Declare Warmth This Winter
There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear! With winter on its way, Cape Union Mart’s wide range of functional K-Way outleisure gear has been designed and condition tested to ensure that you’ll be prepared to handle anything that winter throws your way. Whether it’s gathering around an evening campfire with friends, tackling …
Entries Now Open for the 2018 Cape Union Mart Adventure Film Challenge
Entries for the 2018 Cape Union Mart Adventure Film Challenge are officially open! Great news for South African adventure-loving filmmakers hoping to make it to the big-screen. To enter, submit a YouTube link to your five-minute film, showcasing your passion for outdoor adventure, on www.banff.co.za. The winning submission will be screened alongside international adventure films …
a DRONE in the Drakensberg
Produced by: The Reel Thing Drone Operator: Ruan Kotze Special thanks to: Wefix The Drakensberg escarpment stretches for over 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from the Eastern Cape Province in the South, then successively forms, in order from south to north, the border between Lesotho and the Eastern Cape and the border between Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal …
Joe Kinder Cracks the 5.15a Barrier
photo: @outpostcinema I might be the proudest guy on earth at the moment. My hardest climb and route to which I’ve been most devoted, Life of Villains is finished. The last 2 months and 2 days have been the most intense and emotional ride I’ve had in my climbing career. I’m now sitting here feeling …
La Rambla (5.15a) for Jon Cardwell
So stoked to watch @jon_cardwell take down the classic La Rambla (9a+)(15a). Last year he battled a serious finger injury that put him out for multiple months, but was able to rise above and get back in the game. goes to show that hard work and obsessive motivation pays off. Time to hit that vino …
Ryan and Ryno’s final hours before starting their FKT attempt of the Great Himalaya Trail
In March 2018, ultra-runner legend Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel, have set themselves the goal of running the 1400km Great Himalaya Trail in under 28 days and hopefully beating Andrew Porter’s current fastest known time of 28 days 13 hours and 56 minutes. And they will be helping DARG’s Community Hospital Fund in the process! …
K2: Fears for climber Denis Urubko after expedition row
A Polish expedition hoping to complete the first winter ascent of the world’s second-highest mountain, K2, says one of its climbers appears to have launched an unauthorised solo attempt. Russo-Polish mountaineer Denis Urubko left teammates on Saturday at the base camp on the border between Pakistan and China, a spokesman told the BBC. The 44-year-old …
SPRINGMIELIES!
The scenery is great, but the idea… maybe not so much? Our intrepid team decides to try flinging themselves off the side of Table Mountain, a kilometer above Cape Town. Fresh shorts please!
Jim Bridwell, Founder of YOSAR and Big-Wall Godfather, Dead at 73
On February 16, Jim “The Bird” Bridwell, captain of numerous El Cap voyages of physical and psychological expansion, inventor, writer, thinker and fashion setter died of complications from hepatitis C. He was 73. Read the full story. IMAGE:Bridwell on his first rescue with the newly founded Yosemite Search and Rescue, in 1970. rockandice.com Source: www.rockandice.com
MARCH – MAY 2018
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_quote]SA Mountain Editorial – Issue 64 The Unbridled Passion his year did not start off on …