Who Can Can. Good pitches interspersed with bush. The crux can be reached by using Africa Cracks.

Can Can

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Approach

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Start: To the left of the Lily Pond lies a smooth face below a roof. The original start to Africa Crag goes up on the right. Can Can starts up the thin straight crack in the middle of the face.

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Descent

Crag Descent:
Africa Ledge
Sector Descent:
Africa Ledge Proper

Route Description

‚Äö√Ñ√ß1.    12m '19': Climb the crack.

2.    35m '16': Traverse to the left. Climb up the prominent chimney/crack to Upper Africa Ledge.

Walk slightly to the right to the huge recessed wall just right of the Cuckoo's Nest Prow.

3.    10m '16': Climb the third crack from the right. The start is strenuous.

4.    30m '16': Climb up the left-hand edge of the flake above. Traverse to the right across the top of the flake and continue up a break, heading diagonally right for 10 m. Traverse 1O m left to the stance.

5.   15m '13': Climb the short face above. Move to the left into a cubby hole and continue

up the recess to a dassie ledge. Traverse right until able to stand (stance is shared with Africa Cracks). A pitch rather overgrown with succulents!

6.  20m '20': About two meters above the left-hand end of the ledge is a hand ledge. Use this to swing up to the left (past a fixed peg). Pull up on face holds to a ledge. Climb the wall 3m to the right to stance below an overhang. (Stance shared with Africa Wall)

7.    25m '16': Climb the crack cutting through the overhang on the left and leading to the overhanging recess above. Climb the recess and exit to the left.

8.    20m '16': To the left is a chimney, climb up the left-hand wall using a crack. Several top-out possibilities exist.

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