22-year-old Aniya Holder from Gqeberha is going to be the only sportswoman from our giant continent to compete in the speed climbing category at this year’s Olympics in Paris, France.
Mountaineers have left the Himalayas in absolute shambles, with a few peaks turned into gigantic rubbish dumps.
As a solo free climber dubbed the “French Spider-Man”, Alain Robert is clearly not going to let his age dictate his ability to climb tall buildings.
Adam Lockwood, who is no stranger to scaling massive structures, made it to the top of The Shard on Sunday morning, while horrified people watched from the street below.
French politician Éric Woerth claims that he climbed a very steep and dangerous part of the Alps, but folks on the internet don’t believe him.
Eiffel Tower climber arrested. SA judge killed by mamba. Zille’s Twitter meltdown. Zuma cries witch hunt. Tesla stock bombing. French divided over life support. Niki Lauda dies. Depp abuse. GoT is finally over.
I know you’ve been up and down Lion’s Head before work in the morning, but if you want to see two pros in action then this timelapse is your jam.
Two men, 19 days and a whole lot of willpower. Mix well, turn up the gees and you have a historic summit of the world’s most notorious cliff face.
James Kingston has taken his climbing stunts to new heights by scaling a massive crane in Bangalore, India, with no safety equipment and support.
Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov are free-hand urban climbers from Russia, and yes, they have bigger balls than you do. The following five minute video is a demonstration thereof, and the proper technique needed to illegally access and scale a 650 metre building.
It’s Mount-Everest-climbing season, apparently – with the National Geographic team attempting to recreate the route used in the first American ascent of the mountain, the 1963 NG-sponsored American Mount Everest Expedition. The team is live-updating their progress online, with a live stream of photos, blog posts, and twitter updates. I think one of them’s using Instagram, too.