A Baby in the Backpack
If you find yourself in the strange age right after your whole education has ended, you have worked for several years and have a trusted partner (or maybe not entirely) and a large family that will be soon expecting...
Of Altitude and Adventure: Introducing Skiing in Nepal
There exists not a single skiing slope in Nepal, nor any local snow sports culture. At the customs I was asked if my ski bag contained golf cubs. In short, although the country hosts the highest mountains of the...
Primero, somos tontos – Firstly, we’re fools
Authors: Chris Arderne, Michael Kloos, Rick Kotze We knew this already, but our three weeks in Mexico drove the message home on an almost daily basis. This is the story of three South African amigos fumbling their way up...
Marching into 2017- New Years Reunion in the Silvretta Mountains
Following an established tradition we met from 30th of December 2016 until the 2nd of January in a mountain hut close to the Bielerhöhe in Vorarlberg, Austria. This year about 30 people could join. It was really great to...
Youth Project in Cederberg Mountains
Text by Henko Roukema and Pictures by Lani van Niekerk The Cederberg is the perfect place to host a project like this. The environment is breathtaking, the camping facilities are great, and there is plenty of fun activities to...
Cederberge Mountain Exploration trip for Youth
We take 8-10 youth from the Fisantekraal bike club (settlement outside of Cape Town) to the Cederberg Conservation area over a weekend filled with adventure of hiking, rock-climbing and camping in the wilderness . It is a magical mountain...
New Years Reunion at Juf/Avers 2015/16
Following an established tradition we met for our annual New Years Reunion to farewell together the old year and welcome 2016. This year more than twenty Pangaea Project members gathered in one of the highest mountain villages of the...
Pangaea Reunion in Reusch, Switzerland 2015
Inspired by several former events we decided that it would be amazing to get together an outstanding group of motivated people. So while being cut off of electricity, power and water in midst Tanzania, I was trying to organise...
Lesotho Adventure – the Real Africa within South Africa
The avid cyclist I am, I’ve always had a lure towards the suffering of battling up a mountain pass… and of course bombing down the other side! So why Lesotho, well it isn’t known as the mountain kingdom for...
Peaks of the Balkans in Winter
Wild bears, landmines, poisonous snakes, imprecise maps, avalanches, no mountain rescue, uninhabited area – these are only a few of the dangers people confronted us with while planning the winter attempt of the Peaks of the Balkans trail. This...