Things to do, places to see. Despite what you might think, you won’t have fond memories of Young & Restless on your deathbed
Captains log, star date unknown: My thighs are stiff from the uphill walk-in to Chosspile – Scotty could not get a lock-on. Feeling very motivated after climbing some of my hardest routes ever at Swinburne the week before, I tried the Philosopher’s Stone, a 20. To say I sucked would be a bit of an...
….perhaps a bit late to be calling it that, but still, a mini get-away for me. Took off Wednesday, Friday & Monday, making it a looong weekend, so this is me wasting away the last couple of minutes at work for the week. Some cool stuff’s been happening. No, I still can’t ride the...
Hmmmm. Let’s see summertime is here, time to start dreaming again. Coming up: Half price bungee at Orlando Towers. Sounds like fun, not sure if my nerves will hold. No big plans for the weekend (yet). Maybe start working on that long planned bouldering wall….. yesss, my precious, that sounds like a brilliant idea. Got...
Burnt some midnight oil, some weekend oil and then some more midnight oil – finally we have lift off for the ’09 Boven Roc Rally registrations on my very own creation called SANCL.org. Gustav liked & stuck to the idea of having a central climber database & ranking system and even turned down another offer...
I took out some first time climbers to Bobbjeaans Berg ( a.k.a. Mutango Lodge ) this past weekend. It's not the greatest spot ever, but it's close by, and it's got the "Fairy tale" section with a bunch of realy easy / beginner climbs right next to each other. Actually it's quite...
The past weekend I went to Swinburne, a small town about 15km past Harrismith towards Durban. As far as I can tell, it’s more like a large service station & bus stop with a handful of houses nearby than a real town. We stayed at Appin House about 5 km out of “town” which...
Climbed Wellingtons Dome again – wanted to do both “Sexy Lady” and “Older, slower, wiser”, but took too long on “Sexy Lady”. Lead it all the way though. Next time….. This Monday is slightly blue, pale at least, no particular reason. Saw this on “Texts from last night” & it made me feel better :...
I was answering a post “Beginner climbing tips…” on Climb.co.za and thought I might as well post the links up here for my own / other’s use (I’ve not done any of the training yet, but will soon) – it’s a brilliant short & simple series of training articles by Stuart Brown, a very capable climber,...
I did it. I hooked up with Nico, who has been there before and has some multi pitch climbing experience. We stayed in the Game Breeding Centre / Mokopane (Potgietersrus) Zoological gardens self catering unit, which has a couple of rooms each with two beds. Some share a bathroom, I got the one with en-suite...
