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Thaba-Phafane West
Where is the line between a hill and a mountain? When is a summit significant and when is it just a high point on a ridge? There is no one correct answer to these questions, and definitions vary from country to country and region to region. In Scotland there is a list of roughly 277 […]
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 […]
December 2021 Cape Trip day 3: Mannetjiesberg
Mannetjiesberg, at 1955m, is the highest point in the Kammanassie Mountains. It has 1114m prominence, thus making it one of the more prominent peaks in South Africa. I had never heard of the Kammanassie Mountains before I identified the list, and could find very little information on this peak online. When I found there was […]
The Dragon’s fist
After a self-imposed 6 week ban on hiking, myself and Hobbit found ourselves at Bushman’s Nek camp. We decided to go for an easy return to the mountains, the Knuckles in a day, but with all 4 passes to make things interesting. So at 5:30 we left the EKZN camp, and made our way over […]
Journey to the Deep South
Hike report written by Andrew Porter: Ghaznavid and I started making plans for an Eastern Cape trip several months ago. At the time, I was still planning to run the Skyrun, so we chose dates accordingly. Then, I decided that an extra pair of socks weighs too much and pulled out of Skyrun. Taking the […]
Injisuthi Hike
Some photos from my recent hike at Injisuthi in the Central Drakensberg:
Gear review: Hi-Tec Trail OX Chukka boots
As part of Hi-Tec SA’s comfortable anywhere campaign, the new Hi-Tec Trail Ox Chukka hiking boots have just hit South African shores. These shoes include soles made by Michelin, a feature that had me rather interested! Anyone who knows anything about motor racing will know the record Michelin has across various motor sporting codes – […]
Flames in Transit
Free State traverse: Flames in Transit Disclaimer: the names of peaks referred to in this report are as per the Murch khulu list. Unless otherwise stated, the names were not allocated by either team member. In a similar manner to most Gauteng hikers not visiting the southern Berg very often, I have tended to stay […]
My Kilimanjaro Adventure – Hakuna Matata! (part 1 of 3)
This particular story starts in 2000 (wow – that sounds like Ted from HIMYM, but don’t worry, this won’t be 200 episodes long)… Anyway – the year is 2000 and an unathletic 12 year old sits in front of a TV listening to a documentary. The narrator talks about the large glaciers on top of […]
Langalibalele Pass
Hike on 19 October 2013 So yesterday myself and some friends decided to head for Thumb Pass in the Central Drakensberg, South Africa – a route opened 16 years ago and never repeated. The guy who opened it doesn’t have a GPS track, photos or even remember where it […]
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