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Y: Illearth Boulder

  • Grade context: SA
  • Ascents: 10

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Access issues inherited from Paarl Rock Boulder Field

No access issue. Topos and more info here: https://www.climbing.co.za/pdf/pdf-topos/paarl-bouldering-guide/

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Sit-start on underclings, move up to crimps and top-out.

FA: Neil Mostert, 2008

Start as for Unagi, climb left and top-out via a large protruding sloper.

FA: A. Hills, 2011

Sit-start and climb the crack to where it meets a diagonal crack coming from the left. No top-out.

FA: Neil Mostert, 2008

Sit-start and climb the curving diagonal rail to the left to meet up with Hips Don't Lie. No top-out.

FA: Neil Mostert, 2008

The offwidth 6m left of Illearth Stone.

FA: Derek Marshall & Steven Reed, 2004

Climb the seam splitting the middle of the boulder.

Gear: Rack of nuts and a hammer just in case the (permanent) piton is loose.

FA: Andy de Klerk, 1985

Climb the finger crack 5m right of The Illearth Stone, continuing up diagonally right and then to the top.

FA: Derek Marshall & Steven Reed, 2004

On the right hand side of the boulder is an undercut roof split by a crack. Climb the crack and finish through the offwidth further up.

FA: Andy de Klerk, 1985

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