When heading out onto the mountain, or anywhere beyond urban bounds, having some safety basics in your head and your planning will never go amis. Adventurer Ryno Griesel shares his top 5 safety tips. Ryno Griesel is one of South Africa’s most accomplished mountain...

A couple of weeks ago my buddy Nic took a late afternoon wander down the beach to a known haunt to see if we can collect a shad (elf) or three for the braai. Under an ominously pregnant sky, each armed with an 11-foot lightning conductor (carbon fiber fishing rods) we...