Grade | Route | Gear style | Popularity | Crag | |
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21 | ★★★ Lucky Strike
Set: Malcolm Gowans, 2014 FA: amrei von hase & Malcolm Gowans, 2014 | 22m, 9 | Truitjieskraal | ||
{FB} 5B | ★★ Cooler Shaker | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Sassies Warm-up Left
Climb up left. | Rocklands | |||
{SA} 21 | ★★★ First Impressions
FA: J. Fisher, 1992 | 23m, 5 | Rocklands | ||
21 | ★★ Radical Dance Party
Perma-draws at the top. FA: C. Bruton, 1996 | 6 | Truitjieskraal | ||
{SA} 21 | ★★★ Orange Plasma
FA: A. Lainis, 1993 | 22m, 8 | Rocklands | ||
{FB} 5B | ★★★ Mass action
| Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Passing on the Knowledge
Sit-start and climb the layback corner. | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★ Party Liaison
Set: Cormac Tooze, 19 Nov 2022 FA: Cormac Tooze, 20 Nov 2022 | 7 | Truitjieskraal | ||
{SA} 21 | ★★ Pandemic
Set: Sean Maasch FA: Sean Maasch | 25m, 10 | Rocklands | ||
{FB} 5B | ★★ It Will Do the Job
Standing start. Both hands on decent edge. Climb up and slightly left to a small, sloped hole. Move straight up to top out. FA: Klem Loskot et al., 2005 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ The Silence is Golden
Climb up the high face on jugs. FA: Scott Noy, 2003 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Ian the Cat
Sit-start with rail and climb the slab using pocket / crimp FA: Todd Daniels, 2007 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★★★ Splended
Listed as a classic in the guidebook Sit-start with large ramp for feet and climb the corner. FA: Patrice Ulmann, 2006 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Eyes Wired Shut
Climb the wall. | Rocklands | |||
{SA} 21 | ★★ KGB
Climbs the crack. FA: Graham Shillington, 2007 | 8 | Rocklands | ||
21 | ★★★ Coolio
FA: S. Miller, 2008 | 8 | Rooiberg | ||
21 | ★★ Alzheimer's
FA: Paul Schlotfeldt, 1996 | 5 | Truitjieskraal | ||
{FB} 5B | ★★ Sammy
Start with crimp / rail and climb up the crack. "A dog on de Pakhuys farm" FA: Kaddi Lehmann, 2010 | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★ Golden Eagle
Set: Cormac Tooze, 2017 FA: Cormac Tooze, 1 May 2017 | Truitjieskraal | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Three Cousins
Sit-start with obvious large hold and traverse right | Rocklands | |||
{SA} 21 | ★★ Hot Pockets
FA: S. Miller, 2007 | 6 | Rocklands | ||
{SA} 21 | ★★ Enter the Ninja
FA: S. Miller, 2010 | 12 | Rocklands | ||
{FB} 5B | ★★ Be Delicious
Start with large rail and climb up the middle of the boulder. FA: Klem Loskot et al., 2005 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Wilder Fuchs
Climb the large crack. FA: Klem Loskot, 2005 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Irregular
Climb up black streak FA: Scott Noy, 2012 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Basal
Sit-start with low jugs and climb straight up | Rocklands | |||
FB:5B - C+ | The Very Left Finish
Start in the cave, exit leftish and continue out left up the face | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Seynes
Climb tufa, layback and finish right | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★★ May The Vors Be With You
FA: S. Miller, 2008 | 8 | Rooiberg | ||
21 | ★★★ Old Timer's Disease
1
19
35m
2
19
20m
3
19
40m
4
21
15m
FA: D. Davies, Hilton Davies & R. Barley, 1992 | 110m, 4 | Wolfberg | ||
{SA} 21 | ★★ Beam me up Skhatie
FA: S. Miller, 2007 | 7 | Rocklands | ||
{FB} 5B | Standard
Start with large pocket and mantle up. FA: Klem Loskot, 2005 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Close Shave
Start as Miss Cave but climb out leftwards. FA: Klem Loskot | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★ Brown Eyes
Set: Cormac Tooze & Brian Watts, Mar 2018 FA: Brian Watts, Dec 2018 | Truitjieskraal | |||
{SA} 21 | ★★★ Billy the Kid
FA: D. Shewell, 1994 | 7 | Rocklands | ||
{FB} 5B | Seldom Slab
| Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★ MILF
FA: S. Miller, 2011 | 6 | Sanddrif | ||
{FB} 5B | Walk to the Sun
Climb on the left corner of the boulder. Start on the lower rail and move to the jugs and straight upwards. Starting on the second higher jugs makes it a 5A. FA: Patrice Ulmann, 2006 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★★ Chocolate Tortilla
Sit-start below the arete and climb up using a right hand sloper. FA: Andy Davies, 1997 | Rocklands | |||
{SA} 21 FR:6c | ★★★ Roots Manuva
FA: Theo Greveling, 2020 | 11 | Rocklands | ||
{FB} 5B | Charlie
Sit-start in the corner and climb up the crack. "The legend little dog" | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Love for Hills | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Nala
Sit-start and climb up the crack. "One of the farm dogs" | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★★ Our Precious Stones
Start on the right of the arete and climb the face to TO | Rocklands | |||
{SA} 21 | ★★★ Gecko Blaster
FA: M. Glesser & S. Glesser, 2005 | 11 | Rocklands | ||
21 | ★★★ Two Blind Mice
1
19
20m
2
21
15m
3
19
20m
FA: L. Rust & T. Firman, 2007 | 55m, 3 | Tafelberg | ||
21 | ★★★ Twice As Smooth
FA: J. Temple-Forbes & B. Higgins, 2008 | 9 | Rooiberg | ||
{FB} 5B | ★ Classic
Sit-start with left hand on pinch / sidepull and right on crimp, move up to incut edge and top-out. | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | The Search for New Beginnings
Sit-start and climb the juggy arete. FA: Scott Noy, 2009 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Caution | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Kitten Wall
Climb the obvious easy line up the face FA: Matt Wilder, 2007 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Fragile | Rocklands | |||
{SA} 21 | ★★ Nice Surprise
FA: R. Schäli, P. Felder & C. Hainz, 2012 | 4 | Rocklands | ||
{SA} 21 | ★★★ Fickle Sickle
FA: S. Miller, 2010 | 6 | Rocklands | ||
{FB} 5B - 6A | ★★ La Fissure
Climb the crack left of L'Arête FA: Patrice Ulmann, 2006 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5A - C+ | Problem #4
Left of Orange Heart | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Exhaust
Sit-start in the small cave and climb out. | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Middle Cyril
Climb the crack in the centre of the face. FA: Michael Janata, 2006 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Der Spielmann
Sit-start below shelf and climb up left. FA: Scott Noy, 2011 | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★★ Oscillation
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21
25m
2
14
25m
3
20
25m
4
15
22m
5
17
27m
6
21
42m
7
19
30m
History: The bolt is one of Mike Scott's ancient alpine ones (very short and small) which Don Hartley hammered in while standing on Keith Fletcher’s head, and Keith was tied to a wonky piton. They had no nuts and no cams back then. FA: D. Hartley, P. Fatti, M. Scott & K. Fletcher, 1970 FFA: E. February & T. Versfeld, 1983 | 200m, 7 | Tafelberg | ||
21 | ★★★ Icthyosaurus
1
19
17m
2
20
45m
3
21
20m
4
18
45m
5
45m
"The obvious layback crack up the amphitheatre. Mega!" A superb route that takes the obvious crack in the grey wall left of the Gendarme. Scramble up to a higher ledge below the long overhang which blocks access directly into the crack. The route climbs the smooth face immediately right of the easy Kayaman crack.
FA: E. February, A. de. Klerk & T. Versfeld, 1983 | 170m, 4 | Krakadouw | ||
21 | ★★★ Bat (direct)
1
21
20m
2
21
20m
3
20
40m
4
20
20m
FA: D. Cheesmond & J. Cheesmond, 1974 FA: L. Rust, R. Suter & T. Versfeld, 1998 | 100m, 4 | Tafelberg | ||
21 | ★★★ Central Direct
1
20
15m
2
18
25m
3
21
30m
4
11
15m
5
18
40m
Start: up the undercut crack system to the right of 'Tafelberg Frontal'.
FA: R. Fuggle & T. Dick, 1969 | 130m, 5 | Tafelberg | ||
21 | ★★★ Madam Beast
Starts right of 'All along the Watchtower' and joins 'All along the Watchtower' at the second last bolt to finish on All along the Watchtower lower offs. The Middle third of route and exit (last two bolts) is shared with Beastmaster, a trad line opened in the '80s by Jono Fischer and Jono Orrock. Set: Paddy McCann, Dec 2016 FA: Paddy McCann, Dec 2016 | 28m, 12 | Sanddrif | ||
{FB} 5B | ★★ Saturday the 14th
Sit-start with lowest of the rails and climb up right. FA: Scott Noy, 2012 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★★★ Black Bubbles
Start with low sidepull and gaston and climb up. FA: Ivan Luengo, 2007 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Steepness Is My Weakness
Climb the centre of the slab. FA: Tom Poyser, 2009 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Second Encounter
Sit-start with good hold and climb up on rough holds. FA: Scott Noy, 2002 | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★ Crackattack
FA: Scurvy & D. Mercer, 2011 | 45m | Rooiberg | ||
{FB} 5B | Alexis
Sit-start with large jug on the arete and climb up the scoop. | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★ Drop Bear
Sit-start with pinches and climb up. "A mysterious creature found in the Australian wilderness" FA: Kaddi Lehmann, 2010 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Baboon for Breakfast
Start with crimps and climb up. FA: Scott Noy, 2017 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★★ Nora
Sit-start with good holds and climb up diagonally left. | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★ Unknown Route 1
1
21
25m
2
19
25m
| 50m, 2 | Elands Bay/Elandsbaai | ||
FB:5B - C+ | ★★ Final Day
Stand start and climb the arete, the bottom horn on the left is out because it is unstable FA: Oliver Gosnell, 2022 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Morning Yoga
Sit-start with large jug, move up right and finish up the slab | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★★★ Nancy's Tearoom
Crouch-start with rail, move to crimpy flake and climb up. Is this 5b or 6b? FA: Ivan Luengo, 2007 | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★★ Unknown Route 2
1
21
25m
2
18
15m
3
18
15m
| 55m, 3 | Elands Bay/Elandsbaai | ||
{FB} 5B | Namby
Climb the centre of the slab. | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★ Johan's 20
This route is on the opposite side of the gully. You’ll pass it if you opt to walk from #2 to #3. FA: J. Botha, 2006 | 7 | Vanrhynsdorp | ||
{FB} 5B | The Hat Cling
Sit start on slot and climb up and right. Named after a misspelled sign for hatchling. Now it points to a real problem! FA: Kate Kistler, 2019 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★★ Arête a Book
Climb the open book (inner corner / crack) | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★★ Contra Grip
Start on the right with sidepull for left hand and mantle up. FA: Klem Loskot et al., 2005 | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★ Tuna Fingers
FA: J. Orton & A. Ross-Innes, 2001 | 15m | Tafelberg | ||
{FB} 5B | Proceed With Caution
Sit-start with fractured rock and climb up the juggy crack. FA: Scott Noy, 2006 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | Black Crack
Climb the crack system. | Rocklands | |||
{SA} 21 | ★★★ Loslyf
FA: Andy Davies & Esme Davies, 2007 | 10 | Rocklands | ||
{FB} 5B | Captain Future
Start with jug and climb straight up. FA: Flo Grimus, 2005 | Rocklands | |||
{FB} 5B | ★★★ Blind Hole
Start with left hand on sloper and climb up. FA: Ivan Luengo, 2005 | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★★ Sweet Sixteen
1
20
8m
2
21
15m
A bouldery climb following a spectacular line on the prow.
Note: with careful rope management it is probably better to combine both pitches. Exit: scramble out in the gulley a few meters to the right. FA: Fernand Sieber & Dale Tristram, 11 May | 23m, 2 | Vanrhynsdorp | ||
{SA} 21 | ★ I'm Rick James, Btch!
FA: naureen goheer, 2007 | 6 | Rocklands | ||
{FB} 5B | Sang d'Encre
Climb up leftwards. FA: Alban Boissard & Guillaume Boissard, 2003 | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★★ Snake and Mirrors
Take the wide slot that eventually narrows to a hand crack above the pod, between The Passion and Golden Handshake. Better than it looks. FA: Richard Halsey, 2019 | Truitjieskraal | |||
21 | ★★★ Act Naturally
Climbs the middle of the face about 10m right of a large, rightward tending crack.
FA: D. Steyn & Richard Halsey, Jan 2015 | 30m | Tafelberg | ||
FB:5A - B | Star Bucks
Sit start at the lower left corner, climb up and traverse right to the finish of Orange Power. | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★ Carte Blanche
FA: A. Forsyth, J. Sampson & D. Shewell | Tafelberg | |||
21 | Rocket-Man
| Apollo & Luna Peak | |||
{FB} 5B | The Dab Slab
Climb the slab avoiding the roof behind. FA: Scott Noy, 2009 | Rocklands | |||
21 | ★★★ Footsteps in the Corridor
FA: E. February & J. Fisher, 1988 | Tafelberg |