The First Ascent Recovery Tee is a shirt designed for activities where you’re going to be sweating (perspiring for the girls). I really liked this shirt, it kept me dry, felt good and of course it looks good too.

The SteriPEN Journey is an ultra-lightweight water purification system that can treat 0.5 liters of water in 48 seconds using UV light.
“We’ve got a Hydro-Photon dagger that destroys living organisms by disrupting their DNA,” we said. “Oh…Ijust have a small Swiss Army knife.” the 13 year-old Boy Scout replied. After a quick chuckle and explaining that our “dagger” is really a water purification device, we sat down and explained how UV light from a small device such as this, can purify water, and that its effectiveness has been noted and …

The official launch description of the book reads -
A soulful new twist on climbing literature, the stories in Sharper Edges span two decades of climbing adventures, BASE jumping and family life. With frankness, sensitivity, philosophy and deadpan humour, Andy de Klerk takes you on the end of a rope into his world of extreme danger, friendship, heartache and loss. From the snowy peaks of the world’s toughest mountains, to leaping off cliffs, to the birth of his children, this feisty world legend ventures where no climbing writer has gone before …

Review by Mark Johnston
Laura Forster, Fiona McIntosh and Mark Johnston carried a Black Diamond Skylight tent on their recent Drakensberg traverse record attempt. Here’s what they thought of it:
Background: Our requirements were ambitious: a lightweight three-person tent that could hold its own in the teeth of a Drakensberg thunderstorm. After much deliberation we opted for the Skylight, since it is currently the lightest three-sleeper on the market.
Pros: The number-one advantage of this tent is the weight. Or lack thereof! It tips the scales at just 1,88 kg, including poles. This …

Adventures for local and international visitors in and around South Africa’s 14 national parks
A Walk in the Park by Roxanne Reid
When award-winning journalist Roxanne Reid introduces her book, A Walk in the Park, she writes: “I’m an Average Joe, someone just like you; a person you can identify with. If there’s anything I can do, you can do it too. Like me, you need at least to have a sense of fun and adventure, but you don’t have to be tough or ultra-fit; you don’t need superhuman physical or mental …