Trad Hit List
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Contents
- 1 A list of best Trad routes in ZA - Any grade, anything goes, can have a bolt here or there but must be primarily Trad
- 2 Wolfberg
- 3 Tafelberg
- 4 Krakadouw
- 5 Table Mountain
- 6 Lions Head granite
- 7 Lion's Head Sandstone
- 8 Lakeside Pinnacle
- 9 Muizenberg Crag
- 10 Du Toits Kloof
- 11 Yellowwood Amphitheatre
- 12 Hellfire
- 13 Montagu
- 14 Karbonaaitjieskraal
- 15 Manoutsa
- 16 Blyderivier
- 17 Blouberg
- 18 Kransberg
- 19 Magaliesberg
- 20 Wilgepoort
- 21 The Hell
- 22 Magageni
- 23 Mary (E Cape)
- 24 Paarl Rocks
- 25 The Berg
- 26 Boven
- 27 Monteseel
- 28 Pinnacle Gorge
- 29 Nagas Gorge
- 30 Lady Slipper
- 31 Hogsback
- 32 Both gorges in EC
A list of best Trad routes in ZA - Any grade, anything goes, can have a bolt here or there but must be primarily Trad
(I'm going to keep on editing my list (below) with suggestions that are made at http://www.climb.co.za/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2961
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Wolfberg
- Energy Crisis (20)
- Celestial Journey (22)
- Alone in Space (22)
- Eclipse (13)
- Knobless Robot (18)
- Satisfaction Guaranteed (19)
Tafelberg
- Big Groove (20)
- Comes a Time (20)
- Baboon Speak (21)
- Rooibosch (18)
- Pillar Box Standard Route (17)
- Woodrow Arete (18)
Krakadouw
- King Kong 21/22
- Ichthyasaurus 21/22
- Austrolopethicus
Table Mountain
- Triple Indirect
- Jacobs Ladder 17
- Roulette 19
- African Lunch 23
- Magnetic Wall 19
- Atlantic Crag
- The Dream
- Bombay Duck 17
Lions Head granite
- Millions (1Cool
- Bastille Crack (20)
Lion's Head Sandstone
- Clifton Crest (15)
- Beware The Dark Horse (18)
Lakeside Pinnacle
- Crack of Dawn (17)
Muizenberg Crag
- Crackle
- No Name Brand
- Understairs and Dilettante
Du Toits Kloof
- Exposure in the F Major
- No more bells
- Renaissance
Yellowwood Amphitheatre
- Armageddon Time
Hellfire
- Hellfire (the route) 24
- Burnout
- Aurora (19)
- Joker Smoker (17)
Montagu
- Technicolour Darkness [area closed]
- Nuclear Waste [area closed]
Karbonaaitjieskraal
- Rastarock
- Divine Dog
Manoutsa
- Hard Rock Cafe (18)
Blyderivier
- Green Bottle (19)
- Prelude to Luka (20)
- Book of Baloo (21)
- Silver Ribbon (18)
- Sundance Kid (19)
- The Iron Curtain (24)
- Cactus Dykes (20)
- Buried Treasure (20)
- Mother Nature's Necessities (19)
(Check the Blydepoort Classics RD for more)
Blouberg
- Eight Miles High (24)
- Dog Day in Heaven (25/6)
- Hey Jude (21)
- Dreams of White Dogs (26)
- Dog of Thunder (30 A0)
Kransberg
- Aasvoël's End (17 R)
- Angel Recess (15)
Magaliesberg
Mhalbs
- Space Walk (21)
- Crystal Fire (23)
- Egowhip (23)
- Straight Edge (16)
- Final Cut (25)
Upper Tonquani
- Last Rites (19 X)
- Red Corner (17)
- Hawks Eye (13)
- The Moke (17)
- Hyperadrenia (20)
- Alchemy (22)
Cedarberg
- Boggle (19)
- Difficult Shapes and Passive Rythms (21)
- Tigatrix (18)
- Hangdog (21)
- Golden Balls (15)
- Butterfly (16)
- Twist & Shout (28)
- Cedarberg Corner Direct (13)
Boulder
- Dogstyle (23)
- Sabre (19)
- Raging Bull (20)
- Slipstream (18)
- Blood and Chocolate (18)
Kranskloof
- The Cruise (22)
- Golden Goose (17)
- The Swarm (direct finish) (19)
- Pistol (18)
- Arch of Time (24)
- Clime of the Century (20)
- Foetus (17)
Lower Tonquani
- Hourglass (17)
- Exstacy (17)
- Doppler Effect (21)
- Circuit Breaker (22)
- Just Hot (23)
- More Monkey Than Funkey (21)
- Red Column (15)
- Sands of Time (19 R)
- Gnasher (19)
- Question of Balance (21)
Fernkloof
- Fernkloof Pinnacle (17)
- Dextrose
- Lazarus
Hamerkop
- Quintessence (22)
- One Crack Mind (19)
- Amazing Grace Direct (18 X)
- The Beer Hunter (20 X)
Eureka Dome
- Aftermath
Dome
- Fallen Angel
- Devil's Advocate
- Magic Dragon
- Muffin Direct
- Time Limit
Grootkloof
- Isolation Pinnacle (11)
- Dive Bomber (direct)
- Castle Gorge====
- Donner en Bliksem (20)
Trident
- Apex
- Swiss Army Knife (17 R)
Wilgepoort
- The Key (Direct first pitch) (21)
- Cabernet/Muscadel Crack combination (18)
- McFats LGP
The Hell
- To Hell with skin
Magageni
- Snakeskin Arete (20)
Mary (E Cape)
- The Legend (26)
Paarl Rocks
- Stem Gem - 22
The Berg
- The North Face Route on Sentinel Peak (also called the Angus-Leppan Route)
- Devil's Tooth.
- Mponjwana, Standard Route.
- The Bell, Hoper's Route.
- The Pyramid, Standard Route.
- The Column, Escarpment Arête.
- The Monk's Cowl, Standard and Barry's Route.
- The Injasuti Western Triplet, North West Ridge Route.
- Giant's Castle, Schole's Route.
- Giant's Castle, Makaza and the Main Loteni Couloir (ice routes).
- Not so auto (on Monks cowl)
Boven
- Heart of China (23)
- Al's Bells (19)
Monteseel
- Powderfinger
- Fiddler in the roof
- Granny's souped up wheelchair
Pinnacle Gorge
- Lycra Trea
- Por_noster
- Slow ecstasy
- Snip Snip
- Fingercrack
- Think Pink
Nagas Gorge
- Old man's ecstasy
- Moonjig
Lady Slipper
- MacKegnie's madness
- Twinkletoes
- Flashdance
Hogsback
- Fame and fashion