The Rocklands Bouldering Youth Camp was held over the weekend of the 14 to 16 July 2017 at Elizabethfontein School Hostel, Rocklands. Twenty-seven children and sixteen parents attended. The camp leader was Delaney Carpenter (MCSA Cape Town Section Youth Programmes Convenor) and assistant leader was Caleb Ashley Cooper, (both are coaches at Top Out Climbing Club).
The weekend was filled with a lot of good climbing and great companionship and the kids experienced the comradery of the bouldering community. We had a number of firsts this weekend:
- First climb outdoors on real rock
- First bouldering outdoors on real rock
We had some amazing climbs as well, namely:
- Nicholas Allan and Joseph Rosendorff sent “Panic Room Direct” 7b
- Nicholas Allan also sent “To Siemay” 6c+
- Tom van Sittert sent his project from last year, “Rasta Roof” 7c+
- Milena Kroni, Nicholas Allan, Tom van Sittert, Joseph Dockendorf and Luc Pegram sent “Golden Rail” 6c
- Nico and Alex Setterberg sent “Up the Spout” (6a+)
- We had a number of sends from our younger climbers from the group on a 5c and 6a+ up at Fields of Joy and Arch Valley
- Many other sends that I could not keep track of!
While the Saturday was cold and overcast with intermittent showers, the Sunday presented us with perfect weather to enjoy our last climbing day, but with a very frosty chill in the air following the downpour on the Saturday night.
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Report by Delaney Carpenter
Photos courtesy of Delaney Carpenter
