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Delving deep into an Alpinist's Bag Of Tricks on Mt Kenya

If pictures could talk... Having been stopped on our first attempt we returned to The Diamond Couloir with a full bag of tricks and a revised attitude of being prepared to do what it takes

How To Smear In The Hills

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If Pictures could talk

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Climb & Fly

A new "hybrid" mini wing out for its first public display of usability in the desert climbing hub of Rum where the team of three climbed up walls and flew down to the valley.

December 9, 2021
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Air Zimbabwe

Alois Marume left Zimbabwe in search of a better life, a life with opportunities and meaning. This would be a flight of fancy for Alois.

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Photographer Schwankhart's striking images capture the quiet "dialogue" between boulders
Marianne Schwankhart

The Magaliesburg: A Photographer's Canvas

March 18, 2023

Walking around the gentle slopes and boulder fields in different seasons, time of day and weather, presented the same shapes but with different graphic elements that intrigued me. Breaking the rule of shooting, I embraced the mid-day sun. Shadows revealed texture in the form of images.

An insight into the merrits of Hiking & Running poles
Kathryn Fourie

Breathing new life into cranky knees - Distance FL-Z Review

August 20, 2023

When I was 21, I went skiing for the first time in my life in Sweden. It was a showstopper event – and not in a good way. My impressive first day on the slopes ended with me cartwheeling through a spruce tree thicket and tearing my ACL, PCL, MCL – all the Ls really. In my naivety at the time, I remember saying “Well at least I didn’t break a bone…” – years of rehab and a couple of surgeries later I WISH I had only broken a bone!

As a committed boulderer who is terrified of heights, Catie swore she'd never trad climb. And yet, one day she found herself crying in the rain on Jacob's Ladder.
Catie Monteiro

Overcoming fear and expectation through trad climbing

October 18, 2022

As a committed boulderer who is terrified of heights, Catie swore she'd never trad climb. And yet, one day she found herself crying in the rain on Jacob's Ladder. Catie reflects on the frustrations of being a beginner again and how trad climbing ultimately helped her confront her fears and surrender to the unknown.

Adventurer Kath Fourie tests the limits of Salewa's best selling tent at an (extreme) Yoga Festival
Kathryn Fourie

Salewa's Sierra Leone 4-Season Tent Reviewed

February 4, 2023

With all the small camping trips it was a comfortable and spacious tent, true to its word about being waterproof. But then sh*t got real. I took our precious tent to a yoga festival in Underberg, and that turned out to be far more dangerous than any storm.

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Cheat Codes
Angelo Pugin
Here's The Rub
Chloe Lennox
Gxalingenwa Waterfall Trail
Catie Monteiro
5 tips and tactics every new runner should know
Trystan Firman
A Dystopian Utopia
Bill Tucker
How To Smear In The Hills
Trystan Firman
Climb & Fly
Jeff Ayliffe
Air Zimbabwe
Chris Allan
Never Waste a Good Climbing Injury