Hi All
Unfortunately, this topic needs to be reopened.
I ran into Jayson Orton this Saturday while on a mission to clean Graffiti at Peer's Cave and Heritage Western Cape has now heard of the route bolted inside of the main Peer's Cave.
There are rock paintings inside the cave and according to Jayson, this is a heritage site. The sign at the start of the walk-in to Peer's Cave says as much too.
According to the Sport EMP (and all climbing EMP's), no climbing is allowed at heritage and archaeological sites, therefore the bolting inside Peer's Cave is indeed illegal.
Needless to say, I am waiting on feedback from Jayson once he has heard more from HWC and we will probably need to remove the bolts inside Peer's Cave. The graffiti aside, as climbers, we are responsible for assisting the environmental management program that MCSA and SANP have put together for climbing in the peninsula.
I will keep everyone up to date on how this issue progresses but for now, can I ask that all climbers stay out of the main cave at Peer's Cave?
Any questions, please feel free to respond to this thread or email me directly on
delaney@rockchicks.co.za.
Thanks so much
Delaney