Mt. Everest Guide

A Crag Guide gives an extensive view of all sub areas and climbs at a point in the index. It shows a snapshot of the index heirachy, up to 300 climbs (or areas) on a single web page. It shows selected comments climbers have made on a recently submitted ascent.

At a minor crag level this should be suitable for printing and taking with you on a climbing trip as an adjunct to your guidebook.

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Table of contents

1. Mt. Everest 98 routes in Crag

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1 Alternative Rock 2 The Far Side 3 Ostrich Egg Boulder 4 Bonni Boulder 5 Gypsy Crag 6 Refrigerator Boulder 7 Sundeck Boulder 8 Deep Freeze Boulder 9 Central Main Face 10 Pocket City 11 Fatter Pillar 12 Thinner Pillar 13 Horned Toad Boulder 14 Cyclops Crag 15 Heffalump Boulder

Summary:

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Sazonalidade

Mostly Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.166523, 29.174235

questões de acesso

• Climbers must report to reception on arrival and again before leaving the resort. No climbing is allowed on the climbing wall unless the prescribed fees have been paid. No climbing is allowed after sundown. No climbing at all is allowed at the Bushman Complex.
• No pets (this is a game reserve, full of animals), loud music or open fires except in designated braai areas.
• If a section of rock is marked with an X, written in chalk, don’t touch those features as the X indicates that the rock is loose. Don’t try knock it off.

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ética

• Do not drop any litter, however small, including cigarette butts, finger tape and tissue paper! Take all this rubbish home with you. If you find rubbish, please pick it up, you are helping us all.
• If you must take a crap at the crag, go at least 30 metres down-hill and away from the cliff and make sure you dig a hole and cover it with dirt, sticks, rocks afterwards. Never do your business in a cave or corner. Do not leave toilet paper lying around; it must be buried or carry it out.
• If you take a pee, do not do it close to the cliff, make sure it’s in a place that is not sheltered from rain, otherwise it stinks.
• Small tick dots are fine but tick marks over 3 cm are an eyesore and are unnecessary except for the hardest to see hand or footholds. Brush them off afterwards! Please brush chalk-caked holds after you have finished with a route, especially if it’s a route that is sheltered from rain.
• NEVER use wire brushes!! They will destroy this rock. A soft toothbrush is fine.
• Respect others; try not to be too loud and think carefully about smoking, bringing your dogs or crying children to the crags; these things can spoil the pleasure for others.
• ‘IP’ written on the rock in chalk or a piece of tape/plastic on the first bolt means the route is ‘In Progress’ and the route is a closed project. Do not try these climbs unless you have permission from the route setter.
• Do not remove other peoples draws from a route even if they have been hanging there for weeks. Some locals like to leave projects clipped-up. You may of course climb the routes using the draws left up.

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1.1. Alternative Rock 27 routes in Cliff

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.169357, 29.175951

1.2. The Far Side 1 route in Cliff

Summary:

All Escalada trad

Lat / Long: -28.169204, 29.177120

1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder 10 routes in Boulder

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.165955, 29.177701

acesso

The Ostrich Egg Boulder is just next to the road that runs along the base of Mt Everest. The boulder is just after the Mt Everest hut and just before the large wooden climbing structure.

		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		Unkown Line of bolts left of Eggstacy.	20	Sport
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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
2		★ Eggstacy Start near the middle of the east face. Climb straight up to a prominent flake or horn. Pass it on the left and then head right for the chains at the top of the next route. Set: Clive Curson, 1993 FA: Cathy O’Dowd, 1993	16	Sport 5
3		Shells Start off a small boulder at the right-hand side of the face. Climb up through the big scoop above. FA: Fran Botha, 1993	13	Sport 5
4		★★ Cholesterol Bomb Climb the overhanging jagged arête on the left of the flat, overhanging, orange face on the NW side of the boulder. FA: Peter Lazarus, 1993	23	Sport 6
5		★ Just Yolking Climb the line of bolts near the centre of the overhanging face. Some of the holds near the top have broken off and the route may now be significantly more difficult. Set: Grant Murray FA: Gilles Benier, 1994	26	Sport 6
6		Green Eggs and Ham Climb the line of bolts towards the right-hand side of the overhanging face. FA: Grant Murray, 1994	23	Sport 6
7		★ Sunny Side Up Start just to the right of the slight corner at the right-hand edge of the overhanging face and climb straight up. Two hard moves off the ground lead to easier climbing. Note: The anchors are badly located over the top of the climb and cause severe rope-wear when lowering. To avoid this, use long slings on the anchors when top-roping and then arrange the rope so that the last climber can abseil off. FA: Michael Cartwright, 1993	19	Sport 5
8		★ Over Easy Start just to the right of the previous route. Step up off the block and climb the steep face by starting up the stem of the Y-shaped crack line. Move up the left-hand crack line at the fork and continue up to the chains. This line uses the anchors at the top of the previous route - see note above. FA: Grant Murray, 1993	18	Sport 5
9		Omelette Start to the right of the previous route and climb up just left of a sort of rounded arête. FA: Michael Cartwright, 1993	20	Sport 5
10		Young Chicks Start just right of the previous route and grovel up the rounded arête. FA: Peter Lazarus, 1993	23	Sport 5

1.4. Bonni Boulder 10 routes in Boulder

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.165991, 29.177115

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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		★★ Bonni's Head Make a tricky start from the flat rock at the base of the arête on the left-hand side of the pillar. Climb the arête to anchors on the 'head'. Keep mainly to the right-hand side of the arête but do not use the holds on 'Siesta'. FA: Gerhard Kruger, 1995	17	Sport 6
2		★ Siesta Climb the line immediately to the right of 'Bonni's Head'. This line shares the anchors with the previous route. FA: Arno Naude, 1995	15	Sport 6
3		★★ Lay-In To the right of 'Siesta' there is a deep, wide crack in the boulder. Layback up the right-hand side of the crack as far as possible, step out to the right and then continue straight up to the anchors which are shared with the next route. FA: Gerhard Kruger, 1995	18	Sport 6
4		★★ No Walk in the Park This route takes the line of bolts to the right of the previous route. Start just to the right of the line of bolts and move up diagonally left, then continue straight up the bolt-line to the anchors - tricky. FA: Arno Naude, 1995	20	Sport 6
5		★★ There's a Bird In My Shoe This is the last line of bolts on this side of the boulder. The line is tricky and reachy. Finding the big 'invisible' pocket makes life easier but is not essential. FA: Arno Naude, 1995	17	Sport 5
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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
6		★ Three Bears Walk around to the face on the opposite side to the previous climbs. Climb the horns and jugs on the arête slightly to the right of the bolts (Baby Bear - 8), or climb straight up the line of bolts (Pappa Bear - 10), or climb the arête to the left of the bolts (Momma Bear - 9).	10	Sport 6
7		★ Goldilocks Climb the short, neat, wrinkly face between the 'Three Bears' and 'Hot Porridge'.	9	Sport 5
8		★★ Hot Porridge Climb straight up the prominent scoop to the chains.	8	Sport 2
9		★ Black Bra From the bottom of 'Hot Porridge', traverse across to the short arête on the right and then climb this to the top. FA: Nicky Swart, 2003	8	Sport
10		New Line Incomplete line on the north ("car park") side of the boulder. There are no chains.	15	Sport 3

1.5. Gypsy Crag 4 routes in Cliff

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.166511, 29.175310

1.6. Refrigerator Boulder 4 routes in Boulder

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.164835, 29.174589

acesso

This upright, rectangular block lies right next to the path, about 200m uphill from the Bushman Complex parking area. There are two short routes on the south face and two more on the east (downhill) face. It is possible to scramble up the back of the boulder to set up a top-rope if necessary.

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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		★ Dry Ice This is the left-hand route on the south face. Start directly below the first bolt. Pull up through a bulge onto a ledge. Using the rock on the left reduces the grade significantly.	15	Sport 2
2		★ Slightly Chilled Start from the rock just left of the arête on the right-hand side of the south face. Climb up left of the arête to reach the ledge then move up left to the anchors on 'Dry Ice'. The start is fingery and off balance. It is difficult to recover your draws.	16	Sport 3
3		★★ Lemon Twist Start up 'Slightly Chilled' to the first bolt, then move to the right, around the arête and onto the east face. Continue up just to the right of the arête to reach the anchors.	21	Sport 3
4		★★ Stoney Climb the line of bolts up the middle of the downhill face.	20	Sport 3

1.7. Sundeck Boulder 1 route in Boulder

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.165141, 29.174368

1.8. Deep Freeze Boulder 6 routes in Boulder

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.165314, 29.173811

acesso

To reach the Deep Freeze, continue about 200m uphill from the Sundeck, heading diagonally right. The boulder is only about 30m away from the base of the main mountain. The routes are on the north side of the boulder. There are a couple U-bolts on top of the boulder. These can be used to provide security if you want to reach the chains and set up a top-rope and can be accessed by scrambling up the back of the boulder.

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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		★★ Iceberg Start towards the left-hand side of the north face, about 2m to the left of the central black streak . Climb up diagonally left towards the arête. After the second bolt, either pull through rightwards immediately, or go up left to clip the next bolt before going through the small bulge. Continue to the top. Apparently the climbing is much easier if you traverse out to the arête and climb this, however, you will then find it hard to clip the bolts.	20	Sport
2		★ Frozen Chocolate Milkshake Climb the line of bolts up the black water streak. The bolts are quite widely spaced.	18	Sport
3		Polar Crossing Climb up just to the right of the black water streak. Tend slightly right towards the top. Climb the higher crux by laying away to the right. Apparently some of the holds have broken off near the top of 'Tundra' and 'Polar Crossing' making these routes more tricky than expected.	18	Sport
4		★ Tundra Start towards the right-hand side of the north face. Pull up awkwardly onto the rock then move diagonally right to the arête. Continue up, on or next to the arête. There is a thin move near the top but going left up the diagonal break is just as tricky.	18	Sport
5		★ Chill Out Start just to the right of the arête. After a tricky starting move, climb straight up on 'dinner plates'.	17	Sport
6		★ Slush Puppy Start just to the right of 'Chill Out'. The start is tricky and the next few moves are also quite thin but the climbing eases off higher up. Be careful clipping the second bolt	18	Sport

1.9. Central Main Face 3 routes in Cliff

Summary:

All Escalada trad

Lat / Long: -28.165118, 29.172241

1.10. Pocket City 6 routes in Cliff

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.165686, 29.173734

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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		★★ Rocket in Your Pocket	21	Sport
2		★★ Pocket City	18	Sport
3		★ Crack It	17	Sport
4		★ Face It	19	Sport
5		★ Zap lt	19	Sport
6		★ Sock It	20	Sport

1.11. Fatter Pillar 3 routes in Sector

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.164359, 29.171532

1.12. Thinner Pillar 4 routes in Sector

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.164189, 29.171341

1.13. Horned Toad Boulder 1 route in Boulder

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.163602, 29.171249

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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		Toad of Toad Hall	23	Sport

1.14. Cyclops Crag 12 routes in Cliff

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.164106, 29.171140

descrição

The crag features a large block of solid rock with a layer of softer sandstone that has been eroded underneath it. The climbs start on top of a ledge at the same height as the start of the solid rock. Many of the climbs start in the corner and traverses left over the lip of the overhang making for great photo opportunities in a spectacularly exposed position.

acesso

The Crag is on the far right hand side on the north of Mount Everest, about 150 further right than the Thinner Pillar. Scramble up a slippery corner under the roof

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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		★ Damocles FA: Mike Behr, 1995	17	Sport 7
2		★★ Zombi FA: Mike Behr, 1995	21	Sport 8
3		★★ Silent Debate FA: Ruth Behr, 1995	20	Sport 8
4		YAS FA: Ian Guest, 1996	23	Sport 8
5		★ How Does a Dog Know? FA: Ruth Behr, 1995	18	Sport 8
6		★★ Jews With Glues And Spanish Rubber Shoes FA: Mike Behr, 1995	19	Sport 8
7		Acrophobia FA: Mike Behr, 1995	20	Sport 2, 9
8		Light Years FA: Glen Harrison & Mike Behr, 1986	24	Sport 2, 9
9		Another Red Light Nightmare FA: Stephan Isebeck, 1996	25	Sport 2, 10
10		Fly Till I Die FA: Stephan Isebeck, 1996	23	Sport 2
11		Delirium FA: Glen Harrison & Mike Behr	22	Sport 3, 10
12		★★ Captain Karma Project	20	SportProjeto 12

1.15. Heffalump Boulder 6 routes in Boulder

Summary:

All Escalada esportiva

Lat / Long: -28.167778, 29.177057

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		Route	Grade	Style		Selected ascents
1		★ Piglet	10	Sport 6
2		★ Kanga	10	Sport 6
3		Poo Bear	12	Sport 6
4		★★ Woozle Tracks	15	Sport 7
5		★★ Coffin Dodger Right around the Boulder from Woozle Tracks. Pull up onto the face on good pockets. Follow the bolts to the top FA: Gavin Peckham, 2008	17	Sport 5
6		★★★ Fat and Feeble Climb the line of bolts on the right hand side of Coffin Dodger on good pockets. Avoid using the block on the right as far as possible. FA: Gavin Peckham, 2008	17	Sport 6

2. Index by grade

Grade		Stars	Name	Style	Pop	Area
8		★	Black Bra	Sport		1.4. Bonni Boulder
		★★	Hot Porridge	Sport 2		1.4. Bonni Boulder
9		★	Goldilocks	Sport 5		1.4. Bonni Boulder
10		★	Three Bears	Sport 6		1.4. Bonni Boulder
		★	Kanga	Sport 6		1.15. Heffalump Boulder
		★	Piglet	Sport 6		1.15. Heffalump Boulder
12		★	Something To Do	Trad 40m		1.9. Central Main Face
			Poo Bear	Sport 6		1.15. Heffalump Boulder
13		★	Underwater Horse Mechanic	Trad		1.2. The Far Side
			Shells	Sport 5		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
15			New Line	Sport 3		1.4. Bonni Boulder
		★	Siesta	Sport 6		1.4. Bonni Boulder
		★	Dry Ice	Sport 2		1.6. Refrigerator Boulder
		★	The Entertainer	Trad 100m		1.9. Central Main Face
			Access Route	Sport 6		1.11. Fatter Pillar
		★★	Woozle Tracks	Sport 7		1.15. Heffalump Boulder
16			Trinity Session	Sport 10		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★	Eggstacy	Sport 5		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
		★	Slightly Chilled	Sport 3		1.6. Refrigerator Boulder
			Starwors	Sport 9		1.11. Fatter Pillar
17		★	Aggro Grannies	Sport 8		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★★	Bonni's Head	Sport 6		1.4. Bonni Boulder
		★★	There's a Bird In My Shoe	Sport 5		1.4. Bonni Boulder
		★	Chill Out	Sport		1.8. Deep Freeze Boulder
		★	Crack It	Sport		1.10. Pocket City
		★★	Fat Boy	Sport 2, 12		1.12. Thinner Pillar
		★	Damocles	Sport 7		1.14. Cyclops Crag
		★★	Coffin Dodger	Sport 5		1.15. Heffalump Boulder
		★★★	Fat and Feeble	Sport 6		1.15. Heffalump Boulder
18		★★	Long Haired Freaky People	Sport 8		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★★	Pressure Cookie	Sport 9		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★	Over Easy	Sport 5		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
		★★	Lay-In	Sport 6		1.4. Bonni Boulder
		★	Frozen Chocolate Milkshake	Sport		1.8. Deep Freeze Boulder
			Polar Crossing	Sport		1.8. Deep Freeze Boulder
		★	Slush Puppy	Sport		1.8. Deep Freeze Boulder
		★	Tundra	Sport		1.8. Deep Freeze Boulder
		★★	Pocket City	Sport		1.10. Pocket City
			Access Route	Sport 7		1.12. Thinner Pillar
		★	How Does a Dog Know?	Sport 8		1.14. Cyclops Crag
19		★	I Saw Elvis At The Chains	Sport 10		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★	Sunny Side Up	Sport 5		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
		★	Face It	Sport		1.10. Pocket City
		★	Zap lt	Sport		1.10. Pocket City
			Fat Chance	Sport 6		1.12. Thinner Pillar
		★	Think Thin	Sport 6		1.12. Thinner Pillar
		★★	Jews With Glues And Spanish Rubber Shoes	Sport 8		1.14. Cyclops Crag
20		★	Little Wibbler	Sport 5		1.1. Alternative Rock
			Omelette	Sport 5		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
			Unkown	Sport		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
		★★	No Walk in the Park	Sport 6		1.4. Bonni Boulder
			Vanessa's Route	Sport 8		1.5. Gypsy Crag
		★★	Stoney	Sport 3		1.6. Refrigerator Boulder
		★★	Iceberg	Sport		1.8. Deep Freeze Boulder
		★	Sock It	Sport		1.10. Pocket City
			Acrophobia	Sport 2, 9		1.14. Cyclops Crag
		★★	Captain Karma Project	SportProjeto 12		1.14. Cyclops Crag
		★★	Silent Debate	Sport 8		1.14. Cyclops Crag
21		★	Buckets Full of Sickness	Sport 7		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★★	Some Girls Wonder	Sport 12		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★★	Lemon Twist	Sport 3		1.6. Refrigerator Boulder
		★★	Rocket in Your Pocket	Sport		1.10. Pocket City
		★	Black Hole	Sport 9		1.11. Fatter Pillar
		★★	Zombi	Sport 8		1.14. Cyclops Crag
22			Dented Karma	Sport 11		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★	Jagged Little Pill	Sport 7		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★★	Keep the Change	Sport 7		1.1. Alternative Rock
			Red, Red Wine	Sport 10		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★★	Simply the Best	Sport 7		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★★	Suicide Blonde	Sport 7		1.1. Alternative Rock
			Good Luck Mr Gorsky	Sport 8		1.5. Gypsy Crag
			Sweet Sixteen	Sport		1.7. Sundeck Boulder
			Delirium	Sport 3, 10		1.14. Cyclops Crag
23		★	Dancing in the Dark	Sport 8		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★	Diving Board	Sport 7		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★	Fergus Sings the Blues	Sport 7		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★★★	Opening Night	Sport 10		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★★	Cholesterol Bomb	Sport 6		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
			Green Eggs and Ham	Sport 6		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
			Young Chicks	Sport 5		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
			Gypsy King	Sport 11		1.5. Gypsy Crag
			Love Me Gently	Sport 9		1.5. Gypsy Crag
			Toad of Toad Hall	Sport		1.13. Horned Toad Boulder
			Fly Till I Die	Sport 2		1.14. Cyclops Crag
			YAS	Sport 8		1.14. Cyclops Crag
24		★★	Alice In Chains	Sport 10		1.1. Alternative Rock
			Gaper Trail	Sport 11		1.1. Alternative Rock
			Light Years	Sport 2, 9		1.14. Cyclops Crag
25			Ts and Cs	Sport 7		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★	Lakes of Fire	Trad		1.9. Central Main Face
			Another Red Light Nightmare	Sport 2, 10		1.14. Cyclops Crag
26		★	Broiler on a Razor Blade - Project	SportProjeto 7		1.1. Alternative Rock
			By Mistake	Sport 16		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★	Grimly Fiendish	Sport 6		1.1. Alternative Rock
		★	Just Yolking	Sport 6		1.3. Ostrich Egg Boulder
27		★★	Space Cowboy	Sport 14		1.1. Alternative Rock
28			Cosmic Girl	Sport		1.1. Alternative Rock
?			Tim's Project	SportProjeto		1.1. Alternative Rock