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3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range

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22 Aug 2019
3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range

Location: back to this day in history search archive The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in South Africa, with Thabana Ntlenyana the highest peak in the country at 3,482 mt. The Drakensberg also consists of various parts, including the Amphitheatre and pinnacle rocks such as the Devil's Tooth. Until 1950, the Devil's Tooth was considered unclimbable, but on 11 August 1950 E. Scholes, D. Bell and P. Campbell formed a 'summit team' and completed the first successful summiting of the Devil's Tooth, still considered on of the 'Berg's toughest rock challenges.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). 3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148890

South African History Online (2019) '3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148890 (Accessed: 5 September 2026).

South African History Online, 3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148890, (accessed 5 September 2026).

"3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148890. Accessed 5 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148890.

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