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This is a list of the best trad routes in South Africa: 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)
- Old timers disease (21)
- Quite Something (17)
Tafelberg
- Baboon Speak (21)
- Big Groove (20)
- Black Ice (19)
- Comes a Time (20)
- Digereedoo (18)
- Pillar Box Standard Route (17)
- Rooibosch (18)
- Solitaire (19)
- 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 18
- The Dream 21 and Wet Dream
- Bombay Duck 17
- Africa Edge 23
- Africa arête 25
- Touch and Go 20
- Don't Squeeze I'll Laugh 21
- No Longer at Ease 25
- The Cruise 21
- Africa Crag (13/15)
Lions Head granite
- Millions 19
- Bastille Crack 20
- de Bruin Damage 18
- Scratch 17
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 19
- Renaissance
Yellowwood Amphitheatre
- Divine Time 19 ******
- Prime Time Direct 25 ******
- Timerity 22 *****
- Zeitgeist 25 *****
- Extra Time 24 *****
- Test of Time 24*****
- Fantastic Time 23 *****
- Fun Time 20 *****
- Armageddon Time 23 ****
- Smalblaar 16 *****
- Good Time 21 *****
- Quality Time 15 *****
- Sublime Time 21 *****
Hellfire
- Hellfire (the route) 24
- Burnout 21
- Flint 21
- Aurora 19
- Painkiller 19
- Joker Smoker 17
Montagu
- Technicolour Darkness [area closed]
- Nuclear Waste [area closed]
- The Dog Bowl routes
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)
- Cowboys Don't Cry (18)
- The Flying Dutchman (18)
- Summon the Cracken(15)
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)
- Splinter of a mind's eye (17)
- uMkhonto we Sizwe (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
- Witless (25)
- 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