Voies dans Africa

Shawn Raboutou

Listed as a classic in the guidebook.

Climb the "impossible looking" arete.

Initially graded 8C but upgraded to 8C+ by Shawn Raboutou in 2019 and confirmed by Ryuichi Murai.

Start on top of Strategic Balance boulder and climb the high arête finishing slightly left.

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Sit-start and climb the arête.

Start with arête, move up then reverse Master Key and finish with Guest List.

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Start on the left, move up right and climb the high smiley face.

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Left exit to Ray of Light.

Start as Ray of Light but climb out left.

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VIDEO OF FIRST ASCENT

Sit-start below hanging bloc, climb up left and out finishing up the prow.

📷 Instagram - 3rd Ascent by Vadim Timonov

Sit-start below the corner with pinch for the left hand, climb up leftwards on rails to sidepull / pinch then move up right and finish up the seam. "After many years it still remains one of the hardest problems in Rocklands"

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Sit-start with good hold and climb through the roof. "A Zulu storyteller tells it is a meercat, others a hero of their culture."

Sit-start and climb the sloper rail and mantle up.

A 13-move problem.

Sit-start with jug and climb out right.

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Video 2nd Ascent by Daniel Woods

Video of Keenan Takahashi

Sit-start on the right and climb into Hierarchy of Liquids

Sit-start and climb the high overhanging wall finishing out left.

Climb up the beautiful seam.

Sit-start with low jug and move up and climb out left to finish.

Start on the left, climb onto the right face and finish back left

Start on lowest rail and climb into Betta Move.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Sit-start with large side pull and climb out right and up the compression feature.

Sit-start on the right with left hand on sidepull & right pinch (high) and

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Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Climb the black looking wall.

Start inside the cave and climb out.

Start with ledge, climb up on rails trending left then back right for the finish

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Sit-start and climb through the tension roof finishing out left (without the boulder behind). "Fred fleetingly mentioned this send the following year in casual conversation – just another world class problem"

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Listed as a classic in the guidebook

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Climb Madiba but exit right

Climb the beautiful face.

Sit-start on the left with crack, follow the crack out right and finish left with rail.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

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All the way through the cave. fitness dazeee - James Webb

Nicholas Allan

Probably the best crimp line in Cape Town. The setting, the movements, everything. My tips are happy this is done - Rowan Toselli

Video - Iban Larrion 2013

Video - 2023 Flash by Vadim Timonov

Rowan Toselli 2016

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Start as Captain Graffiti but goes straight up.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Climb the pocketed wall.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Sit-start with block and climb the perfect finger crack.

Sit-start and climb the overhanging prow finishing out left (the use of a kneepad drastically changes the grade.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Start as Steak House but climb through the long roof and finish as Winnie. "Opened on Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday"

Climb the beautiful seam.

Sit-start and climb the sloper wall.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Sit-start with left hand on crimp rail and right on sidepull / pinch, climb leftwards through the belly of the overhanging prow.

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Left of Law and Order.

Start at first break, dyno to second break, dyno again.

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Start with crimps and climb the arête.

"The furthest single-move dyno I’ve ever done!"

Start in the rail and dyno through the big roof to obvious large pockets

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Sit-start, move left and climb out left.

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Crouch-start with pinch feature and climb up right.

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Start with crimp rail and climb through roof into Zeroand exit left or right.

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Climb the high wall trading slightly left.

Sit-start with large hold and climb the arete / prow "The creepy cat at Lorraine farm"

Sit-start, move up to crack and climb out left to the arete.

Vadim Timonov - mellow

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Start with rail, move out to lip and climb up the rounded arete.

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Sit-start low and add a few moves to Panama.

Start at the back of the roof with jug rail, climb through the steep roof and exit with The Umbrella.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Start under small roof with small sidepulls, move up to crimp and dyno up. "Obvious line with great moves on small holds"

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Start at the back of roof and climb out. "Make sure to bring your kneepads"

Climb the black slab/wall.

Crouch-start, move to crimp then right to crimp rail and climb up left.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Start with good rail and climb out through the roof. "Amazing moment, one of my best FA's yet! 5 stars – Daniel Woods"

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Start at the bottom of the cave and climb into Koevoet.

Start with small rail, move up left to crimp then to the same jug as Ray of Light but traverse out right to finish.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Sit-start with second break, climb up right to jug, traverse right to shelf and climb up.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Climb up on the left, throw out right and top-out. mORPHO

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Sit-start far on the left, traverse right along the rail until you can reach up to two small crimps then move up to a pebbled hold and finish up left.

Start matched on the jug shelf, dyno to the high jug - bring lots of pads.

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Sit-start and climb out right.

Sit-start with rail and climb out on seam.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Two dynos gets you through the overhanging wall.

Sit-start on the right and climb left through the roof

Sit-start on the left and climb into The War of Attrition.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Sit-start below prow and climb out right

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Start in the cave and climb out right with compression moves.

Sit-start on the right and climb out with thin crack.

From good holds throw up to the lip. "The sit remains a project"

Sit-start with right hand on undercling, move up on small crimps then move left and top of left of the arete.

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Climb The Vice halfway to pinch on the lip and then up the face using small crimps.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Sit-start with the rail, climb out to the lip and traverse left through the roof and finish up as for Colin the Librarian. "Compression"

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Max Bertone

To the left Amber Is the Color of Energy. Climb up and dyno.

Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Start with Resonance but after a few moves into the traverse use "Ninja tactics" to gain the large flake.

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Climb up right from a good hold on the left. "Named after a famous book about South Africa during the 1940's"

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Crouch-start on the right side of the undercling and climb out leftwards.

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Sit-start with crimp rail and climb leftwards out the cave.

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Sit-start low with matched hands and climb into Leopard Cave.

The original start to Black Eagle is broken and now the route is much different and a full grade more difficult.

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