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Descend! Wet & dry

Taking flight down some gentle jeep track is glorious, but leaping head-first down a mudslide or crumbling rockface is more gory than glory.

From international ultra champion Ellie Greenwood to local skyrunning youth Marzelle van der Merwe, this bunch have some serious experience, and big love for descending on surfaces with very little grip.

1 INTERNATIONAL ULTRA CHAMPION ELLIE GREENWOOD

Ellie was the first British woman to win Comrades Marathon, and holds the Western States 100 record. From

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