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Read the editorial and explore the latest issue—packed with fresh news coverage, expert training advice, in-depth gear reviews, celebrity features, hands-on technical tips, event reports, and stunning photography, all wrapped up in captivating articles. Read Now Editorial Fear and loathing’s closest partner is elation and accomplishment The alarm goes off, but it’s not really necessary, …

By Phlip Olivier (with notes from Willem [le Roux] and Danie [Moolman]) For many South African climbers, Yosemite has always existed as a two‑dimensional dream, glimpsed through grainy Stone Masters footage, or the polished frames of modern documentaries. We grew up on stories of El Capitan and Half Dome, but the reality of almost three …

14 x 4000-metre peaks in 5 days by Jurgen Wohlfarter My Garmin showed 3335 m, 16:58, Thursday 10 July 2025. Joy was written all over our faces, in our hands an ice cold beer, celebrating our triple traverse of the Gross Biggerhorn, Balfrin and Ulrichshorn, all three just a couple of metres shy of the …

by Tony Lourens Krakadouw Main Amphitheatre is an impressive and rather intimidating wall of rock – a 250-metre-high amphitheatre skirting the upper ramparts of Krakadouw Peak, stretching about 500 metres from the Gendarme on the left to the ridge of Krakadouw Frontal on the right – a wall with no easy routes breaking through its …

Read the editorial and explore the latest issue—packed with fresh news coverage, expert training advice, in-depth gear reviews, celebrity features, hands-on technical tips, event reports, and stunning photography, all wrapped up in captivating articles. Read Now Editorial The solitude of our mountains I often used to escape into the hills to find solitude. To sit …

By Joshua Swinney / Photo Maarten Venter Arriving under the oak trees for my first ever Cederberg Tafelberg trip, I’m both excited and nervous for what awaits us up on the escarpment. Any new climbing area always gives me butterflies in my stomach, as the irrational thoughts float around my head: Will the style suit …

By Riaan Vorster Some routes are born wild, and no amount of popularity, publicity or skill can ever tame them. They care nothing for dignity and laugh in the face of subjugation. In July 1922, Ken Cameron and party opened such a route. A century of mountaineering activity on Table Mountain has done nothing to …

Media writers / Photo Christian Pondella Sasha DiGiulian becomes the first woman to free-climb El Capitan’s longest free route DiGiulian waited out record November rainfall, snowfall, high winds, and persistent wet rock to complete the 40-pitch Platinum Wall. Here is her story: “It’s the proudest climb of my career. I can’t believe it!” she texted …

Read the editorial and explore the latest issue—packed with fresh news coverage, expert training advice, in-depth gear reviews, celebrity features, hands-on technical tips, event reports, and stunning photography, all wrapped up in captivating articles. Read now Editorial Why do you climb? “Why do you climb those vertical rock walls? Do you have a death wish?”I …

For those who’ve read Maurice Herzog’s Annapurna, you’ll understand why Warren Eva and I had long dreamed of climbing Annapurna I. But you’ll also understand why so few attempt it. Despite being the first 8000er climbed, it remains one of the most dangerous, with a reputation for avalanches and treacherous conditions. After summiting K2 in 2022, …