First Ascent Newsletters

01 February 2012
“Row row row your boat”
When the summer rainfall season is at its height in the Southern Drakensberg, when the going gets tough that is when the DRAK gets going. This year Hank McGregor paddled his way into the history books by becoming the first canoeist to win three back-to-back K1 titles in the Global Trader Drakensberg Challenge. Read more

01 February 2012
Poetic Little Karoo
The Little Karoo is one of those magical places, as arid as it is beautiful, with an almost poetic atmosphere to it. This was the setting for the 2nd Makadas Leeuwenboschfontein 3 day MTB stage. Novice rider Tim Vieyra tells us more.

01 February 2012
The masters of ROCK!
The Rock Master is the only competition in the country where only the very best climbers are invited to participate. The only arena where one can see the cream off South Africa’s climbers battle it out against each other for top honours. Event organizer Tony Lourens tells us more

01 December 2011
24 hours in a day
The Merrell Eden Duo (MED) is a 24 hour multi-sport event with a combination of endurance racing disciplines. Adventure athlete Evert Meintjies tells us more.

01 December 2011
Running for the Children
The First Ascent 15km Tokai run was first started in the late 1980’s. The race has evolved over the years and this year all proceeds were earmarked for the Victoria Hospital Children’s Ward.

01 December 2011
Swazi flavour
The LOGICO Swazi Frontier is a pair’s stage race held over 3 days in the North West corner of Swaziland. The route is carefully designed to showcase some of Swaziland’s most spectacular and scenic mountains and valleys.

01 December 2011
11 times
He has scaled the 7 summits, walked to the South Pole unassisted, and climbed Everest for a second time with Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Sibusiso Vulani is an avid mountaineer and summited the roof of Africa for the 11th time last month.

01 December 2011
Whining and wailing
A novice takes on his first stage race, the Wines 2 Whales Adventure. If you’re thinking of trying out this fabulous event, Friend B tells all.