Caveman for Mat

Mathew Rowe sent his first 7C, "Caveman" which is a linkup of two TDA classics, "Invisible Monsters" 7B and "THC" 7A+.

The Thirst

Marijus Šmigelskis managed to open The Scree's current hardest problem "The Thirst" 7C. The problem climbs a short steep wall and requires long pulls to small edges.

Rocklands Repeats

In Rocklands, Dom Riordan sent "The Outback" and "Last Day in Paradise", both 7C and Edvinas Šmigelskis sent "Pendragon" 8A. Then Shaun Harris and Dom both sent "No Late Tenders" 7C+. Scott Noy sent "Sproing", upgrading the problem from 7B to 7C+ (the problem involves dynoing out of a strenuous sidepull/undercling and has had very few ascents) as well as "Last Day in Paradise" 7C and Marijus Šmigelskis flashed "Black Spider" 7C.

Redhill Sends

At Redhill, at the Vajra area, Emile Esterhuizen got the second ascent of "The Sound of Violence" 8A. Then, at the Mushroom area, Julia Chen sent "Einstein's Nightlife" 7A and Edvinas Šmigelskis opened "Vena Sera" 7B+, which is a low start to "Eyeball".

WP in the EC

A carload of Cape Town boulderers visited the Eastern Cape for the inter-varsity bouldering comp. On the way, they stopped of in Cape St Francis, where Marijus and Edvinas Šmigelskis both flashed the testpeice of the area, "Black Pearl Extension" 7B+ and Edvinas managed to open one of the projects which climbs a short overhanging wall, calling it "Queen of the West" 7C. The UCT crowd then moved on to Hogsback, where a bunch of new problems were established, the highlights where "Limited Edition" 7A by Joe Möhle, "Raptor" 7C by Edvinas and the highball classic "Joe Lives" 7C by Marijus.