STA Explorer Cut to Africa, or Adam depending on familiarity, has been up to a lot since we last checked in. You can see how he got on with Nuns in Bamako, read about an RTA with a cow and what he did during a few days in Gabu. However, this post is about action, climbing in Africa to be exact – actually, to be really exact, climbing in Siby.

“After walking down the main road for twenty minutes, we cut in towards the mountain and past a village and fields of millet (for the production of millet beer – gotta try that I suppose!). Arrived at a huge cube of rock about 80ft high and 40ft wide/long. There didn’t look to be an awful lot of hand holds…”

Adam’s initial trepidation soon faded, especially after seeing his pal Barney make it up the first challenge like ‘a mountain goat/Hunter from Gladiators’. Less of a natural Adam required a leg up to get going, but after a few routes everyone in the group reached about the same standard – coming unstuck on a 51/2 level ascent.

Are you the adventure sort? Have you climbed in Africa? Get in touch and let us know.

You can read about the entire day Adam spent imitating the human spider here. Also in the post is some advice on taking photos and a rather unpleasant brush with some swiftly dealt ‘justice’…