19/12/2018 7 summits for 7 continents makes sense, but why is there a +1? Why would an additional summit be included if there are only 7 ...

28/7/2016 Yes, yes, yes! It was too quick, way too quick, but that’s the way it turned out (although that was not the plan). Denali is pa...

17/11/2011 We summited on 16 September aroun 7am in the morning. It was a long slow walk to the top, but it paid off with most people fee...

15/11/2011 We are at the last camp at 4700m. We are going to have an early supper at 5:00 pm and then we start for the summit at midnight...

14/11/2011 Today for the first time we feel like we on the big mountain. We did a steep ascent of 300m and in the late afternoon and then...

13/11/2011 Another gentle day. Pole pole and jambo. Finally out of the cloud and can see all the vegetation and of course the summit. Pie...

11/11/2011 We started the walk yesterday after we dropped off all the goods at the school close to the Rongai Gate and we got super excit...

9/11/2011 We’re arrived at Moshi and spent the day looking for possible landing spots. With a lot of last minute changes, we are now 14 c...

8/11/2011 Finally, after lots of problems and issues, I finally believe that we are on our way. We leave tomorrow and will spend Saturday...

12/8/2011 We’re getting ready for Kili in September. It was quite a process to get a permit to fly off Kili, but with the help of Linda W...

3/6/2011 The next mountain in season that we can afford is Kili. We’ll join a group of paragliders, 8 in total, in an attempt to raise mo...

12/1/2011 We summitted yesterday, 11 Jan! It was a long and painful day. We waited so long for the right day but they winds have not died...

3/1/2011 They say that what goes around comes around, and we have discovered this the hard way. After using mules to bring all our heavy ...

1/1/2011 We’re at base camp after 3 days of walking….. With a lot of entertainment from our freestate farming compadres who walked in sho...

27/12/2010 We had a hell of a trip to get to Mendoza. Jhb – – Ctp – BA – Mendoza. It took 24 hours with a lot of waiting in between. When...

30/10/2010 We only got funding to buy tickets a week ago so everything is very last minute. Luckily Pierre and I have done a couple of tr...

26/7/2010 Ok, we’re all back in South Africa! Ready to start the big slog of finding sponsors for the next mountain. Can’t say which one ...

25/7/2010 We’re back in Joburg. Pierre and I were going to stay on and climb some of the other mountains, but due to some fighting on the...

19/17/2010 We got up this morning and packed quickly before the weather pulled in. However, we were sopping wet by the time we got down. ...

17/7/2010 We left camp at 4am. It was a long and hard slog to the summit. Much harder than any of us thought. I had a pounding headache m...