Namaqualand I booked this adventure, at Leonie’s invitation, well before the prostate cancer diagnosis. By the time the prostatectomy was scheduled I was unsure whether I would have to cancel, but decided that as departure would be exactly six weeks after the...
I recall an old Stellenbosch Mountain Club greybeard once telling me that in his day Botmaskop was never regarded as a proper mountain. Well, almost 900 m in elevation gain, albeit along the whole ridge, qualifies in my book. It seems as one progresses along...
What was meant to be a three-day hike to Springstygbeugel and exploration of the area, turned into a curtailed two-day trip for me in a surreal turn of events. Paul had invited some MCSA Stellenbosch members, completed and lodged the CapeNature safety forms for us to...
“We’ll take it easy”, said Santie. She was responding to my reminder to her that I had just recovered from pneumonia contracted in, or on the way to, frigid Canada over the holiday season (I literally never get sick, so this was an unwelcome...
We ascended Diagonal, followed the Twelve Apostles Spine Track south-west, taking in Tranquillity Cracks, summited Grootkop (857 m ASL) as the wind cloud momentarily cleared. We were then blown down Oudekraal Ravine and returned along the Pipe Track. The full circuit...
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