Routes as sport in The Hole

Probably one of the most climbed routes at the crag. From the pedestal, a bouldery undercut start leads to a cubby hole rest. From here, prepare for the pumpfest on good holds up the overhanging wall to the chains.

Alta

Probably the most climbed line on this side of the crag. Surprisingly easy, considering the terrain. After a burly start, climb up and right towards the big flake in the roof. Follow this until able to reach the lip. Pull through on heroic jugs and onto the headwall. Slap the chains and victory whip. Let someone else suffer cleaning the route afterwards.

Fried fish. Pull up onto a ledge just off the deck and climb up to a pocketed roof. Pull through this to a ledge with a large detached block. From here, move around the block until able to pull onto the headwall, continue to the chains. Solid 25

From the ledge just off the deck, move to the extreme right to clip the first bolt. Continue up to a roof. Pull through at the crack and then rail left to clip the next bolt. Once through the roof section, you will gain an open book on the face above. Continue straight up to the chains.

Climb Fleur, breaking right at the sixth bolt. Layback up a crack to a roof. Pull through on the extreme left (keeping feet below the roof) and move right until able to join the last few moves of Poisson Flambé.

After an interesting start, head up to the twin cracks that break through the big roof. Pull straight through this and onto the headwall above. Easy climbing leads to a small roof and a boulder problem that guards the chains.

Fun climbing leads up to the big roof. Pull through this, remembering to power-scream as you cut-loose. Continue to climb more or less straight up to the final roof guarding the chains. Figure out the moves and try not to pump-out before you clip the anchor.

Starts just right of Megalodon on slightly better rock. Climb straight up to the roof. A cool move gains the lip. Pull up onto the face above. Rail right once at the overlap and layback to gain a rail. Continue straight up to finish at Poisson's chains (shared last few moves).

Start as for Sweet Prow, breaking left once entering the big roof sequence. Soft for the grade.

Cloud Nine. This is an independent line. Once you have gained the ledge just off the deck, pull through the small roof above (LEFT of Mystique). Continue up and pull through the break, staying right of the pockets, to gain the ledge with the detached block. Pull up (RIGHT of Poisson) and climb the headwall to the chains above.

Start as for Guns & Buckets. Immediately after the big roof with the twin cracks, veer slightly right and pull through on mega jugs until established on the headwall. Continue easily up to the anchor.

Be crowned the cutloose king, or find a way to finesse the roof sequence and keep your feet on the rock. A fun line with a surprising amount of jugs through the mega-roof. Classic.

The only five star route at the crag. Start up Fleur before breaking right at the fifth bolt. The line cuts through a number of routes along the headwall, including Route 66, eventually finishing at the chains of La Nauge Neuf.

Start as for Jaws. Veer right immeadiately after pulling the big roof to finish at the chains of Guns & Buckets

12mm hangers. Climb what looks like solidified mud to the large "shark-tooth" under the roof. From here, a bouldery move gains the headwall. Continue up for a fantastic finish right of Fleurs chains.

A bouldery start gains the wall above. Continue up through the roof section to gain the sweet prow. Move right and around the final roof and climb up to the chains.

A short and powerful line. Often overlooked, but worth climbing. Many ways to pull the crux. Always seems desperate.

An independent line starting just right of Mystique. Follow the plum line of expansion bolts to a set of chains left of Jaws' anchor.

Starts just left of Fleur. Pull through a small roof and climb up to a hanging piece of rock dubbed "the anchor". Perch here for a rest before climbing up and right to join Fleur for the last few moves to the chains.

After a bouldery start, head up and right. Once in the big roof, you will climb the Cape Fear flake (on its left hand side) to pull through at the obvious break at the lip. A few more moves leads to the anchor. A very fine route.

Climb scrappy rock and pull through a roof. Continue up through another roof and the overhanging wall to a ledge. A few more moves leads to the chains. Not worth it unless you want to tick off all the 27s at the crag.

Cool moves lead up to the first roof. Pull through this, rail left to clip the next bolt. Unlock the sequence to turn the roof and gain the ledge above. Climb the headwall to Jaws' anchor. Hard for the grade.

This is a composite route. Start on Route 66, breaking right to climb Poisson's pocketed roof. From the ledge, move right and pull through the roof just right of Mystique. Continue diagonally right up the headwall to finish at the chains of Jaws.

The first few bolts have been replaced, thereafter it follows old home-made aluminium hangers fixed with allen screws. Head up towards the sweet prow, climbing on its right hand side. Aim for the obvious break in the final roof, pulling through on a jammed block in the crack.

Composite route. Climb Virus up to the big pocket in the middle of the big roof. Move left onto Cape Fear, and further left doing the big move to the lip on Stolen Secrets. Stay under the lip and cross over Broken to a new bolt at the left end of the roof. Pull onto the headwall and climb to the chains of Sweet Prow of Mine.

Composite route. Climb Sheer Boredom into Cape Fear.

Start as for Virus. After the 2nd bolt clip brown set of bolts slightly to the right. Basically follows the same line as virus to the roof. Cruxy getting into the roof, followed by ergonomic flowing movement and grips to the lip of the roof with jugs to the top. Loads of options

Why would anyone bolt this? It has never been re-bolted, so good luck on testing them out. Dust off the holds and claim the second ascent.

Enhance your life by climbing this route on trad gear:

Joe

Or just do it the normal way, and clip the bolts. Climb up to the big roof, find your way through this and into the crux of Germanator.

Composite. Climb the first couple of meters of Billy before breaking left onto Tequila Sunrise. Move back right onto Billy (bypassing Billy's crux).

Twat Vier, Broken, and Stolen Secrets all share the same start. At the big roof, where Stolen Secrets veers right, continue straight, pull through the lip and up to the chains.

Local legend Ningo opened this in 2007, the route only seeing its second ascent in 2022. A bullet hard line pulling through on pockets in the roof.

Climb Fleur before breaking right at the sixth bolt. Where Fleur d'Afrique continues right, this route pulls through the overlap onto the blank wall above to finish at the chains of Megalodon.