In This Issue
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 …
Sizzling Sends: Mass Extinction (33)
Sent Nearly 30 Years After Bolting by Gustav Janse van Rensburg Most climbers I know enjoy abseiling from multi-pitch routes about as much as kissing their Afrikaans girlfriend’s aunt on the mouth at a family braai. But you do it for the sake of the send. One of the multi-pitches that I have done numerous …
Climbing & Pregnancy
The benefits of climbing and physical exercise while pregnant. By Gosia LipinskaPic by Garrreth Bird It’s 4 am and I wake before my alarm, as I often do when in great anticipation of an adventure. I lie awake quietly for a few minutes, knowing it’s going to be a big day. I’m excited and nervous, …
March – May 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 68The Value of Mountain Literature There was a time in my life, …
Lhotse – 8,516 metres: Third time lucky
by LOUIS CARSTENS The view of Lhotse from the summit of Everest etched itself into my climbing psyche, and I knew on 23 May 2010, on the summit of Everest, that I had to attempt Lhotse sometime in the future. I went to Lhotse in 2014, and was heading into the Khumbu Ice Fall when …