In This Issue
Into the Sun
An Accident, the Healing and a Miracle words by Bernd Zangerl pic by Ray Demski An Accident – Dec 2015, Cresciano, Switzerland A moment like many others when you are dedicated to bouldering – while pulling hard on a difficult project in Cresciano, Switzerland, I slipped off the holds, and split seconds later I landed …
Women on High Mountains
by Remy Kloos My passion for high altitude mountaineering began about three years ago, in a search to gain some perspective in my life, I made the bold decision to climb the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro – a solo adventure. Standing on the Roof of Africa, teeming with ‘electric’ energy, was the moment I …
September – November 2019
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 size=”16″]SA Mountain Editorial – Issue 70[/su_heading] How safe is your belay device? A few weeks ago, …
The Tomasson Route on the Marmolada South Face, Dolomites
by Rachel Colensopics by Hilton Davies Collection In 1901, a determined British governess, Beatrice Tomasson set out to make Alpine history. She employed the services of two keen mountain guides – Bettega and Zagonel – in an endeavour to be the first team ever to ascend the elusive South Face of the Marmolada, one of …
Sizzling Sends: David Wade sends the uber classic ‘Rodan’ (33)
I first tried Rodan in August 2017 and managed to do all the moves and make some decent link-ups fairly quickly. I thought it would be a short project. The problem with Rodan, however, is even if you can do the moves fairly comfortably, there are not many rests, making it very difficult to link. …
Silberrücken – 350 metres (8a+)
words and pic by FRANK KRETSCHMANN Roger Schäli and Stephan Siegrist get FA of a new Alpine route on the west face of Rotbrätt on Jungfrau, Bernese Alps, Switzerland. In the winter of 2017, Swiss alpinists Stephan Siegrist and Roger Schäli decided to establish a new route on Rotbrätt on Jungfrau in the Bernese Alps. …
Classic Climb: Sybasberg Frontal – Hex River Mountains
by BRENT RUSSELLphoto by ANT HALL Ahead of an upcoming trip to the Alps, we decided we needed to train . . . to do some real Saaf Efrikan alpine stuff, otherwise known as country climbing. Now, the Cape’s climbs may have no snow or ice other than for a few short days in winter, …
June – August 2019
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. SA Mountain Editorial – Issue 69Why do we climb? We have all been asked one time or …
The Western Cape – 50 Selected Routes
A Personal Journey by Hilton Davies We were rock climbers. My brothers, David and John, and I were climbers. My uncle and cousins next door were climbers. In 1976, at the age of 15, growing up on the slopes of Signal Hill and Lion’s Head in Cape Town, I began rock climbing. I did my …
Dave Cheesmond
A South African Climbing Legend by Hilton Daviespic by Tony Dick Dave Cheesmond was born in 1952 and grew up in Durban, where he did a degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Natal. It was during these varsity years, in the early ’70s that he began climbing. And he went on to do …