Vertical South Film Fest – Montagu
Brand new adventure films at South Africa’s own big mountain film fest! Come and behold the wildest parts of your backyard like you’ve never seen them before. Making a change from the imported stories we normally get ourselves psyched on, this time it’s ALL LOCAL, with an evening of outrageous home-grown adventure films showcasing some …
The BANFF Centre Mountain Film Festival is back for the 17th year
A night of stars, under the stars Cape Union Mart delivers epic first screening of BANFF Centre Mountain Film Festival in Cape Town The BANFF Centre Mountain Film Festival is back for the 17th year, showcasing action-packed, adrenaline-pumping short films by some of the most exceptional and innovative talents from around the world. Brought to …
First SA Ascent for Digital Warfare
Photo: @jul3sdw Christopher Cosser bags the First South African Ascent of ‘Digital Warfare'(33), Wow Prow, Waterval Boven. “What was a dream route quickly became a reality. I vividly remember my first trip out to the Wow Prow and being absolutely blown away by the style of climbing and exposure on the wall. It’s a place …
Cautionary Tales
First featured in issue 32 (March – May 2010) of SA Mountain Lo, Mo and Flo were a trio of very experienced, weather-beaten Cape Town trad climbers. With expeditions to big walls all around the world to their credit, they were a tough and capable team. While Lo had many El Cap nail-ups to his …
The Brit Rock Film Tour comes to SA
Yes, it is here again! A line up of the most stunning, inspiring and downright trouser browning climbing movies. Four incredible movies produced and directed by multi award winning film maker Alastair Lee – the founder of the Brit Rock Film Tour. Total running time: 105 minutes – that is nearly 2 hours of sweaty …
Rock Climbing and Hiking Fundraiser Event 2021
Climb4HopeSA, for the third year in a row, will be hosting the Climb4Hope Climbing and Hiking fund raising event in the town of Montagu, to raise money for three very important and worthwhile causes. DKMS (the Sunflower Fund): DKMS fights blood disorders, like Leukaemia, Aplastic Anaemia, Sickle Cell Disease to name a few, through the …
Lost World Revival Trad Festival
By Tony Lourens Pics by Tony Lourens and Ed February This weekend past (September 11 and 12, 2021) marked a milestone in trad climbing in South Africa. The iconic Lost World Crag in Montagu – which has been closed to climbing for decades – was reopened for an unforgettable event which drew 40 passionate climbers …
Petzl – Selena Women’s Harness
Petzl’s new Selena harness is designed specifically for sport and gym climbing, but also performs fairly well as a trad harness. Let’s take a look at the product first and foremost as a climbing harness: As one would expect, the Selena is manufactured to Petzl’s excellent standards – the broad waistband and leg loops are …
Black Diamond – Street Creek 30 RT
Here again, Black Diamond have thrown the perfect ingredients into the mixing bowl to pull a genuine ‘urban to crag’ pack out the proverbial oven. To start with, the Street Creek 30 is designed along similar lines to the rest of the tried and tested Creek range – super durable ballistic nylon, a semi-cylindrical-shaped haul-bag-design …
Black Diamond – Prime Approach Shoes
The big question is, what do you want from an approach shoe? Right, so the first thing, and one of the more important (as I’m sure most will agree), is the sticky rubber sole. This, in essence, is what really separates the ‘approach’ shoe from your common or garden ‘running’ shoes, or ‘takkies’. You need …