Every so often we hear of exceptional human feats of endurance, from Shackleton and Messner to more recent mind blowing free solo epic craziness by Alex Honnold and others in the extreme elite.
Today, climbers will take part in the Olympic Games for the first time ever. With such a momentous occasion, I think it is a great time to reflect, with tongue in cheek, on how we got here and where we are likely to go in the future.
Niel Margetts – Climbing Mlambonja Coulior, Southern Drakensberg. Cold enough to make the snow hard but in places ice a bit missing leaving some tricky mixed climbing. Photos by: Samuel Chowles
Report on mechanical bolt failure at Kleinmond by Maarten Turkstra On the 25th of April 2021, I (Maarten Turkstra) was climbing palm oil (Kleinmond) with
This was his first visit to Africa and, in fact, his first international holiday.
A screw link with a prominent superficial crack was found.
Daniel wanted an epic adventure and so I mentioned a climb I had always wanted to do, Spitzkoppe, also known as the Matterhorn of the desert.
We are beyond psyched to share this excellent video of the best moments from the IFSC African Continental Championships, held at CityROCK Cape Town in December 2020.
I first met Teo at the lower cable way station on the 8th of December 2017.
We have recently been made aware of the Beal Birdie recall for inspection.
“Le bombé Bleu” is a very infamous route bolted by Marc Le Menestrel bolted in the 90’s.
John Maytham talks to Andy Davies from Friends of Table Mountain about safety on Table Mountain.
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