线路 in Western Cape for selected grade

Sit Down Start. Around the corner, to the left of 'P. L. Traverse', sit with both hands in the long horizontal crack. Each hand is on either side of the arête. Climb up the arête to top out.

Climb the east corner on the Table Mountain cableway orientation

start on the shelf and top out via pinchy arete

Climb the LH arête and traverse to TO

Climb the easy arête

Start high BH on the big sidepull where the tree use to be, move left onto the slab and TO in the centre of the slab. The arete and the jugs just to the left of the arete are out.

Sit-start with arête and climb up.

Sit-start on a ledge and climb the face / arête.

Start left on the face with the arrow on it. Sit/crouch start on black horizontal rail. Move up to the central top end of the boulder without using the arete.

Climbs the face to the right of 'The Reckoning'. Start easily up to a layback flake system and then take a central line up the face with a short, wide vertical crack just before the top.

Spacey gear at the top.

Tricky take off, then pleasant.

The gear at the start is a bit tricky.

A few meters right of 'Walking on Air' are 2 thick edged flakes at ground level. Start just right of the left ground flake.

Climb a bulge on small holds to top out.

I'm finding grading granite slab difficult, so please give honest grading. For this one I suspect 4C to 5A.

Start on the north side of the fat boulder.

Stand start, climb the dark slab almost on the corner of the boulder

Start on the north side of the fat boulder.

Stand start, to the right of 'Alpenrösli' in the alley.

Bum start, climb the layback crack opposite 'Hypergravity'.

Bum start and climb the crack.

Crouch start on good jug. Follow jugs on and slightly right of arête. TO.

Reach/jump to holds in hollow, climb diagonally left to TO.

Climb the middle of the slab

Sit-start a little right of Unnamed Arête with right hand up on a layaway pinch and climb the arête / slab to top-out.

Sit-start hugging the corner with left hand on a sidepull and right hand on a bad sloper. The big low footgrips are off.

Permit needed to enter RESTRICTED AREA. Nature Conservasions bright ideas

Do not underestimate the first pitch.

Start: about 12m left of Barrier Frontal, up a left facing corner capped by a roof.

1. Climb the recess for about 5m, then traverse across the vertical wall to the corner. Pull through an overlap, to beneath the next roof, and move left and up a recess on a higher ledge (awkward). Continue up the recess to the ceiling, then traverse right around the corner to a small ledge and move up to a bigger ledge. Climb the face above the left-hand edge of the ledge, then traverse 2m left into a shallow recess (with a bush) to another ledge.

2. Traverse to the right along a narrow, bushy ledge until you reach a stance at the top of the first pitch of Barrier Frontal.

3. From the blocks, climb on the good holds past some steep flake moves to reach a stance in a deep fissure. Climb the fissure for about 1m then traverse out right 3m to the obvious break. Using a yellow sandy-looking projection move up to the right for 2m, then swing up to the square stance to the right of the overhang.

4. Traverse right, along a reddish ledge for 5m until a flake lying flush with the face is reached. Use the flake to swing up and continue climbing to the stance, bypassing the small overhang on the right. Climb the obvious recess (shared with Barrier Frontal) and exit to the right to reach a ledge with two fixed pitons and horseshoe on Barrier Frontal.

5. Climb up for 3m, then move diagonally left to the hanging recess and up this to the top.

Nice climbing but wanders a bit.

To the right of the slab is some scrappy rock. Start right of this and up to narrow overlap. Pull through on the right then move back left and up to easier terrain. Continue heading left, following a vague, steep recess until able to exit right at the top.

Good climbing, pity about the loose block and bushy mantle at the end...

Start: up the wall at a point where a faint path leads through the bushes and out to the right side of the crag.

Head up and tend left under the broken rock and up to the midway ledge. Climb up below the black water-streak corner for 2m and then rail left 2m and up to the exit face will a series of horizontal rails. Beware a big loose block just right of the final face. The top out involves negotiating none non friendly climber's friend.

Nice climbing up to midway, then a walk and tricky finish.

Start: on the far right of the wall.

Climb up to where a short traverse right leads up to the ledge. Walk right a few meters and then climb diagonally back up and left to a tricky exit at the top.

"Very Steep. Unlikely that anyone will fall asleep on it"

Start: Left of the Hottentot Cherry Tree situated to the left of Valken Face.

1. Climb directly up the face until its possible to step right using a flake- and up to the stance above.

2. Move up onto a block on the left then climb the face above until a sloping stance below an overhang is reached.

3. Climb 1m left then continue diagonally left on the face (delicate) before ascending to a small ledge, then climb the face above to another ledge. Traverse 2m right and climb up a short face, past a tree for 3m. Traverse left to some blocks, then up the the face to reach the ravine above.

4. Avoid the overhang above by climbing up right then left until a recess is reached. Climb the face until its possible to move diagonally left to a stance.

5. Climb through the overhang above and continue up a 6m ridge right until traversing right underneath another overhang. Proceed to a stance above.

6. Climb onto a thin block that peters out to the right. Climb the face right of Valken Parapet for 9m. An overhanging face with large grips will be seen above. Climb this overhanging section, traverse 1-2m right, then proceed diagonally left to a stance. Walk up the ridge to the top sections. The next pitch is in the recess of a ridge, right of the start of Valken Crag.

7.A Number of short recesses will be found to the right of the ridge. After 8m of climbing one reaches the first ledge. 10m of recess takes one to the next ledge,. A recessed corner with a large tree next to it is ascended for 22m for a bushy stance.

1. Climb about 2m up a corner above the beacon, then traverse left to a recess with a number of flakes lying against it. Climb the recess to until it is possible to exit left. Traverse 6m left and break through to the right of an overhang. climb 8m up a recess to a large ledge.

2. Climb the vertical face left of Valken Face.

Harder for the shorties.

Start: about 15m left of the Turret corner is a grey face with a break running up its centre. this line takes that break.

1. Start on the right edge of the crack and move up to a small cave. Traverse right over a slightly broken face the climb left to a mantelshelf and stance. I think this is below a small stepped overhang.

2. Above and right is a fine belay among some boulders on a ledge. From this ledge continue diagonally left to an obvious break (2 pitons).Continue to directly below the overhang, then up to a curious crack.

3. Continue straight up a crack.

4. Climb an easy overhang above and left to the ledge and move right to a good stance.

5. Either take the recess of an easier crack on the right.

6. Take an obvious chimney type crack on a boulder.

Up the steep orange and black stripes to the right of the bigger recess. The route tends left, always just right of the recess. Very satisfying.

Climb the black, left facing corner, step right and then follow the weakness that is parallel to Day Zero. Sting in the tail

Start: 15m left of the cave, or on the right corner of the Right Block is a shallow, vertical recess capped by an overhang.

1. Climb the recess, move right at the top, then continue up a short face to a ledge.

2. Walk 6m right and climb a smooth, red face. Move slightly left at the top of the face to meet the Halfway Ledge.

3. Traverse 6m right to the foot of an amphitheatre capped by an overhang. The nose that forms the right side of the amphitheatre is the crux pitch of Nose. Take the recess on the left corner. Climb this recess to the Halfway Ledge, and stance on the left.

4. Climb the obvious recess, moving diagonally left, and continue up an easy face to a wide ledge. Either climb a short "D" gully to the top, or traverse right off the buttress.

Start: directly in front of a triangular block, a meter or so right of Fraser's

1. Climb the wall, traverse right, move up to a ledge, the continue to the right until it is possible to follow a diagonal line up and back to the left of the recess.

2. To the right of Fraser's pull up through an overhang onto a flat platform and continue up the recess above, then climb the short white wall directly ahead to a ledge.

3. Fraser's is now unavoidably crosses where it makes the long traverse from left to right over to a point next to the Postern "D" route. (Postern Face also crosses Fraser's Frontal here). Climb to a piton in the crack a meter or so from the left end of the ledge. After an awkward pull-up around a slight bulge, move up to a tiny niche, then pull through the overhanging wall on horizontal handrails to reach the Halfway Ledge next so some bushes and a large block.

4. Climb the large recess at the start of the Halfway ledge (where one has to descend from the blocks), up to an off-balance jam move next to a piton. A Delicate lay-back move leads up to the handrail under the overhang. Traverse left and up.

5. Traverse left to the base of the left or two recesses.

6. Postern Nose is crossed here as it used the easier recess on the right. Climb the recess using fingertip lay-back crack, which curves over to the right and is very strenuous. Pull up to a sloping ledge using two deep finger holds. Step up to the ledge and walk off to the right.

This route starts about 8m right of the overhang by the tea cave. Pull onto the wall and follow 2 steep recesses until able to move right into the vertical hand crack. Straight to the top.

One of the few routes to face south, this line is at the very right end of the crag and starts in a open book/crack before stepping onto the left face, past a small protrusion to a rail, then onto the top. Best of luck coming down as the opening party got lost trying to walk off.

This route has excellent quality rock and is well worth doing. It is possible to link P1 & 2.

1. Climb the clean and steep face, aiming for the dihedral. Step left onto a ledge and stance.

2. Pull through the obvious break in the roof above and head straight up to a large ledge.

3. Scramble up and use some short pillar like features to gain the crack in the face above. Follow this up and left, until beneath a roof. Bypass the roof on the left hand side.

4. Scramble to the top.

Descent: walk off via the gully on the left (facing out).

The route starts roughly in the middle of the north-west face of Corridor Buttress next to a scruffy gully.

1. Climb up clean rock to the right of the gully until it is possible to traverse into the gully itself. Continue up the gully into a cubbyhole stance under an overhang at the top.

2. Traverse about 2m to the right of the gully, climb up for 6m on a face involving delicate movements, and then use a thin footrail to gain a corner on the left. Continue up and to the left into a recess, proceed past one ledge to another via a reddish-coloured face (this latter ledge is more convenient for belaying the next pitch).

3. Climb diagonally across the face to the right to reach a block projecting from the face. Step down 1m, traverse 6m to the right and continue diagonally up to a tiny stance next to a large flake leaning against the face.

4. Proceed diagonally up to the gap in the overhang; climb up through the gap before moving 2m across to the right into a chimney-like recess (the vital flake hold is sound). Continue up the recess to a cave-like stance under the overhangs.

5. Traverse to the right using the top of an oblong block for handholds. Climb 3m to a comfortable stance above. Walk 6m to the right to the foot of a shallow, yellowish corner.

6. This pitch is complicated. Climb the yellowish corner, and move to the left to a narrow footrail. Follow the footrail to the right until it ends, step down 1.5m, continue to the right and then proceed up a flake-like block. Climb to a red recess further to the right. Step down 1m, and then traverse to the right again, by using a deeply cut handrail, onto the corner. Climb up to the right of the corner to reach a comfortable stance.

7. Traverse left to a stance at the foot of the recess.

8. Climb the recess before moving out left. Continue diagonally to the left across the face to reach a large, bushy stance.

9. Climb the chimney to the left of the stance.

10. Traverse left along the ledge to the foot of a gully leading to the summit.

11. 60m of scrambling, including some 'E' standard movements, takes one to the top of the buttress.

Start 3m left of where the roof above the tea cave ends. Pull onto the wall at a broken crack that splits the face above. Head straight up and right keeping between the two large, vague cracks. At a roof (about 15m up), climb the wide crack on its left. At the next ledge continue up over the next roof where a projecting block hangs under the roof. Continue easily up and left ~7m to reach a tat anchor at a touch point.

A surprisingly tricky route, but well worth your time.

1. [18] 18m

2. [14] 20m

3. [11] 3m

4. [14] 30m

5. [15] 12m

6. [18] 10m

Climb to the left or to the right of the pillar. Bridge and jam your way up until able to start smearing up to the top.

Start just right of 'Route by T. Hughes'

1. [18] 25m

   Head up the left side of a wide and dirty crack (deep groove) to an overhang. Pull diagonally up and right through the small roof and into the break out right. Continue up to the grassy ledge and walk across to the next cliff band.

2. [15] 42m

   Start a bit right of the 'Rainbow Crag' recess on a face. Up to join 'Rainbow Crag' for a few meters then step left onto the left bulging face of the recess. Move left a meter or two and then straight up to the top.

Start ~5m left of Stuffed Lion, just left of a corner crack. Climb straight up the white face to a ledge. Continue straight over blocky terrain to the base of a steep, brown layback crack. After a few meters, when the crack peters out, continue straight up, and easily to the top. The lower sections of this route have surely been done before.

Start about 3m right of Relic News. Climb the corner and then step left. Pull up onto the next shelf and step back right to a crack in the darker grey rock. Follow this crack and move right to gain the next vague corner. Climb up a few meters the traverse across the face and up to the next ledge. Place gear high in the Wild Things Run Free narrow corner but climb the arete to the left. Continue straight up to the big ledge.

A Cape Argus Newspaper from 25 March 1933 was found shoved in the crack at the start of this route, still readable.

Don't go up the V- Notch, keep right up the open book. Traverse left under the roof. Opened it cause I can't read an RD. Harder if you are short.

This good route lies five metres to the right of Power Struggle and forms a straight line on the side of the prominent overhanging nose. With a tricky start through a small overhang ascend the face directly below the right side of the prominent overhanging prow. Halfway up step left onto the prow and ascend the shallow recess and steep top section to finish at the Power Struggle platform. Originally the route had 2 pitons which were removed in 2010, after consensus that the route could be adequately protected.

Great steep climb. Excellent rock.

Climb a direct line up the face (steep start) to the right of Rodney.

Climb the black crack starting from the top of the bush to the top.

Climb the L mountain facing side.

Climb the middle mountain facing side using large crystals.

Climb the R mountain facing side to TO.

Climb from the rail to the white jug using everything.

Start as for Ratchet and then head left to climb the dirty groove.

Stand start with left hand in a pocket and right hand on a jug sidepull, right hand to a sidepull. The juggy crack to the right is off.

Sit-start with left hand on a slopey edge on the arête above the rail and right hand on a pebble edge just right, left hand to an edge.

Hang-start on a sharp jug rail and top-out direct.

Number 4 is on the opposite side of the boulder. SS on the jugs below a small overhang and move onto the sloping face to TO.

Specialist gear required.

1. [18] ??m

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2. [14] ??m

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Provides access to the upper and dassie ledge