On the 5th of September, Clinton martinengo, aka “Ningo”, and I made an ascent of the NW face of the Half Dome.
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Book Review: Table Mountain Classics
Bored of hiking around Table Mountain? Check out Tony Lourens’s new book ‘Table Mountain Classics – A guide to Walks, Scrambles and Moderate Rock Climbs’.
Ice and Snow Report # 9
The ice season is coming to an end as the temperatures rise and the ice is melting fast.
Psicobloc In Vietnam: Lifting The Veil
Despite its long-time placement on the climbing world map, Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay remains shrouded in mystery, often hyped but seldom profiled.
One hell of a Women’s Day
I see Faye Brouard and Andrew Scott dumping a rope at the base of Roger Nattrass’s Mango Tango, a 31 (8a+) that Faye has been working on…
Environmental Management Plan: Bouldering in the Red Hill Sector of Table Mountain National Park
During early 2011 the boulderers started to be turned away by a South African National Parks (SANParks) ranger who stated that the activity was not allowed…
Climbing Challenge hosted by Camp and Climb
The Climbing Challenge finally went down on what turned out to be an awesome sunny, windless winter’s day.
Updated – Peru-Ecuador Trip Report 3: First Peaks
First priority was acclimatization. The traditional Cordillera Huayhuash is considered one of the top treks in the world and rightly so.
Cape Vertical – Book Review
Climb all the routes listed in the book and I am certain you’ll easily fill many evenings with outlandish tales of triumph as well as heart-breaking failure.
Ice Report #8 + Pictures
As of the last 4 days, much snow has fallen over large parts of South Africa. This should serve to improve and fatten up all the existing ice routes and should make for a longer ice season this year.
The Schengen Files – Showing 26 July in Cape Town
Top US boulderer and Black Diamond athlete Paul Robinson will be showing ‘The Schengen Files’ at the MCSA Club House in Cape Town
CityROCK Boulder comp 2011
At 11am all the rules where explained and then it was off to the 40 clean boulder problems that where set all over the gym.
SANCF Youth Team to head to Austria
SANCF is proud to announce that the following Youth team members will be heading to Imst Austria to compete in the Youth World Cup which will run from 25 – 28 August.
Getu Climbing
I am standing at a bus stop, it’s raining and it’s cold, but I can’t stop grinning, which confuses the 50 or so little old Chinese ladies standing with me. I just can’t stop thinking about the route we climbed 2 days ago.
Review: First Ascent 5-in1 Poncho
The First Ascent 5-in1 Poncho is, as the name suggest, a poncho with some extra tweaks that makes it easier to use it for other purposes than just a raincoat.
Recall for replacement: GRIGRI 2
Petzl have announced a recall for replacement for all GRIGRI 2 belay devices with the first five digits of the serial number between 10326 & 11166.
The Clusterfuk – an ascent of The Nose, El Capitan
By now, I could see the way of things and scavenged some food – we now had enough to keep us going 5 days instead of the planned 3.
Brian Weaver Interview
As far as climbing goes, I’d really love to do hard traditional onsights and ground up ascents of big wall routes. Sport climbing is fantastic but a little limiting in some ways. Trad just seems to offer climbers the freedom to pick a line and head for the skyline. That appeals to me on a very deep level.
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Bolt issue on Kalymnos
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Space Race – a new route on Table Mountain
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New Cederberg Hiking map – Names update
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Alien vs. Predator. a.k.a. a review of the new BD X4 Cams
- Brian sending ‘Just Behrly’
- Naked Woman Climber High on Mushrooms Rescued Off Third Flatiron
- Canyoning in the French Alps
- PAUSE 8
- Lee Den Hond becomes the third South African woman to summit Everest
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Alien vs. Predator. a.k.a. a review of the new BD X4 Cams
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Ebert: very well written and displayed, i want some:( ...
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Andrew Porter: Robert, excellent article. You should serioul...
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Richard: Nice one guys, I am certainly intrigued. I’ll ha...
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Nic Le Maitre: The grooves on the cam lobes are a marketing gimmi...
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hermann: And I thought Dani Andrada was a beast when it com...
