Adam Ondra Makes Second Ascent Of Alex Megos’ Geocache (9a+)
Adam Ondra recently made the second ascent of Alex Megos’ Frankenjura 9a+ Geocache, sending it in a single day.
Climbing Passes Major Hurdle on Road to 2020 Olympics
This week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board supported a proposal to add five new sports to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Climbing, skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball, and karate are all in the package under consideration. The final decision will be made in August, when the IOC meets in Rio de Janeiro. Read more… Source: …
Entries open for the Cape Union Mart Adventure Film Challenge
WINNING ENTRY TO BE SCREENED AS PART OF BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL TOUR 2016 The annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour comes to South Africa in October, bringing with it films of adventures by ski, bike, rock, ropes and on water. As part of the festival, Cape Union Mart outdoor enthusiasts to contribute to …
June–August 2016
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. FEATURES COLD FUSION (26) Cracking the wild line on the Energy Crisis Prow by HILTON DAVIES BE …
Cold Fusion (26)
words by HILTON DAVIES pic by TONY LOURENS Cracking the Wild Line on the Energy Crisis Prow I was sure that George was going to come flying off the top pitch of Alone in Space, and that the tiny wire nut that was his only protection would not stop him crashing into the boulder-strewn ledge. …
Mary Poppins
words by MARIJUS ŠMIGELSKIS pic by JULIA CHEN The 2nd ascent of one of the hardest trad routes on the African continent My climbing career had a somewhat unorthodox start. As a teenager, fresh out of primary school, I got hold of a how-to book on climbing, written in the 1950s – before sit harnesses …
South of 50 – In the footsteps of Shackleton
words and pic by SCARRE CELLIERS Tuesday, 10 November: I came on watch at midnight to the most fantastic night – almost breathless, spectacular starry sky (our fist clear night since leaving the Falklands five days earlier) and a little later there was enough dawn light to produce a silhouette of the island. Classic lenticular …
Die Versorgungslinie – 8C+, Kinnaur – Indian Himalaya
words by BERND ZANGERL pic by RAY DEMSKI It’s common knowledge that a journey begins with the first step. I finally made the first step of my longest ever bouldering journey in Spring 2011. Together with Fred Nicole, I discovered a spectacular bit of rock in the Indian Himalaya, which immediately grabbed my complete attention. …
Riders on the Storm video of Mayan Smith-Gobat and Ines Papert in Patagonia
On February 6th, Ines Papert and Mayan Smith-Gobat summited Torres Central, in Torres del Paine National Park (Chile) via the extremely difficult east face. 25 years after the first ascent of this historic route, this was only the fifth known successful ascent of ‘Riders on the Storm.’ This region is famous for its unstable weather …
Chris Sharma On His Santa Linya Project
Sasha, Edu and Adam watch on as Chris goes through the process of putting up a brand new route, without even knowing if it’s technically possible.