BRIT ROCK V – OFFICIAL TRAILER – SCREENING IN SA

The BRIT ROCK FILM TOUR Coming to SA – March and April Another stunning line-up of the UK’s best climbing and adventure films. Brought to you by SA Mountain and Blue Mountain Adventures, partnered by The North Face and La SportivaFive exhilarating films capturing an array of hardcore action, pioneering spirit and some proper madness. VENUES: Montagu Odeon (15 March) Galileo Kirstenbosch (3 April) – book through Galileo City Rock Cpt (12 April) City Rock Pta (12 April) All ticket holders will receive a 30%-off shopping voucher for the new The North Face online shopping platform. TNF spot prizes on the night (not at Galileo) Click the link for more info on each movie, to watch the trailer and to book your ticket.

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EVENT: Climb4Hope in Montagu – 11 Nov 2023

From Tony Lourens – SA Mountain: Hi Everybody, I am very happy to tell you that the Climb4Hope climbing and hiking charity event is going ahead this year. It will be held on Saturday 11 November, and will be the fifth year in a row.

Thank you so much for your support and generous sponsorship the previous years, and it would be greatly appreciated if you would support this fundraising event again this year.
Our main goal is to raise funds for the respective charities, so your participation along with whatever donations and sponsorship you can organise is much needed and will be hugely appreciated.

Last year we reached our goal of raising R150k. This helped buy a much needed inverter system for AML, which means they can still operate during load shedding, it paid for the continuing replanting of the grazing fields at the Eseltjiesrus Donkey Sanctuary, and it helped tremendously with the costs involved with the garnering of the necessary blood cells for cancer patients. YOUR HELP DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE!!
This year we would really like to stretch our goal to R200k. And we can only hope to achieve that with your generous help.

Organisations we are raising funds for are:
DKMS (The Sun Flower Fund)
Eseltjiesrus Donkey Sanctuary
AML (Animals Matter Langeberg)

All these organisations do incredible work!

It will be hosted at de Bos Guest farm in Montagu like the previous four year and the format will be very much the same.

Please check out poster attached and visit https://climb4hopesa.co.za/ to find out more about the event, how it works and the Climb4Hope Foundation.
If you can’t be there, you can also simply make a donation. Everything helps and is greatly appreciated!

Please spread the word amongst your colleagues and friends!

Please register here https://climb4hopesa.co.za/registration/ as soon as possible and help us raise as much as we can for these 3 much needed charities.

Many thanks and hope to see you there.

Report: Bolt Failure at Kleinmond

Bolt failure

Report on mechanical bolt failure at Kleinmond by Maarten Turkstra

Bolt failure

On the 25th of April 2021, I (Maarten Turkstra) was climbing palm oil (Kleinmond) with my children, who were of the opinion that they would be doing laps on this route that I climbed when I was at school (27 years ago) That did not happen 😉

We set up a top-rope off bolt 4, to minimise the swing, and after a few burns I went up to clean the route by down climbing bolt to bolt. I decided to clip into the old express anchor next to bolt # 2 (as the reverse layback crack/flake is tricky to down climb) to then thread the nice shiny glue in (yes I know that there is space to clip in and thread the glue in – was probably not the first and wont be the last stupid thing that I do..)

I weighted the express anchor with my body weight, an impressive 85kgs, then I landed on the flat rock below, which was a surprise. I think I got quite lucky, my ankle was bruised and I walked off the mountain, only to have a delayed very sore back/arm/shoulder manifest around 4 days later and my 1 arm pullup training is on hold.

What did I learn from this ?

• Old express anchors near the sea are a really bad idea, NO MORE EXPRESS ANCHORS near the sea ever, ever
• Chloride stress corrosion cracking is real
• Wear a helmet, they are not sexy, but neither is a head injury
• Injuries get worse the older and heavier you get
• I have run through about 7 of my 9 lives