Over the past weekend I tagged along on the intermediate creeking course presented by Brett Pennefather from Umgano Eco Adventures. The course is aimed at those kayakers that are looking to step up to the next challenge and take on their first waterfall. Our camp was a serene setting on the bank of the Umzinkulu River that flows from the Drakensberg down to the coast at Port Shepstone. Included in the modest fee is 3 nights camping and the venue has a thatch roof lapa with br

Kinetic Gear Multisport Challenge Kinetic Gear has been well known for organising major expedition styled races, very popular night runs and smaller (120km) events designed at getting more people active in Adventure Racing. Following the theme of their very popular Kinetic Adventure Series, Kinetic Gear has introduced the first ‘Multisport Challenge’ (hopefully not the last). ***Image The Multisport Challenge is 30km race for teams of two or brave individuals. Participants wi

Klipriviersberg is a Municipal Nature Reserve that is open to the public for free. It is located in the South of Johannesburg adjacent to the very popular MTB Park known as Thaba Trails. Klipriviersberg boasts amazing trails for the nature loving hiker and more than enthusiastic trail runner. The well run and maintained reserve has 2 entrances; a small north entrance and a bigger main entrance at the south east end of the park. The north entrance has a full time security guar