Another Arrow

There are several routes weave their way up from the bottom of the Arrow Buttress, through the Middle Buttress, and up from the Africa Ledge. Like the whole of Table Mountain, there are probably infinite link-ups and variations. Arrow Face (14/5.8-, 16 pitches) and Sagittarius (16/5.8+, 13 pitches) are the most commonly cited paths. This "route" is simply one of the infinite possible variations, and I don't claim to have touched any "new" terrain! We chose this path by basically, walking up to each wall and choosing the most direct, prettiest looking path and afterwards found it worth sharing for others. 

Begin by climbing Fader's Frontal

P1. (14/5.8-) Starting off the pinnacle, traverse rightward for ~8'. Once you reach a break, you can start heading upwards. There's some lichen at the start of the pitch. Belay below the roof on a small ledge, or link with the following pitch. 

P2. (16/5.8+) Just a bit right should be a small break in the roof. I missed this and went left through the roof (19/5.10b), which was really fun, but also not well protected from a ledge fall. After another little ledge tucked away in a dihedral, you'll traverse right, hanging under a roof, with good exposure. Bring a #4 cam. Belay 20' later on the good blocky ledge with a few small cams or #2s.

P3. (17/5.9) Head up a dihedral/arete with some sneaky holds and fantastic movement. Pull a juggy roof, then quest off on big holds! There are many stances for a belay, but perhaps if you're stopping, stop before the obvious tricky right facing corner. 

P4. (16/5.8) Awkward right facing dihedral jam crack. After this bit, its easy, ledgy jaunt to the top. You'll spot the rap anchor out left, which I'm guessing is where the route ends. I decided to just keep going to a convenient finish with a slung block anchor.

Scramble 30' up to the next wall.

P5. (14/5.8-) There are some cruddy gully options of to the side, skip that nonsense, and go straight up the cleanest section of the 40' wall with some horizontals and a slightly awkward wide section. I continued leading for quite a while of easy climbing just to keep my follower content with a rope above their head on the rest of the 5th class climbing. 

Unrope and walk probably 300 meters up the center of the rocky toe-slope. Aim for the center of the big, looming, flat face at the top of the slope (Middle Buttress). There are some short sections of 5.0 and 4th class to access the base.

P6. (16/5.8+) Reach up to place a #2, then pull a short roof with great holds. Continue straight up on a beautiful flat wall with slopers and good incremental gear. I believe this is right of Gauntlet, and just a bit left of P6 of Sagittarius and P4 of Fraser's Variation to Arrow Buttress, but I could very easily be wrong. 

Unrope and scramble up towards the India-Venster trail, joining up a the trail sign. If we had more time, we would have skipped the via-ferrata, and climbed the gendarme to the left instead.

P7. (10/5.5) Climb the first pitch of Arrow Final, which heads straight up from the trail. Alternatively, solo a 9/5.4 thirty feet right. 

Walk right of the large gendarme that is pitch 2 of Africa Edge. As you round the corner, you'll spot some nice cracks and jugs. If you go "too far" there's a less inspiring gully.

P8. (14/5.8-) Super joyous jug haul! 18m

Walk over to finish on the main face of Arrow Final.

P9. (14/5.8-) Step left on an exposed stone ledge. Anchor the belayer with a #2, then set off up and left. Belay on a nice large ledge. 28m

P10. (14/5.8-) Continue the glorious romp. It's listed to belay at 38m, just below the choss ledge. I chose to continue above the choss ledge, and up past the chimney. This made sure to keep the rope running clear of all the choss. This made the pitch about 60m

P11. (9/5.4) Continue above the chimney, then trend rightward to finish right of the Cable Car.

Nearly straight line up the three walls below the cable car. 

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