Suck It Hueco!

South African rental cars are total crap. The barely make it up certain hills and bottom out all over the place. The most intense drive to date has been the one up to an area called The Sassies. Uphill sand driving in a tiny rental car with four dudes and all their shit in it. We made up the hill “first try”, which from what I hear is kind of a big deal. The Sassies end up being my favorite area so far. The main boulder alone has something like 15-20 lines on it. Pretty much all are classic, classic lines. Near the main boulder are two raaaaaaaaaaaad caves. Suck it Hueco! One cave has two great problems and one hard dyno contrivance and the other caves has one of the coolest V10s I’ve ever seen called Ghost in the Darkness. The first cave with the multiple problems holds the gem of the area; a V8 called Petite Hueco. Wow. Wow. So cool. Hella long roof on perfect incuts and amazing movement followed by the first even semi hard top out I’ve encountered here. Anyone coming to Rocklands this season needs to do this!!! Petite Hueco, remember the name. One the main boulder with all the problems lies a line called Pinotage, named after the wine of South Africa. Pinotage checks in at V10 and climbs a beautiful red-orange face on the boulder. Strong fingers and hard lock offs are the name of the game. Mike Abell would murder this problem. Lots of fun!