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	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Mon 11th Mar 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	27 Hard	★★ The Germans	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	David
First Ascent post break? Feels like solid 27 (easy 28) to me but needs consensus. You get a great rest before the crux. My beta is RH crimp, LF gaston to the undercling; right kneebar, bump RH to crimp then change left hand to lower undercling bring right hand to where left was and set up feet for a big move to the left hand side pull jug (cut feet and high left foot). RH to crimp, bump left hand up and get a left kneebar; RH to small gaston. LH low crimp switch feet and then get the jug above the chains.
Sat 2nd Mar 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Fire Alarm	Sport 5		Stephen Emslie
	18	★★ Waldorf Salad (Left Start)	Sport 6		Stephen Emslie
Mon 26th Feb 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Communication Breakdown	Sport 4		David
	19 ~20	★ Corked	Sport 5	★★★ Classic	David
awesome route but expect more of a 21 than 19. keeps you thinking the whole way
Sun 25th Feb 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	25	★★ Not Yet Major — 2 attempts	Sport 6	★★ Very Good	Jordan
Surprisingly lovely conditions for a good fight! After strategically forgetting beta, found a good flow through the crux. First of the grade.
Sat 3rd Feb 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	20	★ Sthppoonz	Sport 6	★★ Very Good	Craig Griffin
	27	★ Don't Mention the War	Sport 7	★★ Very Good	Craig Griffin
	21	★★★ Toreador of Torquay	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Craig Griffin
	15	★ Lemonade	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Craig Griffin
	25	★★ Not Yet Major — 2 attempts	Sport 6	★★ Very Good	Jordan
Struggled with figuring out how to clip the draw during the crux, but that’s sorted now. Soon!
Sat 27th Jan 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	21	★★★ Toreador of Torquay - with Hannah W	Sport 5		Matt van Niekerk
	15	★ Lemonade - with Hannah W	Sport 5		Matt van Niekerk
	19	★ Corked - with Hannah W	Sport 5		Matt van Niekerk
	19 Hard	★ Corked	Sport 5	★ Good	Jordan
Tricky slab beta off the ground! Last time I tried it was in the rain, so this definitely went better. Climbed clean from the first bolt.
	25	★★ Not Yet Major	Sport 6	★★ Very Good	Jordan
Working my first 25! Easy moves to tricky crux, finished with a small hop to a good hold. Can't imagine it will take too many more sessions.
Mon 15th Jan 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	15	★ Playing Hookie	Sport 7	★★ Very Good	Daniel Becker
Sun 14th Jan 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	21 Hard	★★★ Toreador of Torquay	Sport 5	★★★ Classic	Daniel Becker
	20 Hard	★ Sthppoonz	Sport 6	Average	Daniel Becker
	19 ~20	★ Corked	Sport 5	Average	Daniel Becker
Sat 13th Jan 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	15	★ Playing Hookie - with Matthew Lambrick	Sport 7	Crap	Luke Gradidge
	22	★ Waldorf Salad - with Luke Gradidge	Sport 6	★ Good	Matthew Lambrick
	15	★ Playing Hookie - with Luke Gradidge	Sport 7	★ Good	Matthew Lambrick
Terribly rusted chains connected to the bolts at the top.
Fri 12th Jan 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	22	★ Waldorf Salad - with Matthew Lambrick	Sport 6	★ Good	Luke Gradidge
Sun 7th Jan 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Fire Alarm — 2 attempts	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Patrick Manicom
	21	★★★ Toreador of Torquay — 2 attempts	Sport 5		Patrick Manicom
	22	★ Waldorf Salad	Sport 6	★ Good	Patrick Manicom
	25 Easy	★★ Not Yet Major — 2 attempts	Sport 6	★★ Very Good	Seth Donald
Very soft
	21	★★★ Toreador of Torquay	Sport 5	★★★ Classic	Seth Donald
	15	★ Playing Hookie	Sport 7	★ Good	Seth Donald
	15	★ Lemonade	Sport 5	★ Good	Seth Donald
	21	★★★ Toreador of Torquay - with Alta Lourette	Sport 5	★★★ Classic	Tim Trewartha
Cool route!
	23	★★ Fire Alarm - with Alta Lourette	Sport 5		Tim Trewartha
Cool, face climbing.
	22	★ Waldorf Salad - with Alta Lourette	Sport 6	★ Good	Tim Trewartha
Strange start.
	25 ~24	★★ Not Yet Major — 2 attempts	Sport 6	★★ Very Good	Alta Lourette
	19	★ Corked	Sport 5	Don't Bother	Alta Lourette
Nah!
Sat 6th Jan 2024 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	22	★ Waldorf Salad - with Luke Gradidge	Sport 6	★ Good	Matthew Lambrick
	22	★ Waldorf Salad - with Matthew Lambrick	Sport 6	★ Good	Luke Gradidge
	20	★ Sthppoonz - with Matthew Lambrick	Sport 6	★ Good	Luke Gradidge
	15	★ Lemonade - with Matthew Lambrick	Sport 5	Average	Luke Gradidge
	20	★ Sthppoonz - with Luke Gradidge	Sport 6	★ Good	Matthew Lambrick
	26	★★ Brahms' Third Racket - with Luke Gradidge	Sport 6	★ Good	Matthew Lambrick
	22	★ Waldorf Salad - with Luke Gradidge	Sport 6	★ Good	Matthew Lambrick
	15	★ Lemonade - with Luke Gradidge	Sport 5	★ Good	Matthew Lambrick
Sat 9th Dec 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Basil the Rat — 2 attempts - with caro	Sport 6	★★ Very Good	Matthew Robinson
Sweet section at the bottom.
	20	Duck Surprise - with caro	Sport 4	★ Good	Matthew Robinson
These late-nineties Tony Lourens routes!!
	22	The Psychiatrist — 2 attempts - with caro	Sport 5	★ Good	Matthew Robinson
Sun 12th Nov 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	22	★★ Poff	Sport 4	★ Good	Luke Gradidge
Fri 1st Sep 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	15	★ Playing Hookie	Sport 7	★★ Very Good	Matthew Hazell
	15	★ Lemonade	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Matthew Hazell
	19	★ Corked	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Matthew Hazell
Sat 13th May 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	21	★★★ Toreador of Torquay - with katharien_goes_climbing, josh pearse	Sport 5		FredWreck
	20	★ Sthppoonz - with katharien_goes_climbing, josh pearse	Sport 6		FredWreck
	15	★ Lemonade - with katharien_goes_climbing, josh pearse	Sport 5		FredWreck
	19	★ Corked - with katharien_goes_climbing, josh pearse	Sport 5		FredWreck
Mon 1st May 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	20	★ Sthppoonz - with Robert	Sport 6	★ Good	Tim Trewartha
Team flash with Rob. Good route, bit more consistent than some of the others. Watch out for seeping at the top, especially in winter/after rain.
	23	★★ Communication Breakdown — 2 attempts - with Robert	Sport 4	★★ Very Good	Tim Trewartha
Had to pull hard on crimps and pockets to get through the crux. Holds are all there but took a while to find them. Cool route though!
	20	Duck Surprise - with Robert	Sport 4	★ Good	Tim Trewartha
Hard, reachy crux move, rest is easy.
	19	★ Corked - with Robert	Sport 5	★ Good	Tim Trewartha
Bit of a spicy start for a 19, but still quite fun.
Sat 15th Apr 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	18	★★ Waldorf Salad (Left Start)	Sport 6	★★ Very Good	Paddy McCann
	15	★ Lemonade	Sport 5	★ Good	Paddy McCann
Thu 13th Apr 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	22	★ Waldorf Salad	Sport 6		KurtPhilip
	23	★★ Bravest Orangutan in Britain — 2 attempts	Sport 5		KurtPhilip
	20	Duck Surprise	Sport 4		KurtPhilip
Sun 2nd Apr 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Bravest Orangutan in Britain	Sport 5		Stephen Emslie
Sun 19th Mar 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	21 ~22	★★★ Toreador of Torquay - with James Devine	Sport 5		Jarryd Gosling
	15	★ Playing Hookie	Sport 7	★ Good	Jarryd Gosling
	19	★ Corked	Sport 5	Average	Jarryd Gosling
Sat 14th Jan 2023 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	21	★★★ Toreador of Torquay - with Amc Greyling, Daniel Rimbault	Sport 5		MarkSurfi
Retro flash, climbed it about 3 years ago. Great line with a slightly bunched overhung crux.
	23	★★ Basil the Rat - with Amc Greyling, Daniel Rimbault	Sport 6		MarkSurfi
Beautiful route although the crux is very close to the 21. Mildly overhung, good rests.
	18	★★ Waldorf Salad (Left Start) - with Amc Greyling, Daniel Rimbault	Sport 6		MarkSurfi
Sun 18th Dec 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	21	★★★ Toreador of Torquay	Sport 5	★★★ Classic	Alta Lourette
Favourite route at this crag! Sustained and solid for its grade.
	22	★ Waldorf Salad	Sport 6	Don't Bother	Alta Lourette
That move is more like a 23 and is a boulder problem. Beta: high right hand pinch (use thumb and all), left hand on shit crimp, high right foot and soon as you stand up quickly put left foot on left pedal and go for shitty lefthand pocket. I smeared my right foot and went for left hand grip slowly and wiggled my hand until the positive position and clipped.
	15	★ Lemonade	Sport 5	Average	Alta Lourette
Not so good.
	15	★ Playing Hookie	Sport 7	★★ Very Good	Alta Lourette
I expected it to be a shitty low-grade route, but I really enjoyed this route a lot. Good holds everywhere.
Tue 1st Nov 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	19	★ Corked	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Matthew Robinson
Susan putting me on sketchy routes.
Sun 9th Oct 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Boff	Sport 4	★★ Very Good	Matthew Robinson
Legendary no-hands rest 😂
Mon 4th Jul 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	15	★ Lemonade	Sport 5		Saki
Mon 23rd May 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	26	★★ Brahms' Third Racket - with Aidan Bennetts	Sport 6	★★★ Classic	David
Fun route...2nd go
	26	★★★ Lord Melbury	Sport 6	★★★ Classic	David
24 or 25 maybe...
	23	★★ Boff	Sport 4	★★ Very Good	David
	22	★★ Poff	Sport 4		David
Sun 22nd May 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	25	★★ Not Yet Major	Sport 6	★★ Very Good	Matthew Robinson
Worked out the moves with Josh like two months ago. Good to come back and tick it off. Crux sequence felt easy -- falling off Red Guitar so much is paying off!
Thu 28th Apr 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	19	★ Corked	Sport 5	★ Good	Bruce McD
Its a tricky and sustained route that is hard to read with no good rests. The starting moves are really cool through a nice clean face. It then gets VERY runout between bolt 2 and 3, which scared me as I was going for OS and when I was at risk of a ground fall above b2 I had to do very strange movements to stay on route but also safe. This made the route harder and less fun. Once you have clip 3 in its quite good and tough climbing up to the chains, perhaps worthy of two stars and quite tricky for the grade.
Sun 24th Apr 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	15	★ Playing Hookie	Sport 7	★ Good	Bruce McD
Its good for an easier route but I think it is significantly easier than the grade it has (15). This is 13/14 at most. As a 13 it would be "very good" but it does not create a challenge for someone looking to climb 15. The face at the second half is really nice and is a great way to get a beginner on a nice wall with some natural movements through good holds.
	15	★ Lemonade	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Bruce McD
For the grade its really great! Decent climbing and a tricky section with great exposure near the top that will generate some adrenaline for sure! Definitely not a give-away route for 15. One of the top easier routes in Cape Town.
Wed 23rd Mar 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Fire Alarm	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Matthew Robinson
Don't underestimate the slab start! 2nd Go
Tue 22nd Mar 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Bravest Orangutan in Britain	Sport 5	★★ Very Good	Josh Sowter
Sun 6th Mar 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Basil the Rat	Sport 6		Alta Lourette
First go. Crank it down at the crux
	21	★★★ Toreador of Torquay	Sport 5		Alta Lourette
	18	★★ Waldorf Salad (Left Start)	Sport 6		Alta Lourette
Sat 26th Feb 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	22	★ Waldorf Salad	Sport 6	★ Good	Matthew Robinson
Soft? Short fingery section but the route soon links up with the 18. Soft
	23	★★ Bravest Orangutan in Britain	Sport 5	★★★ Classic	Matthew Robinson
First 23! Really enjoyed figuring out the crux -- a lesson in using your feet and finding your balance. Great route.
Sat 12th Feb 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	18	★★ Waldorf Salad (Left Start)	Sport 6	★★★ Classic	Theo
	19	★ Corked	Sport 5	★ Good	Theo
	15	★ Lemonade	Sport 5	Average	Theo
Fri 7th Jan 2022 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	23	★★ Basil the Rat	Sport 6		Alta Lourette
Don’t have enough steam for the crux at the top 😅 next time
	23	★★ Fire Alarm	Sport 5		Alta Lourette
Whaaaa, sent this route first go today after working out the sequence so many times 😆🕺🏽 Beta: crimp far left best, rh above layer then clip, lh goes to crimp on left but on right side then cross over with rh to left side crimp. Left hand goes up and squeeze crap little knob just quick enough to make big move to pocket then clip. At top crux stick to rh postbox, left hand left postbox, turn body in right hip to wall, layback right hand on crimp ramp, left hand to crimp grip above then up with right hand undercling tiny thing then big move to rail for clip
	18	★★ Waldorf Salad (Left Start)	Sport 6		Alta Lourette
Fri 31st Dec 2021 - Silvermine
Fawlty Towers
	27	★★ The Germans - with Matthew Robinson	Sport 5		Ollie Rattue
One attempt, the flake broke off! Nice dodge Matt. We made it to the New Year alive but it seems the route is now the hardest in the Silvermine. Maybe 30 or 31.

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