In This Issue
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 …
Classic Climb: Klein Winterhoek Frontal
by BRENT RUSSEL There are stories told about Klein Winterhoek, a peak that soars to nearly 2,000 metres, situated high above the small Boland town of Tulbagh. The summit book tells of adventures and epics, and each account is part of the legend that is Klein Winterhoek. Andy De Klerk’s entry in the book after …
The Snow Pussy
by MATTHEW HOLT An Ascent of Peak Lenin As the alarm trilled 2 am, I sat up, snagged my head on the tent ceiling and sent a shower of frozen condensation down my neck. With our tent seemingly designed for a lone dwarf, Mandy and I took turns to wriggle into salopettes, harnesses, double boots …
Cautionary Tales
by ANT HALL I challenge thee to a (Prusik) duel!No, that isn’t the start of a story . . . it’s a challenge to YOU, the reader! A truth continues to remain:Many rock climbing accidents happen while abseiling, and experienced climbers often tell me, ‘nah, I don’t [insert safety practice] because I don’t want to …
December 2018 – February 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_quote]SA Mountain Editorial – Issue 67 Road Trippin’! A memory of my friend Mark Morison Road trippin’. …
Table Mountain’s Hardest Climbs
words and pic by Mike Scott The mass of ancient sandstone known as Table Mountain is some 45 kilometres in circumference, but many rock climbers think only of the ‘Front’ and, more specifically, Africa and Fountain Ledges below the Upper Cable Station. Although the modern Hardest Climbs are there, this was not the case until …
The Gervasutti Pillar – Mont Blanc Du Tacul
words by Rob Powell pic by Daniel Pobega My Four-Leaf Clover I’m shivering uncontrollably. The wind pierces us like a surgeon’s scalpel. ‘Should I make the call?’ Paul is loathed to say yes, but in the end, we have to swallow our pride. ‘Hello PGHM, we’re in a spot of bother’ The Gervasutti Pillar is …