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Victoria Peak with the Patagons
At the beginning of the week that I finally became a member of the Mountain Club of SA, some of the Patagonian trekkers and I headed for Victoria Peak, the highest peak in the Jonkershoek mountains. It was a warm day with high cloud and haze and no wind. Pretty...
Photos and thoughts from the 2010 World Cup
Aka De Kaap is weer Hollands... I am a football fanatic - always have been. That South Africa would one-day host the World Cup seemed completely inconceivable when I was growing up in the apartheid era. When SA won the right to host it the sceptics - especially some...
Kayak Rooiels-Pringle Bay, Kogelberg Coast
On this crisp morning, Deon and I launched at Rooiels and paddled out to look for the first Southern Right whales of the season, but it seems it's still too early. So we settled for a paddle down the coast to Pringle Bay and brunch. A fairly heavy swell was running...
More Patagonian trek stories
Long-time hiking buddy, Peter Groves, has produced a monumental work that documents our three weeks in Buenos Aires and Patagonia recently. It is liberally illustrated with his magnificent photos. I highly recommend a visit. Peter's not in the photo above because he...

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