Black Diamond Tradathon 2018

Trad climbing is arguably the most rewarding form of rock climbing. The beauty of trad is the amazing depth and breadth of experience that it offers.  You are also not limited to hard grades in order...

Andrzej Bargiel completes first ski descent from the summit of K2

On Sunday, July 22, Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel became the first person in history to climb and ski the Himalayan behemoth K2 (8611m), located on the China/Pakistan border in the Karakoram Range. The...

The Nose Goes Sub 2: Honnold and Caldwell Set New Record of 1:58:07

Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell have set a the new speed record on the Nose, scaling the roughly 3,000-foot route in 1 hour 58 minutes 7 seconds. Tommy Caldwell wrote on Instagram, “I’m feeling mioght...

Honnold and Caldwell Break Nose Record (Again!), Blaze Up in 2:01:50!

The climbers set the new record of 2 hours 1 minute 50 seconds on Monday, June 4. Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell crushed their previous record of 2:10:15, set just last wek, after sending El Capitan’s...

Montagu Crag Maintenance

by TONY LOURENS Montagu is one of the sport climbing meccas in South Africa. We all love climbing here, and climbers from all over the country and indeed the world come to Montagu specifically to experience...