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A Scene from AIR – Slanghoek waterfall
Wingsuit BASE jumping in Slanghoek, Western Cape. This is a scene from the film AIR. Stay tuned for more. Produced by The Reel Thing Director and DOP: Ruan Kotze
Cape Union Mart – Father’s Day Gift Ideas
Spoil your dad this Father’s Day, 16 June, with one of many gift ideas that Cape Union Mart have to offer. K-Way Men’s Felix Softshell Jacket R899, available for purchase in all stores and online. The K-Way Felix Softshell Jacket has windproof and water-shedding capabilities, making it the perfect everyday jacket. It is made from …
Young, Strong, and Pushing Grades: A Deeper Look at 13-Year-Old Mishka Ishi’s Ascent of Byaku-dou (V15)
“My moment came all of a sudden,” Japanese climber Mishka Ishi says of her May 3 ascent of Dai Koyamada’s 20-plus move roof problem Byaku-dou, (V15) at Mt. Horai, about an hour outside of Tokyo. “One day the temperature dropped down a little bit and I felt that it was cold enough to give it …
Saray Khumalo, the first black South African woman to summit Mount Everest
South African climber, Saray Khumalo successfully completed her descent from the top of Mount Everest just over two days after climbing the mountain. This is her fourth time after her previous attempt failed. One was in 2015 when an earthquake struck Nepal. Khumalo arrived at base camp on Saturday afternoon after making history as she …
The Big 100 Climbing Festival
The Big one Hundred Climbing Festival will take place on 15th June 2019 at Shongweni Dam, KZN.
Sasha Yakunin’s Ascent of Fitz Roy
Since reading Yvon Chouinard’s epic “Climbing Fitz Roy,” BD Employee Sasha Yakunin had dreamt of one day climbing that mountain. “A dream is like a virus,” he explains. “Resilient and highly contagious. Even the smallest seed of a dream can grow. It can grow to define you …” Recently, Sasha took a vacation and travelled …
Lama, Roskelley and Auer Likely Reached Summit of Howse Peak Before Deaths
On Sunday 21 April the bodies of the Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer, 35, David Lama, 28, and that of the American Jess Roskelley , 36, were recovered. The three mountaineers had disappeared last week after being hit by an avalanche while climbing the East Face of Howse Peak in Canada. In a photo on Jess Roskelley’s …
David Lama – Looking back to move forward / Compilation 2018
There are more ways to describe a year than in plain number of days. To sum it up, 2018 was an intense one. Enjoy this look back at some of 2018’s mountain moments. Most had the primary purpose of climbing up. Sometimes it was enjoying the way down. Footage from Nepal, Alaska, the Mont Blanc …
Results: Moscow Bouldering World Cup
Photo: Janja Garnbret, the gold medalist for the women in at the Bouldering World Cup in Moscow. Photo: IFSC/Eddie Fowke. Results Men’s Final 1. Jernej Kruder (SLO) 2. Adam Ondra (CZE) 3. Yoshiyuki Ogata (JPN) 4 . Anze Peharc(SLO) 5. Rei Kawamata (JPN) 6. Vadim Timonov(RUS) Women’s Final 1. Janja Garnbret (SLO) 2. Shauna Coxsey …
Book Launch – Southern Peninsula Classics
Come and join us for the launch of the NEW Southern Peninsula Classics guidebook. Climbing photo quizz with great prizes to be won and the draw for Yellowwood and Chess Pieces Canvas to take place. Where: 97 Hatfield Street (MCSA Clubhouse) When: 5th April 2019 @ 19:45 Canvas Raffle Stunning mounted canvas print (1m x …