线路 in Africa for selected grade

The main feature on this route is the big left-leaning grey groove to the left of the overhanging bands on the south-west face. Start from the ledges directly below the groove.

1. [17] 10m

   Climb a shallow corner to the right, then traverse left to a narrow ledge at the base of the groove.

2. [19] 40m

   Superb climbing leads up the back of the groove and out to the left around and overhang. Climb up the short corners above to a massive ledge on the right.

3. [15] 25m

   Go horizontally to the left on a narrow rail to a niche and then climb directly up on jugs to a belay ledge.

4. [15] 50m

   An easy chimney gives access to an escape ledge whence scrambling on gargoyles leads to the summit.

Start just left of Eclipse

1. 15 (20m) Follow a straight line, starting on a small flat spot a few meters left of Eclipse, up the face to the ledge. Stance below a break in the brown rock that leads to a left tending undercling.

2. 19 (20m) Follow the break and undercling to the roof and rail left to a small platform stance.

3. 18 (30m) Head up and slightly right (#3 Camalot useful) to a rail. Continue right to a vague, airy arete and follow this up and then left to a large ledge. Continue easily up the honeycomb features on the right and scramble up to a huge ledge. Continue right to stance left of a low roof, in about the middle of the wall that rises above the ledge.

4. 16 (35m) Climb up a few meters to a slight bulge, pull through this then follow the line of least resistance straight up the face.

Start as for After the Goldrush. From the lowest level, scramble up a groove past a tree to the ledge 5m up. Move left to recess at the base of After the Goldrush.

1. 15 (30m) Pull into the recces and then move ~2m right onto the juggy face to the right. Climb up 2m then traverse right ~2m. Continue straight to the next ledge.

Walk ~20m right to a large bush at the base of set vertical cracks.

1. 19 (30m) Climb the left, more distinct, crack to a small roof ~10m up. Pull through on the left side, then traverse ~2m right. Head straight up through the break in the step section above.

2. 12 (10m) Pull up onto a grey, juggy face. Continue through the next break (with a long, narrow roof to the right), to the next ledge.

3. 17 (30m) Stand on a platform to gain a break in the grey/red speckled rock just over a small roof. After this, follow a light brown fin that forms the right side of a chimney. Pull over the bulge at the end of the fin to a small ledge. Continue up another short ramp to the next ledge.

4. 18 (20m) Move straight up to a right arching crack below a narrow roof. Pull through the roof (tricky) and continue straight to the top via a second thin roof.

Up into the recess, rail left, pull through the roof, move right then up to the chains.

Start on the central pillar and climb up over a small lip on 'ok' gear. Continue up over a small roof and straight up to the top of the wall on good rails. Descend off the back via a sketchy scramble or ab off using tat.

Other than referring to a species of snake, B.O.A. stands for Bold, Out there Adventure. Take some long runners to avoid rope drag and enjoy the journey.

Take the Tube left of Flint Hard and follow the left side of the higher feature and step back right to the chains of Flint Hard at the top.

Head straight up the red face to the left of the cleft between the columns. There is enough gear but be careful. After a series of rails, continue up to the right-hand side of the column (slightly run out). Finish up the steep, blunt arête and pull over the top where the columns kiss each other.

5m left of 'Yellow River' there is a large boulder. Stand on a rock on the boulder/jump to gain a jug. Heel hook and crank onto face. Straight up and easily to top.

Start up the obvious crack to the right of the pinnacle/ flake.

Start: Walk around in the direction of Wolfberg, until just past The Great Crack Route. Just left of the large overhang is a very short face where the routes start.

Climb the short face to the bulge. Pull up to an overlap and move left about 1m. Continue straight to the top.

Abseil down (45m) to the ledge just right of the pillar in the middle of the wall and about 20m above the ground. Start off the top of the pillar.

45 m (19) From the top of the pillar, pull up and move a little right and up. Move up past a small, rightward facing corner to a smooth, orange section full of pockets. Climb through this and then up into a shallow, leftward trending recess and up to the top.

Just left of the very steep sector at the right of the crag.

[19] 20m

Start 7m right of the big boulder at the base of the wall. Pull up to an undercling, then through to rail. Follow grey streaks up to finish via a short, square chimney-like feature.

Start: 30m right of the 'Descent Gully' at the base of a recess.

1. Climb the recess and delicate features out left, heading diagonally left over 2 mantels, traverse back right to the base of a recess, which is directly above the start.

2. Climb the crack onto a ledge and then the layback crack above. Move left when possible to stance at the base of a long crack.

3. Climb the crack to the top. There is a rap to the left+ another below. Alternatively use the 'Apathy Wall' rap.

Scramble up the black rock to the right-hand end of a large ledge below the orange rock in the deep recess. Step right onto the face and pull up past two rails to a ledge on the right. From the left side of the ledge, move up to a rail, step right and up a thin crack to the split block abseil point. Descent: Abseil from the fixed tat.

A fine outing with varied climbing, ample exposure, stupendous stances and a little bit of spice.

Start as for Boombox.

1. 40 m (17) Start at the end of the ledge directly below some underclings that allow you to reach a higher rail. Pull up to a second, wide rail below a roof and traverse out over the void. Pull up to the next level and traverse right a further 30m until a vertical crack below the steep corner with the Dark Arête on the left. Pull up to an excellent stance.

2. 18 m (19) The Dark Arête. Pull up into the steep corner and then move left onto the easy but exposed arête. Climb this to another great stance on the rippled prow.

3. 35 m (19) From the stance, step up onto the shelf on the right. Traverse 4m right to some narrow vertical slots (small cams/wires). Pull up on great edges to a monster pocket. Step left and head up for a corner. Climb the light brown wall on the right of the corner to a ledge. Traverse right under the roof, then climb straight up to the big ledge. Stance at a right-arching layback crack, in brown rock, just right of some stacked blocks.

4. 50 m (19) Climb the layback to a delicate flake (with small gear in a thin crack to the right). Move up and left to a ledge, then slightly further left until able to climb the orange ramp. Head for a narrow overlap which is passed on the left. Romp up the headwall and near the top tend slightly right to a large flake and featured face (left of a water runoff feature). Belay from the huge, convenient mushroom.

A consistent, direct line to the left of 'Central Direct'. Along the first long traverse of 'Tafelberg Frontal', there is a large rectangular block with a roof above it. The route starts below the left side of this block.

1. 15 m (14) Climb the easy break to the block.

2. 20 m (19) From the left end of the block, pull up to just below the roof and head left on good holds until able to pull over onto the face. Head up and then slightly right to stance at the base of a narrow chimney (shared with 'Tafelberg Frontal')

3. 30 m (17) Start up the chimney part of 'Tafelberg Frontal', then move right onto the middle of the orange face. Head straight up to a narrow ledge.

4. 50 m (19) Start up a crack and then blast straight up the wall, aiming for a left-tending corner crack just below the summit. This crack forms the first (not the second) left-facing corner about 5m left of the massive flake at the top of 'Central Direct'.

Start: Below the large brown corners left of 'Tafelberg Frontal'

1. [13] 12m

   Climb the recess to the ledge.

2. [17] 30m

   Scramble right to where the dark orange rock becomes more speckled. Climb 2 short walls into a recess up to the roof, then rail left to a small stance. End of this pitch not great for 3 climbers.

3. [19] 20m

   Climb up then rail right on a curved face with a slither of rock in the rail to stance on a great ledge.

4. [16] 15m

   Climb up to the dassie ledge, crawl left into a large recess.

5. [16] 40m

   Move left then up an amazing break, has to be the best of the grade anywhere. when looking difficult at the roof move right onto the face and up to a good ledge.

6. [15] 30m

   Climb Mamacos's variation to 'Tafelberg Frontal'

Start as for Iron Maiden.

1. 25m (18) Pull up to the roof and traverse right until under the roof and onto the face on the right. Make a semi hanging stance at a rectangular ledge, more or less in the middle of the face.

2. 32m (17) Step left from the stance and then head straight up the face and follow the left side of some fin-like features to a ledge. Belay at a wide vertical crack. Move ~3m right for the next pitch.

3. 10m (15) Climb straight up, passing a roof ~3m up to a wide ledge.

4. 25m (18) Climb the face directly between Iron Maiden and Maidens Dare. Pull onto the face just right of two, long narrow roofs about 1m apart. Head straight up, using the left of 3 short, vertical cracks to a ledge. Move ~20m right for the last pitch.

5. 30m (19) About 5 meters right of the Maidens Dare chimney is a break where you can pull up and move left onto an undercut, projecting feature (between the roofs each side). From here head up and slightly right to the top.

Consistent moderate climbing around Lemon.

1. [19] 20m

   Start as for Mothers. Climb diagonally up the right-hand face to the roof. Pull through at a crack about 1m left of the end of the roof. Traverse 4m left on the platform to stance below a blunt arete.

2. [18] 45m

   Head up and left to the center of the brown face. Head up and aim for the bottomless, left-facing, V-shaped groove. Squeeze up this (the 'Lemon' Squeeze) and step left onto the face as soon as possible. Climb up, through a small roof, and follow good holds to a small ledge.

3. [18] 30m

   Head up a few meters to below a large, left-facing prow. Climb up the short face right of this to a series of vertical cracks. Straight to the top.

1. [18] 40m

   Start in the crack right of 'Rooibosch' climb up to a ledge with a resting block, This is where 'Rooibosch' goes left, climb to the right then weave through 2 overlaps to build a hanging stance.

2. [19] 20m

   Climb upwards aiming for a overhang with a break. Continue to the ledge. Choose a top out pitch or access the rap station a few meters left.

Climb up a series of vertical cracks a few meters to the left of the North-West Pillar.

An amalgam of two trad lines, 'All Along the Watchtower' (bottom half - graded 17 as a trad line) and Beastmaster (top half - grade 21 route)

19/6a+

A very popular route.

The route starts near the point where the approach trail gets to the rock face in a big red recess below the right hand end of the big roof. At this point the trail turns left and follows the rock face up. A convenient block on the ledge, about 5m up a ramp from the trail, marks the start of the route on the right hand wall of the recess.

1. 45m (19) Climb straight up from the ledge to a wide shallow crack with a loose block at the bottom. Climb the crack to it's end and then go left to a large flake. Climb the flake and a smaller one above it and continue straight up the recess to a wide rail. Above the rail is a small roof. Climb up to the roof and pass it on the left (a finger crack a metre to the left has a good layback hold (crux)). Continue up the short off-width crack through the overhang above. Continue up to large ledge.

2. 25m (15) Climb up and left under a large roof. Traverse left using the rail under the roof and decent footholds. Turn the roof on the far left and continue up easily to a large ledge. The next pitch starts 5m to the right below a narrow flaring crack that splits the roof above with a finger crack half a meter left of it.

3. 20m (18) Climb the above-mentioned finger crack. Hand swing to the right under the roof and do an awkward move to gain the ledge to the right of the roof. Climb the chimney above the ledge and move to the face on the left when it narrows after a few meters. Follow a crack to another roof then move out onto the face on the right and climb straight up to bushy ledge above.

4. 20m (14) 6m to the right is an obvious break in the face - this is climbed by the last pitch of Blunt Brothers. Climb up 2m to the left of this, pulling through a small roof on good jugs. Climb straight up until you can scramble easily to the top.

Can use the anchors on ETAGQS to descend.

Starts on a ledge.

Follow a series of layback holds between horizontal breaks to gain a dark brown triangular recess. Move up this and exit up and right onto the face. Head straight up and slightly left to the top.

Climbs the arête right of Facebook

Start almost in the middle of the amphitheatre. There is a large beacon under a small roof.

1. Climb the recess/jam crack

2. Up, and then right out to the nose. Up this to broken rock. Scramble up to the base of a ramp with a split block at the top.

3. Climb the ramp and into the crack.

4. Up right and diagonally up to a large ledge.

5. Starting near the middle of the face, climb up on jugs.

6. Traverse left into the corner, then up to a ledge.

7. Continue up for about 20m, then crawl right for 45m.

8. Climb the face, then further on, to belay below overhangs.

9. Traverse right around the corner, through a whole and to a ledge.

10. Traverse further and up a yellow face to easy ground

Start around the corner from Route X.

1. Climb the knobbly wall right of a wide crack. Trend right and back let to a ledge. Move right and up to the base of a layback crack.

2. Climb the crack moving right a the top. Walk about 25m left to the end of the large ledge.

3. Climb the grey wall left of the overhang to the top of the Gendarme.

The route climbs the wall 10-20m right of the T-rex. Start from blocks and grass between enormous blocks.

1. Climb up to a ledge.

2. Climb a rounded layback flake and go diagonally right towards a wide gully/groove. Traverse left and up grooves to a large ledge.

3. Start midway between T-Rex's crack on the left and the gully on right. Climb the steep face to a small ledge.

4. Go diagonally left and up to a steepening. Rail right and follow grooves to a ledge. Traverse left to a dassie ledge.

5. Take the first break along the ledge and climb the groove to the top.

Starts to the right of Daisies Delight. It follows the left-hand crack on the short steep face in the descent gully.

This route starts at the first left-facing corner on North Buttress.

Climb the undercut section towards the roof, lay out to the right and reach for a jug high up in the corner (crux). Climb the excellent corner above. Move out to the right underneath a huge overhang. Walk off to the right.

This climb follows the crack system to the left of Symphony of Pistons.

1. Climb the shallow corner pulling through to a rail. Traverse left and climb up into a scoop below a small roof.

2. Using the crack, traverse left and then up to a small, off-balance ledge. Climb the corner crack to below a small roof. Traverse to the right and move around a corner. From here climb a sloping slab with a good crack on the right-hand side, till a good stance is reached. Step to the right across an exposed gap using a good handrail, to reach a good ledge. (This pitch may be broken into two to reduce rope drag).

3. Climb the corner, making some awkward moves, to reach the top.

Approach: When reaching Vingerkop from the viewpoint at the neck, keep walking aroung the buttress counter clockwise for about 50m.

Aspect: Pleasant climbing following an obvious natural line. Enjoy the morning shade when the rest of the valley is blasted by the sun.

1. A couple meters right of an orange pillar is a crack and a shallow recess. Climb the recess moving slightly left until you are able to step left directly into the crack. Pull through a small roof and continue moving up past some musical flakes to a stance on a narrow ledge just above them.

2. Traverse right for a few meters until it's possible to move up through the right side of the roof. Pull up at the obvious break using the large layback flake and follow it until the terrain eases. Scramble directly up to a large ledge.

3. Facing the same direction you topped out the previous pitch on, walk straight 10m on the right side of some large blocks until you find a crack directly in front of you. You will be in an alley with a huge chockstone above and left of you. Climb the hand crack until it peters out, then move slighly up left to a ledge using good but lichenous cap jugs.

Descent: A roped scramble down the gully to the your immediate left brings you back to the previous level, but on the other side of the huge chockstone (abseiling would be preferable). From there, look for the obvious thicket of tree trunks to abseil from, or a large block another level down from the trees. Abseil all the way to the ground (60m ropes).

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Climb the layback crack in the corner to a bolted stance.