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Boegoekloof Circuit Boland Trail
Some of the benefits of being a mountain club member are that you get to go to places that you would not normally be able to explore - and camp out there - and share the mountains with like-minded people who also know what they are doing in these lofty places....
Full moon at Dwarsberg
So there I was in bed, sleepily easing into a lazy Saturday morning with no particular plans or obligations when an SMS pinged in on my 'phone: would I like to join the mountain club party that was heading up that morning to the Dwarsberg plateau to overnight under...
The Otter Trail
19 to 23 January 2013 I last hiked the Otter Trail, perhaps South Africa's most famous hiking trail, circa 1994 with some friends. It was mid-winter, fairly cold and mostly cloudy. Nevertheless, I remember that it was spectacular and never really expected to walk it...
Hell on wheels: Seweweekspoort-Anysberg
It sounded like a good idea: an unsupported bicycle tour through the Swartberge and Anysberg for me and Gaucho Pedro (Peter Groves) who was visiting from the UK. It is a good idea, except when the Karoo decides to visit a heatwave on you. Three successive 40+°C days...
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