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Alpine Adventure Comes to an End
Clock stops on the world’s toughest adventure race after 12 days of hike and fly drama across the Alps. For 12 days they have hiked and flown incredible distances across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco. They’ve encountered driving rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and the sweltering heat of the Italian plains as they battled to …
Chris Sharma climbs huge Pont d’Arc Deep Water Solo
American rock climber Chris Sharma has made the first ascent of a circa 30m high deep water solo climb on Pont d’Arc, Ardèche, France. Last Thursday Chris Sharma made the first ascent of what he has described as “one of the best routes of my life”, namely a huge deep water solo climb through the …
Alex Megos Puts Up Clash of the Titans (9a+/5.15a) in Austria
Alex Megos has already made many difficult First Ascents with his latest being on June 17 with Clash of the Titans (9a+/5.15a) at Götterwandl, outside of Nassereith, Tirol. And a few days prior, he made the first ascent of Riss Kant Direct (8c/5.14b). Happy that I got in some climbing yesterday at Götterwandl in Nassereith! And …
Alex Honnold Free Solos El Cap
Photograph by Jimmy Chin, National Geographic Alex Honnold has become the first person to free solo the Big Stone. On June 3rd, Honnold cruised Freerider’s (5.12d) 3,000 feet on the Southwest Face of El Cap, Yosemite in just under 4 hours. “Honestly, I think this is the most satisfied I’ve ever been,” Honnold said in …
Alex Megos Onsights Second 5.14d
Alex Megos has onsighted his second 9a/5.14d with Stefano Ghisolfi’s TCT in Gravere, Italy, four years after he made the world’s first 9a onsight. “OOPS I DID IT AGAIN!” Megos reports on Instagram. “When people ask if I can onsight 9a I would say ‘no’. I never felt at a level where onsighting 9a felt …
Bernd Zangerl Comes to Cape Town
Austria’s world renowned boulderer, Bern Zangerl, will be giving a presentation on bouldering around the world and will also be screening his internationally acclaimed movie “Shangri-La” – bouldering in the Indian Himilaya (first time ever shown in South Africa). [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-7CN4C_bw4&feature=youtu.be”] Zangerl, has been at the forefront of hard bouldering for several decades and during …
Ueli Steck Killed on Nuptse
One of the greatest alpinists of all time, the Swiss climber Ueli Steck, has died in a fall while climbing alone on Nuptse (7,861m) adjacent to Lhotse and Everest. Steck was in the Himalaya for his “Everest-Lhotse Project,” intending to link, with Tenji Sherpa, Everest and Lhotse. Steck was to climb Everest via the difficult …
The Climb fo K9
During MAY 25 – JUNE 5, 2017 (WEATHER PERMITTING) the three seasoned hikers Grant Melville of Umhlanga, Ian Shooter from Pietermaritzburg and Jeffery Mthabela will attempt the 230 km Drakensberg Grand Traverse in support of the SANParks K9 Units. Grant has 15 years of hiking and bush experience, gained in part from being a SANParks …
Adam Ondra is crushing it in Italy
Adam Ondra has crushed through some of Italy’s hardest sport climbs. Today, he made the first repeat of Stefano Ghisolfi’s Lapsus (9b/5.15b) in Andonno and Perfect Man 2.0 (9a/5.14d) on his second go in Castelbianco. On Tuesday, Ondra made the first ascent of Queen Line, Arco’s first 9b/5.15b, as well as a quick repeat of …
True Wanderer competition
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