Despite the first pitch being out of character, the rest of the route offers some good, exposed climibing.

Table Bay

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Approach & Descent»
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Approach

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To the right of the pillar on Stovepipe is a bulging corner and further right the face steps back and is capped by overhangs. The rock here is orange and quartzitic. Some 6m right of where the recess begins is a short, left facing open-book, formed by a block protruding from the face.

Descent

Crag Descent:
Lionshead Sandstone
Sector Descent:
The White Face Sector

Route Description

P1 - 25m, 5b: Climb the short open-book and step right onto a small ledge. Continue up to a rail below the overhang. Traverse left along the rail to a prominent pronge. Pull up onto the prong and continue straight up to a ledge 2m above. Beware: loose flake above the prong. Step over onto the face on the left and continue around the corner until able to mantelshelf up to a small ledge. From here, climb up and leftwards to the vegetated band above.

P2 - 20m, 5a: From the block climb a flakey crack up to a roof. Rail right under the roof for a few metres to below a square, bottomless recess. Climb the recess to the ledge above.

P3 - 20m, 4c: The original pitch climbed diagonally rightwards following recesses up the face, however it is far more pleasant (and impressive) to climb straight up from the last stance following cracks to a small ledge under an overhang on orange rock. Pull through the overhang moving left and continue to the large ledge above. Scrambling leads to the summit.

Alternate Description

An alternative to pitch 1 starts 2m further right. This is easier but on suspect rock. Climb a flaky, dirty break to a traverse below the big overhang. Traverse left and then up to the base of the next cliff. The next pitch begin from the top of a large block against the face. This is 8m left of pitch two of Wailing Wall.

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