Jakob Schubert – Destination Redpoint
Climbing becomes Olympic – count me in! Goals, grit, grind – my recipe for the lightness of being [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1pXMfyLSM”] Daylight savings is coming this weekend. We’re switching the clocks from winter to summertime, the days are becoming longer, and it’s getting warmer outside – sounds like the perfect spring awakening. But in order for …
PETZL – Boreo Helmet
Not sure if it is just me, but from where I stand, it seems that helmets in general are becoming more and more popular. I see more people wearing them, even at sport crags. It makes a lot of sense, really. An important job of any helmet is to protect you from falling debris, but …
JR GEAR – Ultra Lite Groundsheet
You would think that a simple, durable, lightweight, no-frills groundsheet is easy to find. Think again. I have been looking for quite a while now and nada! Until now of course. I was really pleasantly surprised when the very thing I was desperately looking for turned up on my desk for review. A backpacking groundsheet …
JR GEAR – Inflatable sleeping mats
Aye, I remember well the days of the old blue condensed cell foam sleeping mats. Yes, those ones we all had. After a 4-hour walk up to Spout Cave, we’d dump our heaving backpacks on the stony ground and go climbing for the day. Returning to the cave just before sunset, we would make something …
Stand a chance to WIN BIG with Black Diamond
TO ENTER: Simply follow, both Black Diamond South Africa and SA Mountain on Facebook and Instagram. Tag a friend and share the competition post to your story #backdiamondsouthafrica #liveclimbrepeat. Easy as that! • Winner will be announced on the 1st of April 2021 • Prizes will be shipped at the cost of Black Diamond • …
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 …