Luca Rinaldi – Power of Now 8C/V15 (2nd ascent)
Luca Rinaldi making the 2nd ascent of the new testpiece in Magic Wood Side note: Luca didn’t know it, but he skipped the first two (easy) intro moves [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqCn2TiWO4c&feature=emb_logo”]
Erin Sterkenburg rules the African Championships, books a spot at the Olympics
The women’s Combined finals of the IFSC African Championships in Cape Town (RSA) crowned South Africa’s Erin Sterkenburg as the continental champion, awarding her with the coveted Olympic quota place for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Competing in the third IFSC competition of her career after the 2018 and 2019 IFSC Youth World Championships, Sterkenburg …
South Africa’s Chistopher Cosser grabs Olympic quota in Cape Town
The IFSC African Championships in Cape Town (RSA) — final competition of a diminished 2020 IFSC season — closed in great style, as South Africa’s 20-year-old Christopher Cosser snatched the Olympic quota place at the end of a neck-and-neck battle against his teammate David Naude. After the two climbers took the top 2 positions in …
IFSC African Championships Cape Town 2020
Defying gravity, from niche sport to worldwide Olympic sensation.Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifier Africa Climbing Continental Championship Cape Town, South Africa, 10 December 2020 – The South African National Climbing Federation and the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) will host the first Africa Continental Climbing Championship (ACC), proudly organized by Western Cape Climbing, taking place …
Petzl – IKO CORE headlamp
When Petzl said they have a brand new headlamp and would I like to review it for SA Mountain, I thought to myself, another headlamp? How different can this one be from the previous ones? I mean, how much more can a headlamp be improved upon? Well, to be honest, I was not at all …
Petzl – SAKAB Bouldering Chalk bag
Petzl’s new bouldering chalk bag is cleverly designed and comes with some really cool features. The bag is fleece-lined and big enough to get both hands into comfortably, so you can get a good old rummage around to get that chalk over all the areas you need, and slap off the excess. And the liner …
Climb On – Incredible Skin Care
As most of you know, my wife, Patsy, is a marvel at sport massage and does wonderful things to a tired and aching body. She is also always on the lookout for new and interesting creams, balms and lotions to use in her trade. So when a range of ClimbOn skincare products landed on my …
The Ghosts Above
In “The Ghosts Above,” Sony Artisan photographer and filmmaker Renan Ozturk join an expedition to solve the Mount Everest mystery of who reached the summit first. Learn more: https://alphauniverse.com/stories/the… [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G0fNkk4g0A&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0PoriODOfIIQNY8ALTKt2Mr0PkEqHBJ7Ri74vgXfhT5vi9iWn8J5r2Q9I”]
December 2020 – February 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 75[/su_heading] Are you a wimp or are you Polish? Just this past …
Climbing with David
by Tony Dick and Hilton Daviesphoto Patricia Breyer David’s baton is particularly well used and it was never going to be easy for anyone to carry on in his style, especially as only his close friends and family know how busy he’s always been. Listing his climbing exploits is probably numerically impossible, but all of …