Powderburn

Clinton Martinengo has opened a new route on the Lemon Curd Boulder at Peer's Cave. "Powderburn" starts as for "Pink Ideas" then reverses "Thundering Typhoons" to finish up "Opal Moon". The route took him 5 days of attempts to redpoint and he has graded it 32.

Johannes at Redhill

At Redhill, Johannes Schlemper from Germany has opened a new problem which reverses "Elfen Lied". He has named it "The Untitled Symphony of Self Destruction" 7C+, the problem starts as for Vajra and tops out just before the start of "Elfen Lied".

Then, returning a few sessions later to the clean wall opposite "Elfen Lied", Johannes added another crimp-testpiece. "Black Demon" 7C, starts as for "Soaring Bandicoot" but then climbs up and right, up the slightly overhanging, rippled face. Check out the sequence below:

Redhill Boulder Day 2005

The Redhill Boulder Day went pretty well and had a decent turnout despite the inaccurate weather reports. Top spot in the mens category went to Silas Kruger and the womens category was dominated by Kirsti Meyer. Thanks to City Rock, SA Mountain Magazine and the Esterhuizens for sponsoring the prizes.

The Destroyer of Worlds

Emile Esterhuizen has opened the lastest Redhill testpeice at the Vanilla Sky area on the Starship Enterprise boulder. "The Destroyer of Worlds" 7C+ climbs a small roof to a crux on the lip and onto a blank slab.

New Redhill Moderates

At Redhill, Edvinas Šmigelskis established 3 more problems on the "Flying Wombat" boulder. First he managed to grab the first ascent of a very technical traverse from Emile and Marijus, which he called "Rolling Stones" 7B+. He then added two slightly eliminate problems on the prow, "Usoske" 7A+, and "The World is Out to Get Me" 7B+.

Emile Esterhuizen and Edvinas also opened a few more problems on a few newly discovered boulders at the Vanilla Sky area. Emile opened a cool roof problem, "Rodin" at about 6C+ and Edvinas opened the awesome "Blackjack" 7A, and "9mm" 6C+ as well as a 6C highball called "Starship Enterprise".