GREAT ROCK CLIMBS OF THE WESTERN CAPE, 75 Classic Trad Routes

300pp., 4to.,  colour illus., hardback, Blue Mountain Publishers, Montagu, 2026. 

ISBN: 9781049262635

Foreword by Andrew de Klerk.

This richly illustrated coffee table book features a selection of world-class, traditional climbs, from iconic Table Mountain to the incomparable Cederberg. as well as the Du Toit’s Kloof Mountains, the Hex River range, and the mountains of Montagu, Banhoek, Kogelberg and Towerkop, where the first rock climb took place nearly 150 years ago. 

It includes the history of rock climbing in South Africa, tales on each climb by prominent climbers, and photographs by some of the country’s leading climbing photographers.

The guidebook for climbers, Great Rock Climbs of the Western Cape, 75 Classic Trad Routes is also available.

Tony Lourens has been climbing and mountaineering for over 40 years and has been a guide and instructor since 1992. He is the author of several books on climbing and hiking/scrambling, including Western Cape Rock, Cape Peninsula Select, Cederberg Rock and Southern Peninsula Classics. He is also the founder, publisher and editor of SA Mountain Magazine.