线路 in Gauteng

Climb the left hand side of the Biscuit using the face and edge of the slab.

Start as for Biscuit Direct but then keep left all the way to the top.

Climb straight up the centre of the face on exceptionally small holds. The crux being just after a move left is a pull-up on a rounded, small finger hold. Keep to the left as you approach the top.

Move up onto face (crux), move right and up diagonally right using jugs to the top. Move left just below overhang to finish route.

The leftmost chimney. Climb the recess and do a chimney move to gain the small overhang near the top. Careful of the loose block at top.

Climb the steep ridge about 5m right of Kakibos. Move up on good holds through the overhang/roof.

Climb the recess 5m right of Surprise Ridge. Traverse right at the top to avoid the overhang.

Climb the steep (overhanging) face straight to the top. Avoid the ledge on the left. The route is sustained.

Climb the steep crack just right of Fingerbuster. Tricky flared jams help get you up this one.

Layback the crack just left of Adrenaline Cascade until you can exit to the left, and onto the top.

Climb up the large block about 10m left of Bad Boys Lesson. Climb up next to the crack (Northcliff Layback) until standing about 1.75m above the ground. Traverse 2m right and up to the top.

As for Adrenaline Cascade but head straight to the top instead of traversing right.

The route starts in a set of cracks 2m left of Destination Madness. Follow the cracks all the way to the top.

Find the small and deep overhang. Start here, reach above this overhang and crank the jug. Keep on the front of the buttress to the top.

This is a very thin, slightly slabby (easy angled) white face just left of Beetle Face (overhang on skyline). It is white in colour and has a small but deep overhang at the base. Start the climb to the right of the overhang, traverse left to get back on top of the overhang. Move up a ridge for 2m and then diagonally left to he top. The crux is at the start of the climb.

Climb the same as Bad Boys Lesson until you need to move diagonally left, at this point step right and mantleshelf up and continue to the top with an awkward move.

Climb the attractive face to the left of Cherry Face. Keep up the middle up this easy climb

The crack system on the left wall of the chimney provides the handholds for this climb. Climb up using the widely spaced holds. The face on the left round the corner is not part of the route.

Take the chimney up the deep black recess to the left of Boomslang Ridge. Exit to the right at the top. This climb is good for novices. The recess at the back of the chimney can be climbed but unfortunately is is dirty with bad rock.

3m left of Butterfly is an attractive ridge which winds from side to side. Start of climb is overhanging, climb ridge to top.

One of the best climbs at Northcliff. 7m left of Belcher there is a beautiful square overhang which from below looks like a butterfly's wing. Climb grassy recess to the left of the overhang at ground level (a small spike like nose) until you can hand-traverse right to the right corner of the face on an undercut ridge. Climb past last overhang to the top.

Climb the prominent triangular overhang directly above Butterfly.

Climb as for Butterfly but go up the undercut ridge to the top.

Climb the outside corner left of Belcher.

Climb the undercut buttress to the left of Chockstone Crack. Climb easily to crux which involves reaching far to the left near the chockstone. Continue up pillar to top. Avoid using the chockstone. There is a hidden handhold which may make the climb easier.

Climb up to below chockstone on left of Scull Frontal. Exit onto face on left and step back into crack, continue easily to the top.

A hard line. The climb uses a very sharp hold high up. Climb the overhanging nose right of Chockstone Crack, move to the top using two vita l holds on the left of the nose. The crux was once in days back done with aid (16/A2). Avoid using the side holds and the grade goes up to 22 (bit silly not using them though...)

This is a classic at Northcliff. It scales the huge black overhangs of the large nose next to Cowards Retreat. Climb up the ridge on the right to a ledge. Continue up ridge to awkward off balance move to gain small square handhold on the front of the ridge. Move left and exit onto foothold on the front of the ridge. Move left and exit onto foothold using a positive sidegrip around corner. Finally climb easily to top.

Climb the crack system next to large undercut black nose (Grandads Waltz). The start is about 5m to the left of Spiderman Face, up a small smooth open book.

Climb as for Cowards Retreat but branch left at cubbyhole and climb jam crack.

Climb the smooth white face, right of small undercut ridge in corner, to the top not using the crack on the left. The crux is at the top with an 16 variation to the right.

Ascend easy ground to the left of Swastika and continue up the crack, past overhang, to the top. The crux is the jam-through overhang.

This climb ascends he attractive scooped face to the left of Dooms Face. It provides exposed and delicate climbing. The name of the climb is associated with the swastikas painted on the face. Climb easily to the ledge below the face, above bushes. Traverse right above the overhang and up to small overhanging open book. Traverse to the left and on to the top.

Climb as for Swastika but instead of traversing left to the top traverse right.

Climb up to the ledge below Crack of Doom, then pull over the overhang and climb the slight buttress above, not using the crack on the right. The initial move is the crux (from ledge). The rest of the climb is delicate.

Climb easily up to the ledge below a large black crack with hourglass at bottom of it. Climb up the crack to the top, using the faceholds on both sides.

Climb as for Crack of Doom but climb the crack by jamming only.

Climb the steep ridge just right of Crack of Doom without venturing onto other routes in the area. The crux is just above the small triangular overhang.

A well known climb including the large overhang to the left of Asutha Ridge. Climb up the small ridge to the right until a very good flake handhold can be reached, then traverse 2m left and climb up the face to the top, this is the crux.

This climb started about 1m to the right of the ridge. Climb up to a small ledge, step left and climb up the ridge or continue above the ledge to the top.

Climb up to the small triangular ledge just right of the ledge on Asutha Ridge. Climb directly up to the top using an optional mantleshelf.

Climb the steep smooth face between Maidens Triumph & Phenominal Existence without using the corner on the left or crack on the right. The first move is especially hard for short climbers. Try avoid the left corner and crack on the right.

Follow the almost vertical finger crack in the middle of a white face with orange blotches. past two slanting handrails, to the top. On the crux use a finger jam to get above the bottom horizontal crack. This is a good, clean and direct climb.

This climb goes up the smooth, narrow face with sloping break 3m up between two cracks which are both off route. The crux is the move to get above the second horizontal crack.

Climb up the corner, 1m to the right of Maidens Triumph crack, using the tree for support. About 30cm above the tree (1984) move onto the face on the right and up to the top.

Climb as for DATBC but climb into the recess.

On the upper band of rock. Climb the bulge left of Lizard, finish on the overhanging outside corner above.

On the upper band of rock. Climb the pillar of rocks to the left of Sunshine Face.

On the upper band of rock above Maidens Triumph. Climbs up the middle of the slab.

On the upper band of rock above Maidens Triumph. This route climbs the right-hand edge of the smooth slab on the left of a small gully.

Climb the first overhanging recess/crack on the left, immediately to the right of some bushes.

Climb the second overhanging recess moving left after the overhang. A fixed peg is visible near the start.

Climb the same recess as Meenie but move right up to the base of a second overhang. Move strenuously onto the slab above and then to the top.

Climb the pleasant face situated to the right of Minie.

Eliminate

Eliminate

Eliminate

A girdle traverse of the left-hand portion of the lower level of Struben's. Start on the left at the second bolt on the very first route, and continue at approximately the same height to the very last route on the right. It goes at about 18 in both directions (climbed both ways)

Follow the left-most line of bolts up the grooves and ledges to where you can reach the lower-offs. A slightly easier variation is found if you deviate 1-2m left after the first bolt.

Start up MEADOW LANE to the base of a thin corner groove, straight up the wall to the right. Climb the corner to gain the lower-offs on the left.

Go up the stepped groove in the slab 5m left of the nose, until the wall steepens at the third bolt. Less strenuous thyan the routes on the left.

Start up the short smooth face to the faint crack line 1.5m left of the nose. Can be climbed straight through the bolt line at the crux. If you choose to layback, there may be a temptation to use easier holds far out right. Climb the headwall slab to lower-offs..

The nose route. Experience a steep start past the ex-tree. Don’t hang around too long or gravity will catch up. Go straight up the crack to lower-offs on the right. ‘Legal’ holds can be used just to the right, but if you ignore all of these, the grade is about 20.

Probably led by various of the Margetts clan in the 80’s. Start 2m right of the root on the nose, following the double crack system to the base of the smaller groove at the top. Climb up this to lower-offs.

Start about 3m right of the nose. Climb steeply up a spidery crack system to easier ground finishing in the larger groove/recess.

Climb the shallow recess about 6-7m right of the nose. If it feels a bit hard, try a little technique. Continue up the crack above to lower-offs on a small buttress.

Go up the orange face, without making use of the major edge to the right.

Use the break to the right of the orange face to gain the summit, using the same lower-offs as A DELICATE ONE.

Go up the face to the right of the break used by THUGGERY. Pull into the base of the short corner, and climb to the lower-offs on the left, under the tree.

Go right after the second bolt on CATWALK to lower-offs on the right.

Climb the face just to the left of an obvious recess. Use the same lower-offs as WALKING THE DOG.

Up the obvious recess/corner.

The easiest sport route in the country/Africa/Southern hemisphere? Almost anyone should be able to lead it even with no previous climbing experience. Climb the face 8m right of the short gully. First ascent: Soloed in the 80’s.

If the root looks like becoming a bush again, apply a chainsaw. Climb the face 10m right of the gully past 2 bolts. Same lower-offs as for VISIONS OF URBAN GLOOM.

Start at the large recess/break. After the second bolt climb out right to gain the smooth slab which is followed to lower-offs.

Starting at the base of the recess, follow the line of weakness diagonally across under INFORMAL SETTLEMENT’s slab to the crack system to its right. Climb this and use IS’s lower-offs.

Start 1m right of the large recess and climb REDISTRIBUTION’s crack all the way from the ground using the same bolts.

Start at the base of a jam crack 4m right of recess. Climb steeply past the funnel feature, tending slightly right towards the top.

Starting at an ex-tree, climb up the crack line on great holds then move left past the bulge (ignoring the bolt on the right) to join FUNNEL OF FUNDS at the top.

Takes the smooth bulging orange face with two key horizontal cracks above this bulge.go left T the second rail. Slightly reach dependant, but a good line all the same.

Climb the crack and V-shaped groove right of COSMIC POLITICIAN. Finish at lower-offs either left or right.

Climb up to the large peapod groove to the bulge. The crux is using a layback move to the right, in the middle of the bolt line. The temptation to stray is great: nice move if you don’t.

Teeter up the smooth slab just left of the arete. It gets more positive – eventually. Finish leftwards to the lower-offs on DISTRICT SIX.

Climb the deep crack to the right of the smooth slab to the left of a long, elevated ledge.

The climb starts next to a bushy gully on the left, some 3m left of a whitish nose. There is a crack line through the bulge. Climb the small bulge on large jugs.

Climb the crack on the right of the bulge and 1.5m right of the nose. Move up, then right and up on layback holds.