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Recounting that strange period - 2020 - where everything shut-down yet, in some cases, everything opened up (empty)...to those who went looking.

A Pandemic Adventure

Recounting that strange period - 2020 - where everything shut-down yet, in some cases, everything opened up (empty)...to those who went looking.

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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

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If Pictures could talk

12 Tips for Solo Female Travellers

Trystan Firman

Adventure

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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Jeff Ayliffe

Adventure

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.

December 9, 2021

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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!

Catie Monteiro

5 tips and tactics every new runner should know

November 1, 2022

Is a beginner qualified to offer advice? I think so. It’s been three months since I started running and I’ve gone from hating it to loving it. Here are the 5 tips and tactics that have made all the difference.

Catie Monteiro

Photographing a classic Matt Climber "hang 10"

October 18, 2022

After much huffing and puffing on the steep approach, we made it up to the hilltop in good time. I packed out my camera while we debated an important question – which pair of tights would pop the most?

This article is about smearing, and before you go any farther, be warned: I’m not going to talk about rock climbing.

Bill Tucker

How To Smear In The Hills

March 13, 2025

A much-needed addendum to the book we all grew up reading: How to Shit in The Woods. Bill addresses the issue of regional differences in how matter decays in non-wooded (arid) regions due to the very different environmental conditions, conditions which actually prevent compostation when the traditional methods of going-potty are used in an arid climate.