Girl on Our Mind {6B+/C}; Green Machine {18}; The Fallen Boot {15}; Chocolate Speedway {18}; Asterix {13}
Busiest Beginner Routes: Fraser's Arrow {12}; Tickled Pink {12}; Adam's Apoplexy {12}; Kief {11}; Dark Streets {12}; Arrow Final {11}; Crouching Tiger {12}; India Rubber {12}; Fully {12}; Freddy {10}
Busiest Intermediate Routes: Snakeskin Safari Suit {18}; Flakes {14}; Grizzly Behr {16}; Angel of Mercy {16}; Lucy {17}; Green Machine {18}; The Fallen Boot {15}; Chocolate Speedway {18}; Asterix {13}; The Gospel Express {18}
Busiest Experienced Routes: Sterling Silver {22}; If Women Were Gods {20}; Sickle Moon {22}; Alpha & Omega {22}; Pistolero {20}; Goonie-Goo-Goo {22}; Another Nefarious Crack {21}; Airbag {21}; Bad Boy for Life {5A}; Revenge of the Paas Haasie {20}
Busiest Expert Routes: Girl on Our Mind {6B+/C}; Sex Etiquette {6C}; Perfect {6C+}; Minki {7B}; The Roof Is on Fire {6C+}; Golden Rail {6C}; Green {6C/C+}; Orange Heart {6C}; Sunset Traverse {7A}; Gamelan {6B+/C}
Busiest Elite Routes: Witness the Sickness {8A}; Out of Balance {8A}; Nutsa {8A}; Pendragon {8A}; Oral Office {8A+}; Golden Virginia {8A}; A Tea With Elmarie {8A}; Black Velvet {8A}; Green Mamba {8A/A+}; The Quintessential {8B}
Busiest Top Rope Routes: Scratchy {8}; Grade 21 #1 {21}; Grade 21 #2 {21}
Busiest Sport Routes: Snakeskin Safari Suit {18}; Flakes {14}; Grizzly Behr {16}; Angel of Mercy {16}; Lucy {17}; Green Machine {18}; The Fallen Boot {15}; Chocolate Speedway {18}; Asterix {13}; The Gospel Express {18}
Busiest Trad Routes: Jacob's Ladder {16}; Fraser's Arrow {12}; Adam {14}; Bombay Duck {17}; Adam's Apoplexy {12}; Staircase {13}; Think {16}; Clifton Crest {15}; Arrow Final {11}; Crack of Dawn {17}
Busiest Boulder Routes: Girl on Our Mind {6B+/C}; Bad Boy for Life {5A}; Ice, Ice Baby {5C}; Sex Etiquette {6C}; Perfect {6C+}; Minki {7B}; Coal Chamber {6B+}; The Roof Is on Fire {6C+}; Golden Rail {6C}; Green {6C/C+}
Most Desirable Routes: Sickle Moon {22}; Girl on Our Mind {6B+/C}; Sex Etiquette {6C}; Meanderthal {16}; Sterling Silver {22}; God Save The Queen {22}; Who Knows? {18}; Zucchini {19}; The Gospel Express {18}; Voices {24}
Purist Routes: Dust Devil {24}; Waldorf Salad {22}; Master of Rings {21}; Peaches en Regalia {21}; Bravest Orangutan in Britain {23}; Male Country {24}; Mr Brightside {22}; Skeletium Skank {23}; Flintstone {17}; Songs From the Wood {18}
Highest Quality Routes: Yellow Belly {V4}; Scylla {6A+}; 1st Upon a Time {19}; Vertebral Pleasure {17}; Welcome to Borneo {16}; Rage against the Machine {28}; Horror Crack {27}; Baboon Highway {26}; Very Laid Back {23}; Goulash {19}
Highest Quality Beginner Routes: Spring Overhang {10}; The Boot {3A - C+}; McLeod's Variation {F1}; Walk in the Park {3A - C+}; Hooper's Route {F1}; Wandkappel Crag {10}; TOP GEAR {8}; Standard Route {C}; Africa Face {11}; Chilling Out {12}
Highest Quality Intermediate Routes: No More Bells {19}; Fame and Fashion {19}; My Big Toe {19}; 1st Upon a Time {19}; Mielie Pap {19}; Behemoth {19}; Original Route {18}; Welcome to Borneo {16}; HARD ROCK CAFE {19}; Alice Springs {16}
Highest Quality Experienced Routes: Venom {25}; Awareness {V4}; Tartarus {24}; Child of Darkness {25}; Shrine of the Sea Monkeys {24}; Reason Run Dry {25}; Pro Patria {26}; Slice of bread {6A}; Time is Tight {23}; Perch on this {26}
Highest Quality Expert Routes: Mamba Spoeg {6C}; The Megalomaniac {34}; The Butterfly P2 {27}; Stormwatch {31}; Menopaws {27}; Wet-Wet Fig {28}; Dragon Rider {30}; You'll never survive in war {6C}; Piss {V5}; Haibo! {27}
Highest Quality Elite Routes: The Hatchling {8A}; Barracuda Sit-start {8A+}; Dreadnoughtus {8A+}; Steak House {8A+}; Shosholoza {8A+}; Airstar {8B}; Law & Order {8A+}; Good Hope {8A+}; Mirta {8B+}; A Life In Orange {35}
Highest Quality Top Rope Routes: Scratchy {8}; Fang {19}
Highest Quality Sport Routes: Roadblox {23}; Endless October {24}; Gecko Blaster {27}; Elegantly Wasted {26}; Pro Patria {26}; Rage against the Machine {28}; Upper Class {26}; Menopaws {27}; The Myth {25}; Alto Rouge {27}
Highest Quality Trad Routes: Blue Diamonds and White Ice {28}; Fame and Fashion {19}; Jeopardy {29}; Fireballs {23}; Human Highway {22}; Vertebral Pleasure {17}; No Tell Hotel {19/20}; Flake Orgasm {20}; Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb {23}; Scaredy Cat {25}
Highest Quality Boulder Routes: Yellow Belly {V4}; Freddy vs Jason {7C+}; Cerebral Palsy {7A+}; Low Tide {V3}; Eva Green {6C}; Red Belly {V4}; Low Down and Dirty {7B}; Slice of bread {6A}; Face the Storm {7A+}; You'll never survive in war {6C}
Highest Quality Ice Routes: Cool Bananas {WI3}; Black Satin Couloir {WI4}; Makaza {WI4}
Hightest Quality Minor Areas: Sentinel; Royal Natal; The Heroes Wall; Main Wall; Keur Kloof; Upper Campground; Pit of Despair; B: Roadside Boulder; The Theatre; Hidden Boulders
Hightest Quality Major Areas: The Ledge; Paarl Rock; The Pass; Paarl Rock Boulder Field; Roadside Boulders; De Pakhuys; Agterpakhuis; Rocklands; West Coast; Cederberg
Hardest Minor Areas: Eland; Coop; Wheel of Retardation; B: Dihedral; Magik Bloks; The Realm; M: Main Cave; H: Mary's Roof; St. James' Park; E: Question of Balance
Hardest Major Areas: The Fortress; Bushman's Cave Area; Bushman’s Cave; 8 Day Rain; Cedar Rouge Sector; Arch Valley; Sassies; The Pass; The Gallery; French Side
Easiest Minor Areas: Eastman's Fork; Comic Rock; The Horns; Sterkhorn; Gin and Vermouth area; Inner Horn; Cathedrak Peak; Groot Hangklip; Rhino Peak; Dome East
Easiest Major Areas: Drakensberg; Commando Neck; Dome; Chevron Area; Hanglip; Dome; Upper Section; Kransberg; Trident Kloof; True Right
Busiest Minor Areas: Blaze of Glory; The Disciple Wall; Bouldering; The Sideline; Lower Section; Arete Sector; Talking to the Trees; Zucchini Wall; Lakeside Pinnacle; Jailhouse
Busiest Major Areas: Strubens Valley; Hallucinogenic Wall; Bronkhorstspruit Crag; Wonderland Area; Gauteng; Silvermine; Johannesburg; Chosspile; Sport Valley; Tranquilitas
Highest Quality Crags: Umgeni Valley; Topside; West Coast; The Hole; Oudtshoorn; Cape Winelands; Lion's Head; Table Mountain; The Mine; Swinburne; Magaliesberg; Waterval Boven; Monteseel; Peer's Cave; Bronkhorstspruit Crag; Silvermine; Shongweni Dam; Mt Everest Guest Farm; King's Kloof; Chosspile
Busiest Crags: Lakeside Pinnacle; Strubens Valley; Bronkhorstspruit Crag; Silvermine; King's Kloof; Chosspile; Peer's Cave; Waterval Boven; The Mine; Table Mountain; The Hole; Oudtshoorn; Shongweni Dam; Krantzkloof Nature Reserve; Northcliff; Mt Everest Guest Farm; Monteseel; West Coast; Cape Winelands; Trappieskop
Classic Crags: Rocklands; Waterval Boven; Montagu; Table Mountain; Silvermine; Truitjieskraal; Bronkhorstspruit Crag; The Mine; Overberg; Paarl Rock; Lakeside Pinnacle; Magaliesberg; The Hole; Lion's Head; Oudtshoorn; Hellfire; Strubens Valley; Peer's Cave; Monteseel; Mt Everest Guest Farm
Grade Icons: 9 - The Boot; 10 - Spring Overhang; 12 - Hooper's Route; 14 - Utopia; 15 - Devil's Tooth; 16 - Jacob's Ladder; 17 - Lucy; 18 - Snakeskin Safari Suit; 19 - Fynhoud; 20 - If Women Were Gods; 21 - Lucky Strike; 22 - Sterling Silver; 23 - You Shall Not Pass; 24 - Freak On; 25 - Swan Lake; 26 - Girl on Our Mind; 27 - Sex Etiquette; 28 - Perfect; 29 - T-Pex Direct; 30 - El Niño Dura; 31 - Minki; 32 - Drag Queen; 33 - Scooby-Doo; 34 - Freddy vs Jason; 35 - Brain Rapist; 36 - L'Arche; 37 - The Escapist; 39 - Get Railed; 40 - Petrichor