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Grade Route Gear style Quality
Thu 16th May 2024 - Magaliesberg
Hamerkop Kloof Lower Section
6c THE EQUALIZER - with Andreas Draxl Trad 15m Good
Crux is not well protected, risk of decking are high if you mess up the sequence

 
11 SELF AMUSE - with Andreas Draxl Trad 32m Crap
6a+ ONE CRACK MIND - with Andreas Draxl Trad 39m Good
First pitch is interesting while the second gets really spicy. Not a lot of good gear and dirty top part

 
Sat 11th May 2024 - Magaliesberg
Hamerkop Kloof Lower Section
6a+ THE CORNER - with Andreas Draxl Trad 25m Average
How to protect? Solo?

 
17 THE CROOKED CRACK - with Andreas Draxl
1 17 20 Second lead by Andreas Draxl

Short pitch but quality climbing

2 16 20 Trad lead by Samuel Kerff

Not really worth it, there are better lines to pick from the grassy ledge

Trad 40m
5b STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - with Andreas Draxl Trad 37m Good
Fri 27th Oct 2023 - Magaliesberg
GrootKloof
5a Chameleon Crack - with Andreas Draxl, Gehard Trad 52m Very Good
5a Phoenix - with Andreas Draxl, Gehard Trad 34m Classic
Thu 1st Dec 2022 - Magaliesberg
Trident Kloof True Right
5b Midnight Crawl - with Andreas Draxl Trad 58m Average
The first pitch offers clean climb, second and third present few interest

 
Wed 2nd Mar 2022 - Magaliesberg
Tonquani-Cedarberg Complex Cedarberg Kloof
5b 16 Dom's Party - with Louis Andreas Trad 35m Very Good
5a 15 Callisto Crack - with Louis Andreas Trad 22m
Difficult Shapes and Passive Rhythms - with Louis Andreas Trad 25m Classic
Fri 26th Nov 2021 - Magaliesberg
Kranskloof
13 FIE - with Greg Degrits Trad 25m
17 FUM - with Greg Degrits Trad 30m
Sat 16th Oct 2021 - Kransberg
Chevron Area
5b 16 Black Eagle Crag Trad 180m Mega Classic
We went off route on pitch 4 and climbed the chimney on the right ro further reconnect the route and exit through Groethook Chimney

 
Fri 15th Oct 2021 - Kransberg
Chevron Area
5a+ 15 Angel Recess Trad 95m Mega Classic
Tue 5th Oct 2021 - Magaliesberg
Tonquani-Cedarberg Complex Cedarberg Kloof
5a 15 Golden Balls - with Andrea Trad 77m Classic
Thu 16th Sep 2021 - Magaliesberg
Tonquani-Cedarberg Complex Boulder Kloof
Lancelot - with Christopher Harris, Andrea Trad 40m Classic
5b 16 Ipso Facto - with Christopher Harris Trad 30m Very Good
The route description is ambiguous when the fisrt ledge (after 15m of climb) is reached. I would describe the middle section as follow: "Climb the arete on your right hand side. Pull through onto a blocky ledge..."

 
6a Gregarious - with Christopher Harris, Andrea Trad 35m Very Good
Excalibur - with Gehard Trad 40m Good
Fri 3rd Sep 2021 - Magaliesberg
Tonquani-Cedarberg Complex Boulder Kloof
6a Slipstream Trad 35m Classic
Trad Nice climb with varied climbing style, corner, traverse, layback

 
Pigeon Alley - with Christopher Harris Trad 30m Very Good
Tue 24th Aug 2021 - Magaliesberg
Kranskloof
NORTH AMERICA WALL - with Christopher Harris Trad 45m Average
Trad

 
5a 14 Bonnie Trad 30m Good
Trad

 
Thu 19th Aug 2021 - Magaliesberg
Kranskloof
5a 14 Baby Face Trad 50m Good
Trad Small stoppers required to protect the middle section of the second pitch

 
Wed 4th Aug 2021 - Magaliesberg
Trident Kloof True Right
5a+ 15 Pink Corner Trad 64m Very Good
Trad 4 pitches route, first climbed in 1949.

 
Sun 13th Jun 2021 - Magaliesberg
Trident Kloof True Right
5c 17 Swiss Army Knife Trad 54m Classic
Trad

 
6a Migraine - with Soral Trad 42m Classic
Trad We climbed the second variation (2 pitches 6a), on the second length, the traverse offers few protection.

 
Wed 26th May 2021 - Magaliesberg
Tonquani-Cedarberg Complex Cedarberg Kloof
12 Cedarberg Corner - with Gehard Trad 81m Very Good

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