Reviews
Wild Country – Men’s Balance Pants
Review by Tony Lourens RRP: R2199.99 www.outward.co.za There is little better than a well cut, good fitting pair of climbing pants. Of course, back in the day, tights were the in thing and were actually very comfortable to climb in, and although there are still a few retro die-hards out there, most of us have …
Punk in the gym – Andy Pollitt
Published by Vertebrate Publishing A5 plus, 320 pages with 32 full colour pages £18.99 online from Amazon Kindle £24.00 hard copy from www.v-publishing.co.uk Review by Tony Lourens Let me just start off by saying that this is the best biography or autobiography I have ever read. And I don’t mean about climbing, I mean the …
Africa Fusion Review
African Fusion – a rock odyssey Fresh Rock Films Directed by Nic Good and Georgia Court Running time: 52 minutes R250 (available from CityROCK shop and mountainmailorder.co.za) Review by Tony Lourens While watching African Fusion I kept feeling an overwhelming sense of pride. This was my home. Those beautiful routes, those alluring mountains and rock …
Cape Penisula Select
By Tony Lourens Blue Mountain Publishers A5 | 320 pages Full colour with lots of climbing photos Review by Fiona McIntosh Tony Lourens has clearly been hard at work of late, and what better office than the incredible rock faces of the Table Mountain chain? His latest book, Cape Peninsula Select, is an amalgamation of …
Table Mountain Classics
Table Mountain Classics By Tony Lourens Published by Blue Mountain Publishers A5 soft cover | 320 pp. | full colour RRP: R285 at most outdoor shops and bookshops in the greater Cape Town area Review by Magriet Kruger, Wild Magazine I’m sure not a week goes by without author Tony Lourens setting foot on Table …