| September 2010 |
How to go kiteboarding |
| The skills and gear you need to get started |
Take wakeboarding, ditch the boat, add a parabolic kite tethered by 30 m lines, toss in some wind, and you get kiteboarding, a sport born in the late 1990s that is currently exploding in popularity.... |more| |
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| August 2010 |
On top of the world |
| For the ultimate rush, book a four-day trek to one of the most inaccessible airfields on the planet, take a plane up to 9 000 metres… then step out and drop over the world’s highest mountain at freefall speeds of up to 190 km/h. Plummeting earthwards above Everest has to be the biggest natural high on the planet. Costing up to R175 000 a time, it’s become the ideal thrill ride for millionaires who love “experiential” travel. Andy Round talks to adventurer Wendy Smith, who has successfully broken into the traditionally male-dominated preserve of high-octane sport. |
Skydiving over Everest for the first time is an experience that defies description, but Wendy Smith is giving it her best shot. When the tiny single-engined Pilatus Porter finally reached 9 000... |more| |
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| June 2010 |
Where the rubber meets the rock |
Enjoying Moab’s magnificent back country doesn’t require motorcycles, ATVs, pickups or mountain bikes. But we’ve got all four.
- By Larry Webster |
Slickrock isn’t slick. Cranking up an impossibly steep stone rise on our mountain bikes is like riding on 80-grit sandpaper. But to the early Mormon traders who first came to Moab, Utah, some 150... |more| |
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| February 2010 |
Sky cyclist |
| Inventor pedals across ravine... |
Sanding on the edge of a vast canyon, looking across to the spot where he would one day build his dream house, Jason Bailey had a thought: “Wouldn’t it be cool to have a cable car that can go... |more| |
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| December 2009 |
Going solo |
| Taking on the Atlantic single-handed is a daunting challenge. Doing it in a rowing boat takes a special kind of madness. |
Those who regularly travel by sea between Europe and North America talk of Crossing The Pond. But, make no mistake; the Northern Atlantic is anything but a benign pool inhabited by Lakeland... |more| |
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| November 2009 |
Go silent, go green |
| A quiet revolution is occurring at Londolozi, one of Africa’s most famous and luxurious game reserves. And it starts with a whine… |
Still half asleep, rubbing their hands together and exhaling little puffs of water vapour in the pre-dawn chill, the group move towards the Land Rover. They clamber aboard, their muted banter... |more| |
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| October 2009 |
PM test drive: dual to the death |
| Five guys, five new dual-sport bikes and three days in death valley. |
Watch out for the decreasing-radius hairpin turns when you’re blasting down Death Valley’s Titus Canyon. I’m the lead rider in our group of five, my helmet and hands buzzing from the KTM’s torquey... |more| |
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| September 2009 |
Flying a legend |
| Our intrepid reporter fulfils a boyhood dream: flying a World War II P-51 Mustang. |
You never forget your first 60 seconds airborne in a P-51 Mustang.I’m strapped into the back seat of Crazy Horse 2, a vintage World War II fighter plane that pilot Lee Lauderback is lining up at... |more| |
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Wakeboarding |
| Skim the waves with style |
Skilled wakeboarders skate across the water’s surface at 40 km/h before flying as high as 2,5 m in the air. But the intensity of wakeboarding masks the fact that it’s actually pretty easy to learn.... |more| |
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| August 2009 |
Welcome to the food chain |
| The good news: some of America’s once-endangered predators are making a comeback. The bad news: their favourite habitat might be someone’s back yard. |
It was the perfect ending to a perfect afternoon. Gary Mann and his girlfriend, Helen, were watching the sun go down after a satisfying day clearing brush in the backyard of Mann’s home in Sutter... |more| |
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