Posted on behalf of Iain:

I remember reading some time back some folks were asking about some alternative climbing venues within a reasonable radius from Somerset West.

Two weeks back I had the privilege of racing Xterra Grabouw. During the bike leg I spotted (and was a bit distracted by - hence all the blood on my shins that day...) all the bouldering potential both in and out of the forest - and mostly right next to the trails.

Take a look for yourself:


By the way the POV of class mountain biking is by 4 times Xterra world champion Conrad 'caveman' Stoltz. (No the video was not sped up in editing).

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Climb ZA - Administrator

Yo bud

looks epic nice work! keen to do a mission out there soon fa sure. How far are they off parking area? can you do a topo view on google earth and circle them perhaps? You cruised through there so should no more or less where they are yea?

Ampt man good find

G

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Posted on behalf of Iain:

Here is a google earth image showing the parking and boulders (circled). About 3km as the crow flies from the parking.
The circled area is the one at 2:10 in the video.

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Climb ZA - Administrator

Here is a close up of the area at 2:10 in the video:

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Epic dude thanks... keen to go stay in the huts up there and develop a bit of the area.. It really does look very rad. thanks man

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About a kilometer from the Landroskop hut in the Stokoe's Pass direction (south ish) there is a cool looking wall that would be good for highball problems.

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Happy climbing
Nic