In This Issue
Whipper Taal – Climbing on Turret Peak
words and pic by Garrreth Bird Three smooth columns of orange and silver rock burst out of the rough mountainside. The textures and shapes toyed with the mind, as did the climbing possibilities; phantasmagorical was not too strong a word! Phlip (Olivier) and I did some heavy breathing as we stared up at the cliff. …
Shangri-La, the hidden paradise
words by Bernd Zangerl pics by RAY DEMSKI The tip of my left index finger drills mercilessly into a tiny, painful edge. Never say never. This tiny quartz edge can barely be considered a hold. What I am doing here can only be described as pushing. The quartz crystal bites into my skin. I don’t …
Improve your footwork with Yoga
words by Marissa Land pics by Sandra Eldabe I’m sure that throughout your climbing life you’ve heard many times over, ‘Climbing is all about the feet’. As beginner climbers, our more experienced friends tried their best to drill this into our brains. But no matter how many times someone told you to ‘look for the …
December 2016 – February 2017
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 Climbing in Tierkloof – The Jewel of Gamkaberg by JOHANN LANZ New Routing in Greenland by …
Climbing in Tierkloof – the Jewel of Gamkaberg
By JOHANN LANZ Tierkloof reveals the magic of its somewhat unexpected depths gradually. It is not a grand landscape of soaring heights. Rather it is a small, self-contained world, contentedly remote from all that is outside it. It is an ancient, untroubled and pristine place, where a tiny stream has sliced through upturned layers of …
New Routing in Greenland
By ROB POWELL It was an unmistakable sound. Boom, boom, boom. ‘ROCK!’ Paul shouted. Not that there was much we could do about it – Paul was on abseil so he managed to pendulum over to the left, but David and I were tied to a hanging stance right where the couloir gets narrow. We …
Rim of Africa
By JESS TYRRELL Matric Wild Chill Out 2015 – Mountains as Teachers It’s hard to articulate what actually happened to us in the Cederberg. And even harder for me to put my own personal experiences on paper. Perhaps because there were so many parts of me involved and invested in this journey, and that each …
Magic Mountain
By MATTHEW HOLT Mandy Ramsden and I headed north on the I-5 from San Francisco. Having gone quite big the previous night, I don’t remember much about the journey, but think I was driving. With a population of just over 3000, Mount Shasta City’s name exaggerates its size, though that’s the least of its claims. …
September – November 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 Pink Poms and Soggy Saffas BMC / MCSA Exchange by Julia Wakeling & Candice Bagley Climbing …
Pink Poms and Soggy Saffas – BMC and MCSA Exchange
words by Candice Bagley pic by Ben Heason Much ado about greatness Green Welsh countryside surrounded us and the soggy weather made for cosy morning coffee beside the fireplace, perusing TIME magazine. I was in the stone-walled Climbers Club Hut in the Llanberis Pass, reading an article about greatness. It got me wondering who in …