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Thank you for visiting my outdoor blog. RalphPina.com documents my experiences over many years of appreciating, and adventuring in, Nature. It celebrates visual beauty, advocates minimal impact, reflects on humans’ relationship with our ecosphere, spans the planet but focuses on the wild diversity of southern Africa. Photos, videos and GPS maps of hiking, cycling, kayaking, abseiling, canoeing and windsurfing..

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Reflections on corridors

by Ralph Pina | Sep 30, 2006 | Addo Elephant National Park, conservation

After the Eden to Addo Mega-Hike, the participants were asked to reflect on the concept of "corridors", as Eden to Addo is a conservation corridor initiative. Here is my effort... If Earth is a self-regulating organism - Gaia to some - then ecosystems represent the...

Eden to Addo Mega-Hike 2006

by Ralph Pina | Sep 23, 2006 | Addo Elephant National Park, Baviaanskloof Mega-Reserve, conservation, hiking, trails, Tsitsikamma National Park

400kms, 17 days, 6 mountain ranges, many rivers, numerous veld types: 11 - 27 August 2006 The first time I saw the phrase "Eden to Addo" it spoke to me. Then when I saw it juxtaposed with "mega-hike" the synapses fired in my brain. The concept was so evocative I had...

Kayaking in the Karoo

by Ralph Pina | Apr 30, 2006 | kayaking

28-29 April 2006: Deon and I decided to paddle on the Gamkaspoort Dam near Prince Albert. Great fun - but we later found out you actually require permission from the waterfiskaal to do this...

A Kruger safari

by Ralph Pina | Dec 23, 2005 | Kruger National Park, safari travel, walking safaris

December 2005: Marion and I drove in at Pafuri, stayed at Pafuri Camp and then drove all the way from north to south to exit at Malelane, enjoying Rhino Walking Safaris - one of our favourite safari products - along the way... Book Rhino Walking...