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Recommendations for Lead Outdoor climbing course/experience Cape Town

First post and replies | Last post by Candice Bagley, 3 months ago

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WANTED: Size 5 woman's climbing shoes.

First post and replies | Last post by JanoJacobs, 4 months ago

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Looking for a pair of size 5 climbing shoes. Size 4 might work as well. Gauteng area.

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4 months ago

Casting Call CAPE TOWN BASED ONLY PLEASE NB SUBMISSION DEADLINE 25OCT

First post and replies | Last post by KoolKids CharacterWize, 5 months ago

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Casting call! Real rock climbers 🧗 Caucasian/Mixed race Males 20-35 years Confident and energetic rock climbers. Must have an authentic and athletic look! Rates R9 600 before deductions Shoot dates 6-13 Dec - TBC Please send us videos of you rock-climbing in your climbing gear via We Transfer/Smash as well as your full names, DOB, height and experience/skills [email protected] Deadline 25 October

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5 months ago

CityROCK Johannesburg

First post and replies | Last post by Catch_Donna, 6 months ago

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Hi All, I am a climber from Sydney. TR and lead. I come to Johannesburg for work here and there. Looking for a climbing partner on 1-3 October 2024. Hit me up if keen!

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6 months ago

NEW ROUTES @ FERNKLOOF

First post and replies | Last post by MCSA JHB, 7 months ago

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Fernkloof crag is the birthplace of sport climbing around Gauteng, with the first climbs appearing in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The kloof has a steep side and a slabby side, and with crystal-clear streams, big ferns and ancient trees, really is a beautiful climbing venue. A pleasant, mostly shady 15-minute walk-in will get you to the crag. Traditionally Fernkloof was considered an advanced sport climbing venue, with lots of very difficult climbs. However, things have changed, and we now have 20 new fully bolted sport climbs in the kloof of grade 19 and below. So, if you're tired of the same old climbs, make a plan to try somewhere different and join Neil Margetts at Fernkloof on the 8 September to try out these new climbs! Contact [email protected] for more details.

By MCSA JHB

7 months ago

IP? Is it ethical?

First post and replies | Last post by SNORT, 8 months ago

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A very cunning and naughty acronym has crept into climbing jargon: IP. I first came across it this year at RocknRoll crag when attempting some new routes and more particularly after I actually cleaned and bolted a new route. There was no physical evidence of anyone actually having climbed the route and my climbing partner noted the faint chalked IP on the rock. In fact the route was unclimable till I cleaned grass out of critical holds. This follows on when a climber bolted a trad route of mine called Slobber at Montagu and it was published in the Montagu route book as a project!!!! Really? The climber in question then tried to tell me that the route he bolted was different to the original route. Considering that this particular route is the only natural line on that face and that there was a bolted lower off in situ, this was, to say the least, disingenuous. Debates over how long a route can be a closed project has raged for years but in those cases, the protaganist has invariably curated the route to some extent such as bolting it and attempting it and putting in lower offs (as on Slobber).Writing IP at the base of a route that you have not bolted or cleaned does not in my view justify reserving it as a project. There must be some evidence of effort expended on it which is more than just going down a bit of rock on a rope. Clean it or at least leave a lower off to mark the route. Since I bolted it the route in question it has been climbed by others and published and named by others which in effect means they or he or she lays claim to it. It remains to be seen if the new "Owner" or owners replace the bolts I placed. As anyone who bolts routes knows, the cost and time and effort of bolting a route is huge. I have done by far the most of the onsight leads of the more than 500 pitches of new routing at Yellowwood as well as the thousands of pitches and routes around South Africa. Every single person who has had anything to do with a pitch or route is credited and also has some say regarding the naming of the route. So that is my ethic...

By SNORT

8 months ago

Accommodation in Cape Town

First post and replies | Last post by SNORT, 8 months ago

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Climbing visitors to Cape Town DM if you need accommodation. I have a house in Mowbray that has just emptied of students. It is on Airbnb if you look for Mighty Malleson to see the amenities. If your bona fides pass muster I shall give rates better than any equivalent place or back packers. Minimum 2 nights though.

By SNORT

8 months ago

Inflamation in DIP joint - Referals to good medical practitioner

First post and replies | Last post by elmari, 12 months ago

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Looking for outdoor sport gear to rent, borrow, or share for a few days in Boven in April

First post and replies | Last post by Gus in Boven, 12 months ago

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Upcycling Project

First post and replies | Last post by Gymnogene, 1 year ago

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