Routes in Africa for selected grade

Starts at the left of The Man cave, traversing through a flat roof on a parallel crack to the right, ending on a lead out dash to the chains exiting the roof. 3 Bolts up, 8 across and a dash to the chains.

Boven’s hardest line! And worthy of the crown, being long, steep and of continually interesting climbing. Take sthe obvious 20 degree leaning wall. Scramble up to start with a hollow flake and a hard move left to the arête. Then lots of sidepulling leads to a desperate campussing crux. MCSA Bolts

Lower extension to LTD. Sit start low before LTD with right hand on crimp and left hand on slopey hold on the lip. Toe hook the back of the boulder to establish. Bump your left hand along the lip and climb into LTD. Resistance and adds spice to the already tough slab at the top.

Situated 20meters from madam butterfly, as walking to the escarpment. Hidden.

Left-hand side line of bolt on the overhanging red wall slanting to the right, midway up the face. Stick clip recommended. Rebolted by Andrew Pedley in 2012.

Start on crimps, LH to diagonal crimp, match and move left under small roof to TO.

Start as for The Prospector but traverse left and dyno to the lip from crimps just left of the arête.

Not bad, earlier start to The Bimbler, cool moves - Andrew

Sit-start below the blunt arête with left hand on a sloper and right hand on a slopey crimp, campus right hand to a slopey edge, left hand to sloper / sidepull and top-out direct.

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Start as for Swim Coach, move up right to join The Deviant and then straight up to top-out.

Start as for Swim Coach and move up to join Dikfer.

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Sit-start with left hand on a low sidepull and right hand on a knob on the arête, left hand to the crack, and continue up the face via crimps. Looks can be deceiving is an understatement.

Start in a horn on the left and traverse into cytokine.

CLOSED PROJECT. Starts as antibody and climbs right on an amazing hold set to I direct finish. Going to be an instant classic when opened

Start by A-Z and climb strait out the roof on edges and underclings and over the sketchy drop off.

Sitstart low with LH in sidepull pocket, RH on low crimp. Up to crimps, then big move to sloper or crimp in rail, TO.

Sitstart, big move with RH to sloper, climb the overhanging wall in the little boulder enclosure. TO.

SS as for Vajra, move up and R, reverse the seam of Elfen Lied, TO at good hold in scoop just before the L arête

SS in roof with LH on pinch and RH on gaston/ledge, climb roof to the lip, move onto the slab, climb the slab staying R of the ridge, TO.

Sit start on an undercling just right of The Man Who Stepped Off The Page Of a Storybook and climb the arete using the small crimps.

(Eliminate problem) SS in hueco. big move to gaston. match and climb straight up. The entire rail on the R is off route

Ascent by Nicholas Allan

Starts as Cthulhu and finishes between Cthulhu and Mysterion Rising.

FA by Nicholas Allan

Climb diagonally R.

📹 Drew Olden

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Ascent by Jack Burningham

Not many people seem to know it but it's a classic. climbs the low prow to the left of Misterion Rising (foot ramp to the right is off) and then straightens into a slopery topout - Steve Bradshaw

Ascent by Nicholas Allan

Climb through the roof.

Jarryd New

"Not sure if this is meant to be an eliminate but felt more like 7A or it’s just a reach thing." - Jarryd New

Left of Fit Birds

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Do Sangoma sit-start and from two edges dyno straight to the top, skipping the crux far left crimp of the original line.

From the start of Old Greg all the way to the tip of the prow! A fresh 22 move endurance testpiece, psyched its done - Keenan Meyer

Original route started as shown in the video. Many grade opinions going as low as 7a+.

Really condition dependent - Robbie Fraser

Video of Robbie Fraser 2012

Based on comments, there appears to be yet another variation:

Did the complete traverse, past the "low start" and past the "original start". Start with underclings on the fin out right. Still cheap, just sort out your beta. - Mathieu Schneuwly

Looks like FA goes to Mathieu Schneuwly but I'm unsure.

Start on the right in undercling thing and come climb past the low start into the pocket start

-drew

Climb up the centre of the face. Really cool - used to be a project in Guy Holwill's guide.

Old F3 project?

F3: Start with left-hand in pocket, right hand on edges and feet above break. Dyno up right to small shallow pocket on small slab above then top out.

Morpho

📹 Nathan Phillips

WOW Griff classic! Amazing Scary Big Line following a crack to hardcore finish! Sick - G Gu

Start on the underclings below the crux of Drag Queen and climb into it. Adds a pretty savage move to the crux sequence.

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On the Best Thing Since Resting boulder. Sit start on right hand side, traverse diagonally up left on small holds.

Linkup of Chongalolo and The Legend Of The Lost Italian Climber

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The right hand line.

Start as Benson 'n Edges but climb out right.

Climb the high arête.

Start with undercling and climb up.

Sit start then climb the prow using holds on the left and right

Climb the hanging block from left to right and finish up the arête.

Sit-start with obvious hold and climb up.

Crouch-start with shelf, move out and climb up the slab/face.

Start on the far left side of the arch and add 6 moves to Tea-arch High.

Move to jug / flake then dyno up and top-out

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Sit-start under the roof, move to good hold and dyno out to the lip.

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Sit-start with right hand in slot and left hand on crimp and climb straight up. "TIA is a South African expression used to explain why things are the way they are"

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Sit start on the right of Tis is Africa and join Tis is Africa later.

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Listed as a classic in the guidebook

Start with both hands on good edge, move out left to good edge and finish up right.

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Start as Teapot but traverse left and finish as for Up the Spout.

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Start with right hand on pebbled sloper and climb the slab.

Sit-start and climb the roof. Not 100% sure if this is the right problem.

Sit-start with sidepull, move to small edge and finish up the seam.

Sit-start with underclings and climb through the long roof on slopey holds. "A few holds have broken over the years because as this problem stays wet after rain"

Sit start, traverse left on small crimps and climb straight up from jug.

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Sit-start with undercling and gaston and climb into Dreamliner Buttress.

Sit-start on the right next to a block and traverse left into Green Mamba.

Sit-start with obvious hold and dyno up.

tart as Segregation but move left to crimp and climb up through the bulge.

Start with hueco?

Do the 1st few moves of Steak House but then climb out right. "Named after the tasty, but oddly named bread"

Sit-start in the low cave and climb out left along the rail.

Start with undercling, move into next undercling and finish out along crack / seam.

Climb the sit start of disarray and traverse right from the spiky jug. Easier with kneepad.

#SD An extension which traverses right along the lip. "The best peanut butter in SA"

Located 30m past Stalker on the Horizon, on the left. There are cairns to show the way. Start in underclings, gain another undercling and a side pul and big move left to jug. Slightly morpho ad dynamic moves.

Sit-start with pockets and climb up diagonally left

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Start as Røyksopp but climb straight up without holds on the right.

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