Just five kilometres outside Caledon in the Western Cape is the ultimate thrill with SA Forest Adventures’s new K3 Zipline, officially the longest in the world.
Only this dude can say he’s ridden a BMX bike in a skatepark hanging from a hot air balloon.
You might be overwhelmed right now, but at least you didn’t slide down a narrow ice hole in the French Alps while skiing.
This tourist is terribly lucky to be alive after his bungee cord snapped during the terrifying 10-storey jump.
A mountaineer and seasonal skier kept his wits about him as an unexpected snow avalanche swept him down a mountain.
Adam Lockwood, who is no stranger to scaling massive structures, made it to the top of The Shard on Sunday morning, while horrified people watched from the street below.
This chap slipped out of control, narrowly avoiding serious injury or worse as he tumbled over sharp rocks down a mountain.
Pierre Carter, the 56-year-old South African who has made it his life’s mission to climb to the summits of the highest mountain on each of the seven continents and paraglide off them, recently ticked off Mount Everest.
For some people, getting stuck between a rock and a hard place is completely desirable.
Launching oneself from a chairlift attached to a hot air balloon 6 500 metres in the sky, pirouetting in the air, skydiving, and then landing on a mountainside to ski takes both skill and planning.
Daredevil Airborne Ben showed off his absolutely insane “double jump” from a rather unstable looking cliffside onto a teetering 975-metre “rock tower”.
We can talk about how cold it is till the frozen cows come home, but what about a little lift-me-up? Here’s a slice of paradise you cannot refuse.
Here’s one for you guys who like your adventures off the wall. A man in Sweden has taken his snowmobile to the next level and it has to be seen to be believed.
This just goes to show that if you are doing something even remotely rad, you should have a video camera of sorts with you because life happens.
If you’ve been struggling to think of what to buy your man in order to fill his Christmas stocking with ‘real man’ paraphernalia, look to further.
Two cray-cray daredevils lived out my worst nightmare and walked across Vic Falls on what I would categorise as a piece of string.
This sounds like a fun airline. Whether it stays in the air or not is another question, but at least most men will be happy, either way, should the hostesses be clad in lingerie.
Travel the world and see the last remaining of the original Seven Wonders. Thanks to Google, you can do this in your pajamas, whilst still reeling from the effects of too many vodka-tonics last night.
We all have our own story and our own distinctive way of expressing this to the public eye. Cape Town lends it’s gorgeous backdrop to your personal story for 2014.
Everyone needs a little bit of warm fuzzy national love… yes, even you sharp-minded cynics! We LOVE this clip and you will too….
On a side-note, Dana regularly takes his goats with him into the ocean on his surfboard. Yup – he actually makes his goats surf with him.
Here’s the thing: Winter means spending a heck of a lot more time staying indoors and a darn lot less time out in the sticks. But, what if we were to tell you that you can hop in your car and in 60 minutes or less, arrive in a place of such natural beauty that […]
Okay, so this is one of those one-in-a-million deals that get our hearts racing just a little faster. It’s the real deal guys – so everyone keep calm, and read on. Today we have found out how you could be flying to Zanzibar for R8750 for a 7 night stay in Amaan Bungalows in the Nungwi […]
Cape Town waterman, Chris Bertish is attempting to break the world record for the longest continuous stand up paddle (SUP), right now. If all goes to plan, he’ll arrive in Saldanha Bay at 19h00 tonight after 121 kilometres and 12 hours on the water. In classic form, he’s tweeting his journey. Follow his record attempt in real time.
On Friday last week the Continental Run2Stop Challenge came to an end at the Leamogetswe Children’s Home in Atteridgeville, Pretoria. The home was the site of the final CSI challenge of the competition, and doubled as the finish line for the athletes, who had clocked up close to 1,000 kilometres on the road over the […]
As I write this (retrospectively), it’s the beginning of the final day of the Run2Stop Challenge. We’ve travelled almost 600 kilometres, and in that time we’ve busted knees, come close to cutting off fingers, harpooned rocks with steel rods, built jungle gyms from scratch, and suffered heat-induced delirium. But we’ve also found out a few […]
We may have found a story about the worst hangover in recorded history. Canadian Masters’ student, Garret Elsey, had only just arrived at Bristol University when he decided to get a few drinks on his first night out. What began as a tame night of pizza, beer and jagermeister soon became a stomach-churning disaster.
Day three of the Continental Run2Stop challenge dawned bright and clear in Rustenburg. The runners had set out at 6am to complete a gruelling 45km course, followed shortly thereafter by the cyclists, who cranked out another 120km+ ride in intense heat. Our amateur (but kickass) cyclist Greg Black was joined by Wicus, who replaced our […]
The day dawned with the news that Pierre, Jimmy and I would be building a jungle gym at a fantastic but under-resourced creche in Ikageng, just outside of Potch. Team Edge (our opponents) would be completing the same task across town. The fastest erection (stop it) would mark the winning team. At this point I would like to apologise to anyone in the construction industry for ever maligning you as brick-tossing cement monkeys. What you guys do is really hard, construction polls are very heavy, and my hands are quite soft.
Yesterday was a very special day. For one thing, it was my birthday (thanks). For another thing, it was the beginning of the 2013 #Run2Stop Challenge. race was full of surprises as the nerves of uncertainty kicked in! The day started with lots of cameras and interviews at the beautiful grounds of Lucas “Masterpieces” Moripe […]