by Ralph Pina | Jul 14, 2024 | Featured Posts, hiking
Red Stone Hills One of the great advantages of being “retired” is that my time is my own. So, when Leonie invited my to join her and Sonja to explore the arches of Red Stone Hills after our almost-abortive hike at Gamkaberg, I accepted with alacrity. On a... 
by Ralph Pina | Jul 9, 2024 | Featured Posts, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, hiking
As much as I respect the conservation work that CapeNature does with limited resources, their treatment of hikers especially leaves much to be desired. Leonie had booked an MCSA outing to do the Tierkloof Trail which cuts north-south through the Gamkaberg back in... 
by Ralph Pina | May 3, 2023 | Grasslands National Park, hiking
During April we three MCSA Stellenbosch section members – Sonja, Paul and me – made the long trek to that part of the Eastern Cape that forms the southern border with Lesotho, to participate in the MCSA national mini-camp hosted by the Free State section.... 
by Ralph Pina | Jun 24, 2021 | hiking, Table Mountain National Park
As with most hikes on the Cape Peninsula, this traverse is visually spectacular. It can be walked in either direction, but on this occasion the MCSA trail leader thought it better to tackle the steep section in the morning because high northerly winds were expected... 
by Ralph Pina | Feb 13, 2021 | Groot Winterhoek Wilderness, kloofing
Almost by accident I was nominated to lead a MCSA Stellenbosch section kloofing trip down the Visgat canyon. Visgat is a highlight of the MCSA Cape Town section’s summer calendar and they kindly allocate a few dates to Stellenbosch. The fact that I could have...
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