OUR AUTHORS

Serina D

Serina D

Travelling Climber

A lifetime of adventure travel, often to exotic destinations, in search of authentic connections in raw environments, under the guise of rock climbing, Serina is the modern-day vagabond extraordinair.

Chris Allan

Chris Allan

Chris is a physiotherapist, endurance athlete and climber. Passionate about the mountains, on most weekends he can be found exploring boulders with his son around CT and Rocklands

Marianne Schwankhart

Marianne Schwankhart

Co-Owner

A true adventurer with endeavours justifying a wikipedia page, Marianne is the unassuming over-achiever both in adventure climbing and professional photography.

Jeff Ayliffe

Jeff Ayliffe

Jeff is equally at home under a canopy in the sky, on a board in the water or climbing rocks. He has spent the past 32 years working in media as a photographer, MC and sports radio journalist.

Catie Monteiro

Catie Monteiro

Author

Following six years abroad as a journalist for NBC News, Catie focuses her time on climbing boulders and growing her YouTube channel F8 Bouldering. 

Mark Johnston

Mark Johnston

Contributor

Fusing his inner gear nerd, passion for the outdoors and writing, it is no surprise that Mark's gear reviews are bar-settingly informative, useful - and practical.

Kathryn Fourie

Kathryn Fourie

Author

A love of adventurous outdoor sports, organic food and a graduate of Rhodes' School of Journalism, Kath's writing and adventures have taken her places - and brought those into your living room .

Robyn Johnson

Robyn Johnson

Author

Self-proclaimed novice-at-everything, but game for anything! Happiest adventuring in the mountains, Robyn gets by with a little tenacity and a lot of snacks

Tristan van der Merwe

Tristan van der Merwe

Contributor

Climbing away from his 9-5 job, Tristan has Engineered a life on the road. He's been travelling around sampling the country's best (and more obscure) sport climbing.

Trystan Firman

Trystan Firman

Author

Once affectionately described as having "An underdeveloped sense of self-preservation", Trystan likes things with consequence. He's been known to go in search of the clarity attained in those pursuits