An account of the first ascent of "Rainbow Jambaia" which takes a direct line up the face behind Angel Falls in Venezuela. The face is 1000m high and overhangs approximately 60m in total. As such the climb is the biggest overhanging free-climb in the world.

The team comprised John Arran, Anne Arran, Miles Gibson, Ben Heason, Alex Klenov (Russia), Ivan Calderon (Venezuela) and Alfredo Rangel (Venezuela). The 31-pitch route took 19 days to climb, with each team member spending 14 or more nights on the wall. The nine hardest pitches went at E7. Of these, five were climbed entirely onsight, although one of these benefited from gear in place after the pitch was earlier aided. The other four E7 pitches were redpointed with the trad gear in place. All crux pitches were climbed by Miles, Ben or John in roughly equal measure.

Join Anne and John Arran for an evening presentation on this amazing climb.

Venue: CAPESTORM, Wynberg, Cape Town.
Date: Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Time: 19h30
Cost: R20 per person. A donation will be made to MCSA youth fund.
To Book: info@capestorm.co.za