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Traditional Climbing
South Africa offers great scope from climbing in what is termed the 'trad'
way. There are many areas which are deemed to be 'trad' areas and where
bolting is either not allowed, or the climbers have reached tactic agreement
that areas should not be bolted.
There are also a number of crags where 'trad' routes sit along side 'sport'
routes. The general agreement between climbers is that if a route was
opened on 'trad' it remains that way, and only by the implicit consent
of the opening party may routes be retro-bolted.