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Mafadi
At 3451m, Mafadi is the highest point in South Africa. It is a large flat summit with some small rock pools on top. The origin of the name is uncertain, as the people who live in the area call it “Ntheledi” – which is Sotho for “makes me slip”, referencing the summit pools. Statistically the […]
Mount Hanang (Tanzania)
Anyone who reads my blog from time to time will likely have noticed my obsession with topographic prominence. There are just over 1500 ultra prominence mountains (a mountain with at least 1500m topographic prominence) on earth. The number depends on the list you refer to, with most of the higher counts being based on lists […]
Some tips for climbing Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro is one of the most popular big mountains around, and is one of the most summited 5000m peaks on Earth. It requires little in the way of mountaineering experience, but is one of those mountains that everyone has heard of. Even Toto, in their song “Africa”, said “sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above […]
Ghaznavid Hiking 
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