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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!

A sceptical trail runner reviews approach shoes. “Like what are they even? How do they differ from takkies??”

Robyn Johnson

An amatuer's guide to approach shoes

October 18, 2022

Approach shoes. “Like what are they even? How do they differ from takkies??” was the question that sparked off this review. Who uses them and how are they different to trail running shoes? After walking more than a few miles in these shoes, I am here to tell you the answer!

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.

Chris Allan

Never Waste a Good Climbing Injury

March 30, 2023

Suddenly you hear a “pop” from your middle finger and all the strength disappears from your right hand. You blow off the wall like you’ve just been shot by a sniper.That’s it. Pulleys blown. Off to see the physio first thing Monday morning. And all you can thinks is, “Will I be able to climb this weekend? How long before I can get back on my project?”As a physio I have a love hate relationship with those questions.