30 July 2013

Rocklands bouldering in jeopardy

Delaney Carpentor, the Chairperson for the Mountain Club of SA Rock Climbing Committee, Cape Town Section, has sent us a mail talking about the Rocklands bouldering in jeopardy. "The relationship between boulderers and the landowners of Rocklands has reached a boiling point. Tea Garden area has been closed to climbing by the landowner due to the damaging effects by boulderers on her farm and there is no guarantee that we will be able to have it reopened. The complete and utter disrespect boulderers have been showing the land on which they climb will no longer be tolerated by its landowners. More closures are pending and the Mountain Club of South Africa is doing all that it can to continue access for climbers but the more climbers disobey the rules and ignore the bans, the more difficult the negotiations for access will become. Access to Rocklands for boulderers was never a right but a privilege and the bouldering community has taken this privilege for granted and the landowners have no had enough. Read more on Climb ZA (c) Caroline Sinno trying The Hatchling.
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