
Meet 'The Man With The Rope' Thomas Van Tonder
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There are hundreds of disciplines of sport in the world and while many of us are familiar with quite a number of them - thanks to the media - there are other disciplines we may have never thought existed.
Thomas Van Tonder, a Red Bull Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) Athlete, achieved his goal of a 90m rope climb between one of Joburg’s most iconic landmarks, the Soweto Towers -breaking the Guinness World Record.
Sky Tshabalala was intrigued by this achievement and wanted to know all about it, So he got ahold of the man he refers to as 'The Man With The Rope' - who nailed the climb in 09:05 - to find out exactly what goes into planning and training for such a a sport.
Thomas Van Tonder, a Red Bull Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) Athlete, achieved his goal of a 90m rope climb between one of Joburg’s most iconic landmarks, the Soweto Towers -breaking the Guinness World Record.
Sky Tshabalala was intrigued by this achievement and wanted to know all about it, So he got ahold of the man he refers to as 'The Man With The Rope' - who nailed the climb in 09:05 - to find out exactly what goes into planning and training for such a a sport.




