Rocklands Roundup 2019
Rocklands, South Africa has been hopping this summer. Hard boulders going down everywhere!
South Africa
Pretty Tall – Daniel Woods, Giuliano Cameroni and Shawn Raboutou Highballing Rocklands
Featuring Cameroni's FA of The Smile (8C/V15), plus Raboutou's and Woods' fourth and fifth ascents of The Finnish Line (8C/V15).
Boulders in the Sky – Highball FAs with Matt Bush
South African climber Matt Bush makes the first ascent of Skywalker (7C/V9), a highball boulder problem in Rocklands, Cederberg, South Africa.
The World Above
Ines Papert, Luka Lindic and Paul McSorley make a first ascent on Slanghoek, South Africa's highest big wall
Paul Robinson Sending New V15, Pirate’s Code
Another new testpiece in South Africa!
Paul Robinson Climbs “Pirate’s Code,” New V15 in South Africa
Robinson has made the first ascent of Pirate’s Code (8C/V15) in Three Corners
Nalle Hukkataival in Rocklands – The Realm
Nalle snags hard boulder FAs down in Rocklands, South Africa.
Weekend Whipper: Springmielies! Leaping into the Unknown Above Cape Town
Springmielies means "popcorn" in Afrikaans, and so is a fitting name for a particular niche discipline and its practitioners on the climbing scene in South Africa.
12-Year-Old Oriane Bertone sends Golden Shadow (8B+/V14) in Rocklands
We're always fantastically impressed by people who boulder grades bigger than their age.
Nalle Hukkataival: The Finnish Line (V16)—Rocklands’ Hardest Boulder
Watch Nalle Hukkataival on the first ascent of The Finnish Line (8C+/V16) in Rocklands, South Africa.