Routes in Limpopo for selected grade

Two large diagonal cracks form a feature on the krantz that look like the Eiffel Tower. This route climbs the left crack.

Clean and sustained climbing with possibly one grade 15 move. The crux is in the 2nd half of the route.

Start to the right of a 3m high block in an nice dihedral, Traverse right onto a ledge avoid nettles, some scary moves up a sloping dihedral to a small ledge, move left and up passing a small tree on the right.

1. 21A1 Climb the corner under the big square roof and rail out left (pulling on cams) to the continuation crack. Hanging stance in the crack to the right and just above a tree.

2. 17 Follow the crack straight to the top.

Same starting place as "Just for kicks". Move on right along a traverse

1. 40m (F2) Climb crack via tree to large ledge.

2. 8m (E3) Walk across to rock face. Climb to top of small rock pinnacle.

3. 25m (F2) Step across to main face and traverse left for 2m to below overanging crack. Pull-up into crack and ascend face to tree belay.

4. Traverse and walk right for about 30m past two large open books to corner.

5. 25m (F1) Climb corner and face to block stance.

6. 25m (F1) Climb diagonally right to top.

Pitch 1 has been climbed by unknown parties prior to FA.

Start 40m right of chimney. Scramble up to ledge.

1. 15m (D) Traverse left to foot of chimney.

2. 30m (E) Climb chimney to top of large chockstone.

3. 25m (F1) Traverse left around corner. Ascend recess to platform below chimney.

4. 25m (F2) Ascend chimney to chockstone

5. 25m (F2) Climb diagonally across right face towards tree. Traverse 5m below tree to right hand side of ledge. Mantleshelf up to ledge. Tree belay.

6. 30m (E3) Start in groove 2m left of tree and climb straight up to big overhangs. Traverse out right to corner stance.

7. 30m (D) Scramble via grass ledges to top.

From the start of Naked Orange, walk along the rock face to the right until a ledge is reached. Continue along the ledge (about 150m) to a 4m open book with a beacon at the start. This is about 50m to the left of C cad.

1. 25m (F1) Climb the open book, traverse 2m to the right and continue up a crack and a face to a ledge capped by overhangs.

2. 10m (F2) Climb the recess, traverse delicately 2m to the lef, then climb a smooth bulging face to a stance with a wedge belay.

3. 25m (F2) Move up to just below an overhang, make a tricky move to the left and continue traversing 13m on the same level to a stance in a recess.

4. 45m (E3) Climb out diagonally to the left to a little tree to the left of a steep face, then move to the right and up a recess to a big tree.

5. 30m (F1) Continue up to the left at first, then diagonally to the right onto a smooth ledge. Move to the right into a corner, do a delicate pull-up mantleshelf out to the right and move up to big ledge.

6. 45m (E3) Scramble diagonally to the left at first, to an obvious crack in a little buttress. The route here crosses Cycad. Climb up to a stance 5m below a tree.

7. 45m (E2) Climb past the tree and continue up just to the left of a cycad to a comfortable ledge with two trees. This stance is shared with Cycad.

8. 45m (E1) Continue up the face. Further scrambling leads to the top.

Start in a chimney abut 10m to the right of Vegetarian. This is 15m to the right of a very prominent chimney.

1. 40m (F1) Climb the chimney past a little tree to a little ledge. Continue up just right of the edge of some long slabs to a big block.

2. 20m (F2) Move to the left and climb up just left of the slabs to below a little overhang. Climb awkwardly up right onto a ledge. Step slightly left then with the aid of underhand grips and a layback gain a ledge up to the left. Move onto a big boulder then diagonally right to a tree on the face.

3. 40m (F1) Continue diagonally up right to a slight overhang and traverse right up to atree.

4. 45m (D) Traverse 45m to the right to a slight recess. This is about 5m to the right of a big tree.

5. 38m (F2) Climb the slight recess to a small overhang. Move up to the left then up a few meters until one can step to the right. Make a tricky move left then up 4m to a stance.

6. 45m (F2) Climb up 1m the traverse delicately left into a corner. Move delicately left to reach a thin vertical crack 3m. Ascend the crack (strenuous). Continue to top.

Approximately 200m to the right of the fence is a big brown patch of rock 40m up. The right-hand side of this has a big overhang and the left a recessed crack, with a tree about 8m up.

1. 30m (F1+) Start at lower rockband, below recess line. Climb short open book, moving out left and up to grassy face. scramble to foot of main rockband.

2. 15m (F1) Climb the crack up to a tree, then traverse to the left over a big block to a good tree belay and stance.

3. 40m (F1) Continue up to the left over blocks to a little overhang. Traverse 2m to the left, then climb a grassy face to a good ledge with a tree belay and stance.

4. 40m (F2) Move a bit to the left and climb up to a tree directly above the belay ledge. Traverse to the right, step down and across the main crack. Continue up to the right onto a block, then climb a weathered face above a little overhang. Surmount this and continue for 6m to stance above.

5. 43m (F1) Traverse 8m to the right to a smooth open book. Straddle and pull-up to the right. Continue diagonally up to the right to a good stance.

6. 30m (E2) Move up 3m then diagonally to the left to the top.

Note: This route partly resembles a climb called Spinnekop opneed in April 1950 by D R Bell and B I Harris. The first pitch starts 50m t ot the left of Carnivorous. The second antd third pitches are synonomous. Unfortunately it was not possible to trace the original route rom pitch four onwards.

The climb starts at the very lowest point of the rock face directly below a large open book high above.

1. 20m (F2+) Climb crack to big ledge (beaconed).

2. 15m (F1) Walk slightly diagonally right to tree belay beneath open book. Ascend open book to chockstone belay.

3. 30m (F2) Climb right-hand open book deviating left 10m up where crack becomes over-hanging. Return to open book and climb via tree to large ledge.

4. 35m (F2) Climb left-hand crack system and continue up open book to comportable stance and chock belay.

5. 15m (F2) Continue climbing open book to good stance and chock belay.

6. 22m (F2+) Climb left to hanging bush above to grassy ledge. Continue up crack to tree and chock belay.

7. 35m (F2) Climb open book to top.

Scramble to foot of lower main face.

1. 25m (F2) Start in centre of face. Ascend face to join diagonal recess running from right to left. Follow recess to big ledge.

2. 25m (F1) Climb left hand chimney system to narrow ledge below first bulge.

3. 15m (F2) Follow crack system. Surmount three successive bulges to grass ledge above. Traverse left around pinnacle and scramble up to ledge with blocks.

4. 20m (F1) Ascend left hand side of pinnacle to top.

The climb follows a line up the centre of a buttress to the left of a large grass ramp, which ends at the neck between the main krantz and the free-standing upper section of the buttress. Scramble up to grass ledge below buttress. Take the second crack from the right, which has a tree growing out of its lower section.

1. 40m (F2+) Climb crack for 30m and step left onto ledge below crack in open book.

2. 28m (F2) Climb crack for 20m to platform. Step down left 3m onto face. Tension traverse left fro 3m (peg in place) to stane around corner.

3. 15m (F2 A1) Climb bulging crack above (A1 - 2 moves) and tontinue to ledge.

4. 25m (F2+ A1) Climb crack to tree (2m above large ledge). Traverse 10m right into recess (topped by large overhang).

5. 15m (F2 A1) Climb recess to small stance and chock belay.

6. 20m (F2 A2) Climb via bulging face (A1) to below overhang. Traverse left and surmount overhang (A2) to ledge. Scramble right and up to top.

The climb is situated on the left side of Amphibian Tower.

1. 25m (F2) Climb crack system directly to the left of the Tower to large cubbyhole.

2. 25m (F2) Climb out left of cubbyhole and continue straight up to ledge. Traverse 2m right to bottom of crack and climb same to ledge and large block.

3. 20m (F1) Walk into corner and straddle up open book to ledge and then diagonally up left around Tower. Ascend a shallow corner to gain the main recess.

4. 25m (F2) Move up to neck. Start on the left corner of the final tower, traverse back right and climb corner and up right to a small awkward ledge from where it is possible to traverse right to virtually the front of the tower, then ascend to the top.

Start 20m left of an obvious chimney with round overhangs.

1. 35m (F2) Climb the corner of a crack for 15m then move diagonally right to a recess. Climb straight up the recess to easy ground. Tree belay.

2. 40m (E3) Climb straight up keeping left out of gully in easy rock.

3. 40m (E2) Continue up to a short chimney. Block belay at top.

4. 30m (F1) Traverse right to a small recess (2m high). Climb straight up for 5m then traverse right into a chimney stradling up into the back of the chimney. Belay (poor).

5. 20m (F1) Bridge and straddle up and out of the chimney and to a ledge.

6. 35m (F1) Traverse left over a fault to a wall and climb to a ledge. Traverse right along edge to a wall on the right side of the fault. Climb up to a platform and tree belay.

7. 20m (F1) Scramble into the back of a chimney and up through a hole to a ledge. Tree belay.

8. Scramble to top.

The line goes up a big open book about 100m to the left of the right-hand gully. It starts to the left of some impressive overhangs capping a huge sheer face. The climb commences up the very next open book to the right of a prominent rock buttress seen on the lower section of the climb.

1. 15m (F2) Climb open book to ledge and tree belay.

2. 20m (F1) Climb fault on the left up into chimney and chock belay.

3. 25m (E2) Climb deep left-hand chimney and traverse out right to ledge.

4. 40m (E1) Ascend recess to ledge and then walk diagonally right to face and climb same; walk right around corner to below huge open book.

5. 25m (F1) Straddle and surmount chockstone and then walk into back of recess and chimney up and out of recess via big leaning flake. To avoid overhanging recess with bush at its top, traverse out right and climb up to next ledge. Traverse back into crack and chockstone belay.

6. 25m (F2) Follow fault to large ledge below open book.

7. 20m (F2) Climb open book with some strenuous moves and mantleshelf awkwardly to ledge and stance.

8. 20m (F2) Continue up open book. Stance below final roof on ledge.

9. Walk along ledge to first corner and scramble to top.

The climb spirals up and around the buttress and starts 100m up the kloof.

1. 20m (D) Up broken grey face to ledge, slightly right of obvious open-book recess in the face above this ledge.

2. 30m (E2) Traverse right (out of kloof) along ledge.

3. 20m (E2) Continue traverse to bushed section of ledge.

4. 30m (F2) Scramble unroped about 30m along the bushed section of ledge onto the corner. Belay at this point. Climb up 6m immediately above the highest point of the ledge, traverse 18m right, then 6m up open book (using left hand side) to ledge and piton belay.

5. 33m (F2) 5m up open book immediately above belay point. Traverse right 23m. Towards end of traverse two steps each of 3m are made. (First 5m is F2, rest is D-E)

6. 18m (F2) Continue traverse over delicate section and make exposed "swing up" move to piton belay on ledge.

7. 12m (F2) Move down 3m into cubby-hole at foot of vertical crack which is then climbed for 9m to ledge at foot of the second section of the crack.

8. 18m (F2) 6m up crack into chimney of easier standard which is climbed for 12m to ledge.

9. 33m (D) Traverse 15m into corner of relatively large recess, the left hand side of which is climbed for 18m to belay point on ledge.

10. 30m (E2) Diagonally up out of the main recess onto large platform on left hand wall of recess.

11. 30m (C) Traverse right 18m, diagonally up to left 12m, 30m scramble then leads to a nek overlooking the kloof and almost immediately above the start of the climb.

12. 15m (E2) After walking 30m along grass ledge from the nex, traverse 3m round corner into grassy open book which is climbed to ledge at foot of vertical section.

13. 33m (F2) 6m up right-angled corner, traverse right 9m and then up 3m over grass. Traverse right 9m and up 6m also over grass.

14. 30m (E2) 5m up open book. Easy traverse right 25m to corner and tree belay (first on climb).

15. 30m (E1) Up broken ridge to small beacon. Unroped scrambling along the ridge for about 115m then leads to the summit beacon.