Top Out Climbing Club and MCSA Cape Town Section Youth Programme ran it’s 12th Annual Rocklands Camp the weekend of 14-16 June 2024, with climbers and their parents all enjoying a hearty meal at the Traveller’s Rest Restaurant on the Friday.
On Saturday, the group headed out to explore the boulders at 8 Day Rain with some great sends on the Steepness is my Weakness (5) as a warm up and reminding our climbers the importance of foot work and body tension. This was followed by some courageous attempts at Finder’s Keepers Boulder on Tree vs Spotter (6A+) to work on our heel hooks and hip-centric climbing. We then headed up the other side of the Valley to Fishlips Boulder to send Fishlips (6B) and work on Fishsticks (6B) with some quick sends on Warm-up #1 (5). We finished the day playing on Stage 9127 of loadshedding (6B+) at The Shark Boulder.
It was time to enjoy a cosy braai at Albergue that evening and everyone got a well-deserved sleep that night.
On Sunday morning, we all headed off to the iconic ‘Girl on our Mind’ Boulder where we first had a quick warm up on the warm up boulder there. Thereafter, we had some fantastic attempts on Coal Chamber (6C) and Girl on our Mind (6B+) with some epic sends of RSA (6A+). We all headed off just after lunch time with the Top Out Coaches having a quick dip in the Farm Dam before we headed back to Cape Town.
