The Mine is one of the most popular sport crags in the Cape Peninsula. The rock is a hard sandstone with most routes involving at least one or two overhangs. The view from the crag is wonderful and there is plenty of space to roam around at the bottom of the crag. The crag generally dries out quickly after rain (in one or two days). If it is not too hot, all day climbing is not a problem here. Be sure to make a knot in the end of your rope as some of the routes are more than 25m long.

How to get there

	The Mine
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Latitude	-34.092628
Longitude	18.4408
Climbing Type	Sport
Crag Gradient	Overhanging
Walk in	20 minutes uphill
Crag Aspect	Afternoon shade
Province	Western Cape
Area	Cape Town
Sector	[[{{{Sector}}}]]

Drive up Ou Kaapse Weg from the Cape Town side and take the first turnoff to the left (after a few hundered metres). Park at the next turnoff to the right and walk up to the badly eroded dirt road (15 minutes) and then take the path to the left which leads to the crag.

Be careful when parking as there have been break-ins. If you have a 4x4-type vehicle it might be better to drive farther up that dirt road. Alternatively park near the entrance of the naval base and endure the longer walk (about 500m). See Climb ZA Thread

Topo

Route List

Routes are listed from left to right.

Far Left Sector

There are a couple of routes several hundred metres to the left of the main crag:

#	ROUTE NAME / AREA	GRADE	# BOLTS	RATING	BOLTING/OPENED INFO	DESCRIPTION
1	Curt	28			Jimbo Smith 2012	Branch left at third bolt on Frank. Climb past two more bolts to a ledge. Down-climb to clean. (Bolted by Jimbo Smith and Jeremy Samson.)
2	Frank	31			David Pothier 1994, 2008 ARF glue-ins
3	The Highwayman	22			Kirsti Donald 1994

Left Sector

#	ROUTE NAME / AREA	GRADE	# BOLTS	RATING	BOLTING/OPENED INFO	DESCRIPTION
1	Whispering Winds	21			Jason Temple Forbes 1997	Alternative start to Trade Winds.
2	Trade Winds	20			John Alexander 1992, 2008 ARF glue-ins
3	30 Something	25			John Alexander 1992
4	King Freddie	24			Guy Holwill 1992
5	Locomotion	24			Guy Holwill 1992
6	Shut Up and Climb	26			Jeremy Colenso 1992, 2008 ARF glue-ins
7	Shut Up and Fantasize	24			Guy Holwill 1994
8	Fantasia	24			Guy Holwill 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins
9	Fantafrica	24			Guy Holwill 1994
10	Diabolo	26			Pete Becker 1993	An alternate start to 'Lambada'
11	Lambada	24			Guy Holwill 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins
12	Touché Pussycat	23			Pete Becker 1993	An alternate start to Quillerimo
13	Quillerimo	22			Douglas Ward 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins
14	Bolero	27			Guy Holwill 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins
15	Puffadder	22			Douglas Ward 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins
16	Your Mother's Cat	25			Guy Holwill 1993	Continues through the roof above Puffadder
14	Grand Illusion	18			Arno Purves 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins

Middle Sector

#	ROUTE NAME / AREA	GRADE	# BOLTS	RATING	BOLTING/OPENED INFO	DESCRIPTION
1	Pink Harmonica	19		**	Scott Miller and Naureen Goheer 2003	Climb the first half of A Song Named Desire to the chains at the base of the Red Guitar Wall.
2	A Song Named Desire	24		***	Keith Forbes 2004	An extension to Pink Harmonica that goes to the top of the Red Guitar Wall. Stay off the slab to the left. Hangers removed. Can be toproped.
3	Red Guitar on Fire	25		*****	Guy Holwill 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins	A classic!
4	The Scenic Route	28			Jeremy Colenso 1993	An add-on to Happy Hooker. Head left after Happy Hooker.
5	The Happy Hooker	27		***	Paul Schlodtfeldt 1992, 2008 ARF glue-ins
6	69ing Your Saucy Secretary	28			Andrew Davies 1992	Another add-on to Happy Hooker. Head right after Happy Hooker.
7	Jimmy and the Big Boys	24		***	Graham and Tim Shillington 1994, 2008 ARF glue-ins
8	Name from a Married with Children line.
9	Sickle Moon	22		****	Malcom Gowans 1994, 2008 ARF glue-ins
10	Chocolate Mousse	30			Sean Maasch 1995
11	All Mine	22		***	Scott Miller and Naureen Goheer 2003
12	Airbag	21		***	Scott Miller Dec 2004
13	Kool Sans the Gang	23		***	Guy Holwill 1997	Kool and the Gang was an artificial route with two plastic holds bolted into the roof. Public outcry led to the holds being removed. Brown spraypaint can still be seen in the roof where the plastic holds were. Kool Sans the Gang ends at the base of this roof.
14	Yebo!	15		**	Scott Miller and Naureen Goheer 2003
15	Paff Udder	25			Prof Steve Bradshaw 2004	Extension to Yebo. Goes right of Kool Sans the Gang but uses the same anchors.
16	Saddam's Bad Hair Day	21		***	Scott Miller and Naureen Goheer 2003
17	Revenge of the Paas Haasie	20		***	Scott Miller and Naureen Goheer 2003
18	Hin Ba	23		***	Scott Miller Dec 2004

Right Sector

#	ROUTE NAME / AREA	GRADE	# BOLTS	RATING	BOLTING/OPENED INFO	DESCRIPTION
1	Too Pumped to Come	26			Sean Maasch 1994, 2024 ARF glue-ins
2	All that Glitters is Gold	27		****	Guy Holwill 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins	Start up Swan Lake then keep going straight up to the top of the wall.
3	Swan Lake	25		****	Jeremy Colenso 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins	Finishes at the Gift of Wings chains.
4	One Like	27		****	Jeremy Samson, 2021	Linkup. Use the first 5 bolts of Swan Lake, then head rightwards along the huge airy rail. Clip the draw at the Gift of Wings crux, and head further rightwards clipping the final 2 bolts and the chains of Mono. Candidate for the best route at the Mine
5	Like2Peas	28		****	Mike Woodward, Aug 2024	Linkup. Head up One Like to the 2nd last bolt and then go thru the big hole in the roof to join the Green Peas crack. Finish up Green Peas.
6	A Gift of Wings	28		*****	Guy Holwill 1991, 2008 ARF glue-ins	A classic!
7	Mono	28		****	Adrian Kohler 1993	Start up Gift of Wings then go rightwards through the big cavity in the roof.
8	One Pea	30		****	Mike Woodward, Oct 2024	Linkup. Head up Mono to the 2nd last bolt and then go thru the big hole in the roof to join the Green Peas crack. Finish up Green Peas. (i.e. a harder start for Like2Peas). Candidate for the route with the most awesome-looking moves at the Mine
9	Green Peas	31			Jeremy Colenso 1994	Opened at 30. Crux was a manufactured mono. FA post break/removal of glued hold: Alex Honnold, 2013-10-11.
10	Felching is Fun	24			Guy Holwill 1993
11	Cunning Linguistics	24			Guy Holwill 1993
12	Pigeon	28			Jeremy Samson 1997

Lower Tier

Routes on the short, steep lower tier starting beneath Swan Lake:

#	ROUTE NAME / AREA	GRADE	# BOLTS	RATING	BOLTING/OPENED INFO	DESCRIPTION
1	Daring Winter	24			Prof Steve Bradshaw 1991
2	Bang Bang Paris	25			Prof Steve Bradshaw 1991
3	Symphony in Three Movements	24			Guy Holwill 1991
4	Diesel Dieter Does It	24			Dieter Wiemar 1998
5	The Flying Dutchman	30			Sean Maasch 1998
6	Separate Reality	23			Arno Purves 1991
7	Bohemian Summer	27			Prof Steve Bradshaw 1991
8	Bubble	31			Sean Maasch 1997
9	Stubble	25			Prof Steve Bradshaw 1992
10	Bearded Clam	19			Grant Sakinofsky 1994
11	Iron Helps Us Play	23			Gordon Forbes 1994

There are a couple of longer routes further to the right:

#	ROUTE NAME / AREA	GRADE	# BOLTS	RATING	BOLTING/OPENED INFO	DESCRIPTION
1	Route 44	22			David Davies 2004
2	Uriah	19			Simon Larsen 1994

The Mine


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Latitude	-34.092628
Longitude	18.4408
Climbing Type	Sport
Crag Gradient	Overhanging
Walk in	20 minutes uphill
Crag Aspect	Afternoon shade
Province	Western Cape
Area	Cape Town
Sector	[[{{{Sector}}}]]

The Mine