French climbers have solved one of the biggest unclimbed objectives on the Antarctic Peninsula, with New Zealanders close behind.

At least four hikers and a dog were assisted on Table Mountain and Constantiaberg over the first weekend of March, as scorching temperatures hit the mother city.

Nadjib Sirat fled from Afghanistan in 1998 when he was 18 and settled in France, now he hopes to climb the world's highest mountain with French adventurer Charles Hedrich.

Western Cape rock climber Stuart Brown bolts classic new route at the Palace in Montagu, grade 23.

An adventurous fundraiser from the United Kingdom has returned home after successfully scaling the heights of Kilimanjaro, raising £4,500 for a Breast Cancer Campaign.

A foreign hiker has died on Table Mountain after presumably suffering a heart attack on the way down.

Two well known regional mountaineers have perished in an avalanche on Mont Blanc's slopes, Western Europe's highest mountain.

17-year-old Johnny Collinson has set a new world record by becoming the youngest person to complete the Seven Summits, or the highest peak on each of the continents.

Well loved 75-year-old Yosemite pioneer climber Royal Robbins has published ‘To be brave”, the first of 7 sequential autobiographies on his life.

British climbing legend Paul Pritchard’s masterpiece of modern mountain and climbing literature reviewed.