In This Issue
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 …
Climbing at Umgeni and Other Stories
words and pic by Sam Stainton Hopping into the car at six in the morning is never an easy task, but as climbers we tend to do that a lot. The four of us were off on an adventure to explore ‘the unknown’, our destination being the crags of KwaZulu-Natal. Shortly after our arrival in …
The Bells, The Bells!
pic by Glenn Robbins An extract from Andy Pollitt’s autobiography, Punk in the Gym. The second ascent (onsight) of one of the hardest routes (at the time) in Britain. I thoroughly enjoyed the game of snooker. Its angles, technicality and the need to always ‘think three moves ahead’ – so be mindful of ‘position’. Always. …
Cautionary Tales
words and pic by Ant Hall Part narrative, part near-miss report, part instructional, Ant Hall revives our safety column discussing a topical theme each quarter . . . As I departed for Yosemite, Simon Larsen, my long-time climbing mentor, bid me adieu with: ‘Have a ball for me . . . remember to tie knots …
June–August 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 COLD FUSION (26) Cracking the wild line on the Energy Crisis Prow by HILTON DAVIES BE …
Cold Fusion (26)
words by HILTON DAVIES pic by TONY LOURENS Cracking the Wild Line on the Energy Crisis Prow I was sure that George was going to come flying off the top pitch of Alone in Space, and that the tiny wire nut that was his only protection would not stop him crashing into the boulder-strewn ledge. …
Mary Poppins
words by MARIJUS ŠMIGELSKIS pic by JULIA CHEN The 2nd ascent of one of the hardest trad routes on the African continent My climbing career had a somewhat unorthodox start. As a teenager, fresh out of primary school, I got hold of a how-to book on climbing, written in the 1950s – before sit harnesses …