Maintaining a down jacket is easy, despite popular belief. If done correctly, you'll increase the longevity of your jacket meaning you'll be protected against the elements for many more adventures.
Over time, waterproof jackets will lose their resilience, allowing water to penetrate through the jackets surface. Follow our expert advise on how to care for your rain jacket to keep it performing during any downpour.
Wild spaces have a powerful attractive force. A pull that once experienced, draws you back time and again. Going into the Cederberg always evokes these deep feelings of wildness, perspective, and freedom.
The main aim of any trekking pole is to provide hikers with stability and rhythm when walking on rough terrain. In order to choose the right trekking pole for your next adventure, we’ve compiled the below info to assist you in making the right decision.
The winter season is here which means it's time to start shopping for your winter jacket. Selecting a jacket which is best suited to your lifestyle and provides you with all the warmth, comfort and protection you need, will be the key to conquering all your winter adventures.
Kevin Sanders is an adventure-chaser and content creator from Pretoria. He recently took the First Ascent Extreme Glacier Down jacket to the Drakensberg to see how it performed in the cold. Read his review below.
What an opportunity, living in Cape Town with the icy winter on our doorstep and the mention of snow falling on the surrounding mountains 2 hours away.
Down and synthetic puffer jackets look almost identical, and both offer warm lightweight options for winter. However, they have key differences in their insulation, versatility, maintenance and cost. In this article we compare down vs synthetic jackets.
The Soweto Rocks Twitter bio reads “Proper MTB Development. Not for the faint-hearted”. This Soweto based club is all about cycling, running and being active. Founded by Busi Msimango back in 2013, 8 years later she is still as passionate as ever about introducing people to the cycling community.
Just two weeks to go until the first race of the Bos Sport Mountain Challenge Series, amplified by Jaybird gets underway. Each event, namely the Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge (JMC), the Helderberg Mountain Challenge (HMC) and the Marloth Mountain Challenge (MMC), presents renowned trails, serene scenery and a celebration of grit, tenacity and that indescribable element of physical achievement.
When it comes to compulsory kit for trail races, many ask the reasons why. Mountain Challenge Series organizers Wildrunner share with us the reasons why compulsory kit is required.
Read about how Andrew Legge and the Constantia community changed the lives of 6 men for the better by providing them with bicycles to get to and from work each day.
When it comes to the mountains First Ascent ambassador and mountaineer, Henko Roukema is able to provide sound advice from his years of experience exploring both local and international mountain ranges. In this blog article, he shares with us his top tips to winter hiking and gear to assist you with braving the cold weather.
