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March – May 2021
Read the editorial and check out the contents of the latest issue. With up-to-date news coverage, training articles, gear reviews, celebrity profiles, technical tips covering a wide variety of subjects, event reports, big glossy pics and enthralling articles. [su_heading]SA Mountain Editorial – Issue 76[/su_heading] The Loss of a Friend and Climbing Bro here do you …
Fernwood for the People
An extraordinary adventure in the middle of a city. By Hilton Daviespic by Dan Manners With a cord around the little pine tree protruding over the edge, we leaned out over the 350-metre overhanging wall that is Fernwood Face, and started down on our first abseil. Our next abseil was off a prickly Cliffortia ruscifolia …
Grenzenlos – Reflections of Valle Dell’ Orco,The Little Yosemite of Europe
By Bernd Zangerlpic by Jacopo Larcher Finally, Fred and I arrive. We haven’t seen each other for a while, so it’s even nicer to explore a new place with the potential for new bouldering together. Curious and excited, we stare out the windshield of the warm Hyundai bus. Secretly we hope to get an early …
Classic Climb: Clifton’s Crest – Lion’s Head, a jolly good ’15’
By Donovan Gould How does the ‘modern climber’ pay homage to a classic route opened more than six decades ago by visionary mountaineers Professor John ‘Tapeworm’ Grindley and Doctor Bill ‘Capsize King’ Turner? One simply has to climb it. Repeat it and climb it yet again! Situated on the Clifton Sector of Lion’s Head, it …
Friends and Allies – new boulder gym in Jo’burg
By Allister Fenton It’s 5pm on a Tuesday and the regular crowd is here. The only difference is no one is climbing . . . yet. That was two weeks before we opened and we’re amazed at the people who offered to help us build this beauty. Some people stopped by after work for a …
Tribute to Teodor Iliev
Where do you find the words to express the pain and deep sorrow at the loss of a friend and climbing bro? It is not easy. And it is not easy to accept that Teo is no more. Never again will we see his smiling face. Never again will we chat to him about his …
Camp And Climb Paarden Eiland is relocating!
You can now find their Paarden Eiland branch at: 58 Section StreetPaarden Eiland7405 Tel: 021 510 8112 (unchanged) www.campandclimb.co.za
Interview: Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll on the Solo First Ascent of “The Moonwalk,” a.k.a. the Reverse Fitz Traverse
After six days of climbing in which he navigated a five-kilometer gendarme-filled ridge-line and tagged every major summit (and some more minor ones) along the way—requiring over 4,000 meters of technical climbing—Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll was still ready for more. “I would have kept going if there was more,” Villanueva O’Driscoll told Rock and Ice about his first …
How Table Mountain can help you stay active this summer
Rising 1 086 meters above sea level, Table Mountain is Cape Town’s most recognizable landmark. Table Mountain is more than just a representation of Cape Town; it’s also home to an immense amount of fauna and flora, native only to the area. The mountain’s abundance of biodiversity coupled with its one-of-a-kind landscape creates a truly …