Issue 17 Jun/Jul '12

River Rumble

It’s that time of the year when many folk start stocking up on firewood, red wine and fleecy...

Preventing Paddling Shoulder Injuries

In everyday life we generally use our back shoulder muscles for the majority of lifting and...

Power Training with Explosive Results

Over the centuries, different ways of training and training methods have been discovered and...

A 2-Balled Fourball

Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden. No way, this anagram holds no water for me! In fact, golf is...

inREVIEW

They don’t make them like they used to' is a phrase that couldn’t be more true of serious off-...

Baviaan’s Battles

There is more than one Baviaans River in South Africa, but this particular Baviaans River flows...

A Love Affair with India - Hampi

Little did I know what a deep love I have for rocks until I arrived at a place described to me...

France

The south of France is known for its beautiful coastline cities and sunny summers, but it was...

Is a Trust for You?

Trusts are not all doom and gloom and to make this point I refer to my example of the...

SHOOT! A Canoe Marathon

Does shooting a paddling race in the desert sound like a bit of a nightmare? It actually isn't...

Children in the Wilderness

Children in the Wilderness is a life skills and environmental leadership programme for rural...

A Walk on the Wild Side

As far into our history as one wishes to explore, walking wild on the Wild Coast has always held...

Teachers and Children Fly High

Through good education, people are able to escape poverty. But the fact is that most poor people...

Cape to Cairo on Two Wheels

The last stretch of our journey into the northern parts of Africa was the section we had read...

Cycling the Alps

Following the completion of a high alpine mountain bike route skirting its southern border,...

Snowboarding in Grindelwald, Switzerland

In the last two issues I spoke about our time in Lech, Austria, and Meribel, France, and in this...

Antarctica 760km - A Race Against Time

I'm sitting on an old camping chair under a tall old Oak Tree at my cabin in the Cederberg...

Paddling the Chobe

Opportunity strikes but once, they say. What is not said is that opportunity may come under...

Costa Rica Kayaking

I boarded a plane in Munich that was destined for Costa Rica, only to arrive three days later....

Climbing Kili

“Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street...

Far Side of Fear

My mouth is a little dry. One would think that, at this moment, my heart would be pounding...

Thailand Express 400, Part 1

It's early March, approximately 15h00, and I'm looking out a transit restaurant onto one of the...

The Long Road to London

The build-up to the South African Women’s team qualifying for the Olympic Games began 22 months...

Nunavik Adventure Challenge International

It all started with a call from my friend Hugo, “Check your email - you will not believe it!” I...

Bray ... waar’s dit?

Most people’s reaction when you tell them that you live in Bray is, "Where’s that?" And when you...

Scooter 101 - Scoots Go Extreme

Scooter 101 started in 2007 when Grant Page and I saw a demand for scooter riders to have some...

WOMZA

The second round of the MX Nationals in Bloemfontein promised non-stop action, as was the case...

Mountain Bike World Cup

In this issue’ s column there could only be one topic to write about, yip you guessed it - the...

Kinetic Adventure Series

Need some adventure in your life? Then read on to find out more about some amazing adventure...

Lesotho Wild Run - King of the Mountains

The Lesotho Wildrun is an incredible 112km stage race through the pristine, undulating...

A Breathtaking Trail Run

The khakibos was twisted into harsh pretzel shapes as a dust devil pirouetted its dirty cloud...

A Magical Run

Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve is made up of 250ha of indigenous forest and is the largest...