Links

Climb ZA ( www.climb.co.za) - A comprehensive South Africa climbing resource. This website offers area & route guides, a forum, news & events, a classified ads section, directories and general climbing info.

MCSA The Cape Town chapter of the Mountain Club of South Africa (http://cap.mcsa.org.za) (MCSA) offers climbing, mountaineering and hiking opportunities to its members and is involved in mountain search and rescue, training, conservation of mountain areas, procurement of access for mountaineering, and competition climbing.

Contact Dave Vallet and Richard Behne if you want to go outdoor climbing in or around Cape Town Their outfit is called Cape Climb (www.capeclimb.co.za).They do Sport and Trad climbing any where in the Western Cape. As far as we know Dave Vallet is the only AMGA guide in South Africa.

Mandatory for every climber: The Cape Town weather forecast.

Press Reviews

• ‘A gym designed to drive you up the wall’, Cape Times, April  2003
• ‘Mountain challenges at Indoor Climbing Centre’, Weekend Argus, April 2003
• ‘Fun ways to get fit’, Iafrica.com, June 2006
• ‘I wanna rock’, Mens Health Magazine, October 2004 (Link to Adobe PDF article)
• ‘Urban Creep’, Horizons Magazine, July 2006 (Link to Adobe PDF article)
• ‘Body Language’, Marie Claire Magazine, September 2004 (Link to Adobe PDF article)
• CityROCK on SABC TV 2 program (Link to youtube.com, broadband required!)
• Kids climbing at CityROCK on SABC TV BLING kids program (Link to youtube.com, broadband required!)

Customer Testimonials

Hi,

We spent this afternoon climbing the walls at Cityrock and we loved it.
It's better than going to a park, the aquarium and even the movies.
You're going to have to make a limit to the number of people you allow in cos soon it will be packed and overflowing with kids and their parents.

We had fun, thank you for helping us.

Adam and Hannah Duxbury