Routes in Table Mountain for selected grade

Sit start as for Cosmic Chaos, climb diagonally right via small edges to TO. Big edges used for Cosmic are off.

Do Trad Traverse until you get to the final good pinch, then exit directly up. A variation of this is to eliminate the low foot rail that starts at the pinch, the grade is about the same.

A superb long traverse. Sitstart on good white uncut jug and traverse low through the grey gaston/pinch and around two corners before exiting near the obvious last corner.

Sitstart as for 'Rather Say Nothing' take mono or LH Gaston with LH and cross over RH continue diagonally L to TO.

Darryn Cuff

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Sit start, climb along crimps on the arete. Bad top out.

Cross Purpose sit start variation at about the same grade.

Crouch start under the arete with hands on either side of the arete. Climb up to the left to the sloping edge. Pull up to the top edge and top out.

According to Cutloose Climbing this line was opened by Shuan Harris is 2007?

Landry Lushima

Stand start using pinch for LH and sidepull for RH. Straight up to TO.

Sit start on crimps, climb diagonally rightwards following crimps and then up to good edge to TO.

(Changing from 6B to 6C+) see 8a.nu

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Sitstart on easy terrain low and to the left of the boulder. Follow the good seam and straight up to TO.

Stay right of the arete. Sit start with a low hand on the sidepull and feet on the low kicker wall. Move up to the jugs on the rail and climb the slab using the crimps on the right and left hand towards the arete. Top out via the slab

Powerful stand start with both Hands in low underclings, bring both feet onto low wall or left foot onto crack and move up to a sloper with an edge. Traverse right at the rail to top out as for Adrian Kohler Sorts it Out Again.

Hard slopey and crimpy problem, starting down in the basement. Sitstart near the smaller boulder next to the main boulder. Traverse right and then up to TO.

Right hand on corner of Gaston Roof.

Climb straight up from good Hold to roof with long reach

Sitstart for a low traverse to TO following the Seam.

Climbs the crux arête of Tree Traverse. Start with RH on gaston crimp and LF on low blackened ramp.

Sitstart. Climb the LH corner using sloper outside LH arête, moving into the middle of the undercut face to TO.

Sit-start on a ledge and climb the face / arête.

Sit-start on slopers and traverse left below the pocket jug to finish as for I Am.

SS on the corner near 1 and move diagonally R to TO using the crimps and slopers.

Stand start on the pipe and climb up and TO leftwards

The direct start to A Sudden Loss of Cabin Pressure.

Sit start with both hands on good edge. LH to arête, RH to sloper. Throw for good rail. TO

Climb Memories until the good pockets then break right on to a long crimp to finish as for Dominatrix.

High stand start with both hands on a diagonal undercling crack, right hand to sloper, left hand to a crimp and top-out direct.

Sit with low jug and climb the slab using the sloper on Digital Vibes with your right hand.

Sit on right with pocket and edge, climb the fontesque arête.

FA by Jarryd New

Ascent by Jarryd New

"Very good and sustained! Below the lower Scree boulders" - Gregory Streatfield

Stand start, left hand on a layback crimp, right hand on a grip just left of the arete. Climb directly to the top left corner of the face.

Sit start matched on the RH face, move up the overhanging arête onto the arête in the other direction to two perfect pockets. Mantle over and finish up the slab.

Same start as Underhill but exit earlier up face to crimp and mantle over the edge

Start: The route starts in the middle of the amphitheatre where a tabletop-sized slab of rock lies at a diagonal angle against the rockface. Scramble up the slab and go right a metre or two on the ledge to the first break consisting of a vertical crack.

Pitch 1 20m 21: Climb the crack for a few metres. Step right and climb up to the roof. Rail left then go up to a big pocket on the left. Reach up to a rail and traverse right above the roof. Climb up to intersect the next roof on its left. Go up the corner then step out right onto the arête. Continue up to the big bushy ledge to stance where Pitch 2 directly begins up the whitish wall above;

Pitch 2 40m 23: Start up the white wall using little rails and pockets to reach a small rail 4m up. Rail right for 2m then climb a crack with a piton. Head up and leftwards over a couple of little ledges. On a ledge walk left along a solid rock razor. At the end climb up leftwards towards a roof. Climb through the roof and continue up to the Right Face – Arrow Face Traverse. Scramble up the back of the Breakfast Rock to stance on top;

Pitch 3 25m 26: At the entrance to the tunnel scramble up onto the rock shelf on the left. Stand on a jammed flake and climb up to the roof. Rail left for 8m (Camalot #3 and #4). At the horn lean out and climb up at a piton to reach the roof above. Rail right for a metre or two then climb a flake and a wall to reach a big rail. Continue up a corner to exit on the left and climb up to a good rail and ledge. (The Right Face Arrow Face Pitch);

Pitch 4 30m 23: Walk 3m right then go up the first break. Climb up to the corner that goes through the small roof. Climb the corner and the arête to the right for a couple of metres. Step across to the left and rail out for 3m. Pull up into the Post Box then up to a thin rail above it with a piton. From the piton go 1m right and climb the steep edge to a little ledge. Go diagonally up leftwards for some way to reach a hanging stance with a piton below the hanging corners.

Pitch 5 30m 23: Climb the hanging corners angling up leftwards. Break through the roof at the left end and climb the wall to a big ledge. Bring the party up then walk 10m up and over to the left and around the corner (passing Africa Safari’s arête) to make a stance directly below the big crack through the huge dimpled roof.

Pitch 6 35m 28: Climb up to the roof then hang upside down to climb the crack to the lip and then 2m up the wall to the first rail. Traverse a long way left and upwards to a break where you start up left then at a roof go a little right and up a finger crack and up to a roof with a good rail. Rail left to the little Diving Board, climb up onto this horizontally wedged flake without pulling it off, and continue straight up to the big camping ledge.

Pitch 7 25m 22: Step off the big flat rock and pull up to get onto a semi-sitting ledge. Go a metre or two to the right to the obvious post box for a Camalot #2. Climb the break up on the left to get onto the wall. Go up and left to the attractive white wall. Climb the blunt arête and head up to a good ledge;

Pitch 8 15m 23: Lead off to the right and climb the crack through the enormous roof. Go up the corner then exit left onto a small stance;

Pitch 9 15m 28: Go up right into the crawling ledge. Climb the underside of the biggest part of the roof to get to the pointy tip. Get onto the wall and climb the arête and the wall to the left to get up to a small ledge and stance. Bring the party up then scramble and then walk left along the ledge. Scramble up to the obvious rock platform below the big arête to stance;

Pitch 10 20m 20: From the platform pull up the steep arête and continue up to the roof. Go left for a few metres to a break, through the small roof. Continue directly up to the top.

Descent: Cable car or India Venster walk.

Superb climbing with an airy finish

Climb either the first pitch of Daddy Long Legs or Redback to reach the peg stance.

From the left side of the peg stance, climb straight up for about 8 meters to gain a rail under a small overlap. Climb past a rather useful pocket and pull through the next overlap (just left of Redback anchor) to another rail. Place good gear in this rail below the vertical seam on the headwall. Gain this seam boldly (but safely) from the left and follow it to the anchor for Daddy Long Legs. A 0.4 camalot is useful for the last section.

Fun for the whole family Start: Halfway along the dassie crawl ledge about 3 meters right of Bust Up. Belay by a large boulder.

1. 28m (24) Climb the left-leaning crack to a powerful move about 7 meters up. From this climb straight up to a wide break. Pull through the overhang and continue straight up and then move right 2 metres to stance on a small triangular ledge with good gear (finger size cams) in an intermittent vertical crack at about head height.

2. 25m (28R) Climb straight up for about 5 meters (Shared with Bust Up). Move right onto the arête for a couple of moves then follow the break diagonally left to the rail 2 meters below the big roof. Move ~1.5m left, then up and right to the next rail using a square pocket. Pull through the roof and move back right for ~1.5m. Place a crucial wire (No. 7 BD stopper) on the lip and run it out on pumpy, technical moves to the anchor in the next rail (the fall from the last hard move is scary but safe).

Variations: A direct version that is more suited to taller folk still needs to be climbed (Platinum Orb, 29ish). This avoids the left detour by using 2 large pockets and pulling directly through the large part of the roof.

An even more indirect version moves left to the Redback anchor (Silver Orb, 26ish)

1. [28] 15m

2. [13] 20m

3. [21] 35m

4. [22] 10m