Oor Doos 5

The long over-due final Oor Doos clip from Marijus Šmigelskis and Arjan de Kock's trip to Fontainebleau last year. Enjoy...

Where I Stood

Huge news coming from Montagu yesterday afternoon was that the legendary Steve Bradshaw (Senior*) succeeded on his amazing project in Oorlogskloof. Steve bolted the line in 2010, which shares the first 4 bolts of "The Dream I Knew" before branching off rightwards, and has been working it on and off over the past two years. Steve had been coming close for several weeks now, battling the high temps of the Montagu summer, but fortunately it all came together and "Where I Stood" was born. Steve is reluctant to grade the line himself, but those in the know speculate it's in the 34/8c region.

Steve Bradshaw - "Where I Stood"    © Micky Wiswedel

Micky Wiswedel was on hand to capture the magic and has more about it on his blog. Check out some of his screen shots below and look out for the video of the ascent coming soon.

*although this is just a nickname the climbing community gave him as there is another younger talented South African climber by the same name, but with no actual relation).

KZN Boulder League 2012

Pretoria and Potchefstroom Boulder League 2012

Pretoria's events will be held at The Barn on Wednesdays from 16:00 to 21:00. All competitors have 2 hours to complete the problems. You best 4 out of 6 count so you can drop your two worst scores. There will be 12 problems at every event. R150 gets your entry for all six competitions.

Categories:

• Youth - Under15, Under 17, and Under 19
• Open
• Novice
• Veteran (40-49)
• Masters (50 upwards)

Competition dates:

• 15 February 
• 22 February 
• 29 February 
• 7 March 
• 14 March 
• 19 March (Due to the public holiday on 21 March, the last competition will be on a Monday)  

The North West province boulder league will take in Potchefstroom at the university bouldering wall. All events start at 17:00. The dates are as follows:

• 14 February 
• 22 February 
• 28 February 
• 07 March 
• 13 March

Johannesburg Boulder League 2012

There are two leagues running in Johannesburg. One at the St Peters wall and one at WonderWall. Check out the details below:

Check out the SA Climbing Academy NBL facebook group with more info here.

Wonderwall will have their competition evenings every Thursdays from 6 - 10pm starting on the 2nd of February. More details on that here.