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

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.

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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 17, 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.

22 days of projecting spread across 3 seasons, this is the story of the first 9a to be climbed by a South African
Catie Monteiro

The first South African to send 9a

November 24, 2024

In June of this year Mel Janse van Rensburg clipped the chains of Speed Intégrale in Switzerland, becoming the first South African to climb 9a. It took the 20-year-old climber 22 days over three seasons to send the route – his greatest climbing achievement since taking down South Africa’s hardest sport route, Mazawattee (8c+) in 2020.

What does it take to win a 160km adventure race? An Interview with X-Berg Challenge winner, Robyn Johnson
Kathryn Fourie

Interview with an X-Berg Challenge Winner

November 24, 2024

The X-Berg Challenge is a "truely unique" event. Runners, cyclists and paragliders all race against each other in the Drakensberg mountains. Up against some of the best athletes in their descplines trail runner, Robyn Johnson came out on top. Her friend and fellow competeitor Kath Fourie caught up with her to hear about her race.

Falling out of the Sky, deliberately.
Trystan Firman

Freebasing

August 20, 2023

In the Death Sport Capital of the World, finding new ways to nearly die is a regular occurrence. My friend Mike is an Acro Pilot; he is, also, enthusiastic to share his realm, and sometimes it is difficult to pass up an opportunity to experience fringe sports like ACRO and BASE when one is neither an Acro Pilot nor a BASE jumper.

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Trystan Firman
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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.

December 9, 2021
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