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Climbers around PE entertain themselves with almost every perceivable discipline from trad climbing to deepwater soloing. The most popular climbing venue is the Van Stadens Gorge which is home to over 300 sport routes, 200 trad routes and 2 minor bouldering spots. With many crags of varying aspects, climbing here can happen almost year round.

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The Lady's Slipper, PE's local mountain is a great venue for a budding traditionalist with over 300 easy to moderate lines as well as around 100 boulder problems. The backside of this mountain, Damasqua Ridge has somewhat untapped bouldering potential for an enthusiastic would be first ascensionist who is willing to brave the approach. Shaded areas of this mountain can get very cold and windy in winter as they almost never receive sun.

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Single Pitch

The Lady's Slipper

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Boulder
Sport
Trad
Big wall
Alpine
Ice
A short and steep approach takes you to scenic trad climbing, short and powerful sport climbing or bouldering on quartzite rock.
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min
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1
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565
m ASL
Single Pitch

Van Stadens Gorge

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Boulder
Sport
Trad
Big wall
Alpine
Ice
PE's biggest and most popular climbing venue hosting bouldering, sport and traditional climbing.
5
min
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1
hr
545
m ASL
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AM Shade
Morning ; Afternoon ; All Day or NO Shade
10B | Ch
Equipped with x number of Bolts & Chains (lower off rings)
Alpine
Area's or routes located in mountainous regions and requiring multiple mountain skills (navigation ; extreme weather ; self sufficiency ; remote )
Ice
Area or Route requires Ice Climbing and associated Winter skills
Sport
Area or Route is fully equipped as a sport climb. Separate distinction for # of PITCHES
Sport & Trad
Area or Route is a mixture of SPORT & Trad climbing styles
Trad
Area or Route requires Traditional equipment and experties
2 Pitches
Indicates the typical # of pitches of the area or route
Special
Indicates that a specialised Rack or Traditional equipment is typically required and will be mentioned in the Route Description BETA
Standard
Indicates that typically a Standard Traditional Rack will suffice. Typically in ZA that is a 8-10 Cams + 10-15 wires/nuts.
50m
Indicates the minimum length rope needed to typically climb safely.
Double
Typically climbed using half ropes
Corner
Climbs or mostly climbs a corner system. This often requires stemming as a technique.
Crack Climb
Follows a crack-system predominantly and may require good jamming technique.
Overhang
Indicates the overall style. Face climbing is steeper than slab usually on small holds and edges, often feeling delicate / insecure.
Overhang
Overhanging, usually involving roofs.
Powerful
Powerful style is often in conjunction with another style but feeling more powerful than is common for the style.
Slab
Usually not quite vertical and requiring smearing and friction techniques.
Steep
Consistently steeper than Vertical but not overhanging / roof-y
Technical
Additional to general styles, requiring careful sequence and thoughtful climbing.
Vert
General vertical climbing with no other defining style.