Needles Eye 19

Start 6m to the left of the pink-white face, right of 'Caterpillar'.

1. 12m 15 Up the crack using the roots then up the tree trunk to a ledge. Belay on the same tree.

2. 9m 19 Traverse right 3m around a corner to the bottom of a narrow chimney and ascend the chimney. The crux is at the start. The difficulty is due to the narrowness of the chimney at the bottom and the paucity of grips. The pitch ends at a narrow ledge just past a large overhang on the right. Piton belay.

3. 8m 19 Up the right-angled corner. At the overhang, move left by a layback move to a good ledge.

4. 8m 17 Up the recess through the final overhang.

No fire allowed as per “No Fires in Magaliesberg Policy”. There is currently a moratorium on bolting in Magaliesberg.