Morning 4 came with a degree of anticipation – for one thing, I was finally leaving Souillac and moving into the heart of the big pointy peaks, and for another, I was about to have a crack at the peak I wanted the most – Rempart. I didn’t need an early start on this day […]
Waking up on Sunday morning for my second full day in Mauritius – I knew this was a big day. Mauritius is famous for its beaches, but that’s not what I was there to do. The owner of the place I was staying at had mentioned that Gris Gris Beach was a short walk away. […]
This story begins with a comment on a Facebook post. My comment got a reply from Sharon stating that they have a spare bedroom, so I am welcome to come and visit them in Singapore if I like. Within a few days of this comment I found myself doing some research on flight options to […]
Continuing my series of posting old hike reports that hadn’t appeared on this page – here’s a report from exactly 3 years ago. I actually named this hike report “a walk in the park” – the joke being that technically it is in a national park and therefore technically is a walk in the park. […]
The Mitre is the highest point on the Cathedral Peak Ridge. This is the story of the time I climbed it.
When you head out for an “easy” day hike and end up stuck between a rock and a hardplace at 11PM!
On 10-11 September 2018, I lead a hike up Ntunja and Sterkhorn at Monks Cowl. We summitted Sterkhorn at 11am on 11 November 2018 – the centenary of the end of World War One.
For many years I have had a strange obsession with the Giants Cup Trail. It is a gem that somehow remains largely unknown. It is one of the few hutted trails in South Africa, and yet, unlike the others, you generally don’t have to book it months in advance. In most cases, you could probably […]
I often say that the most beautiful part of the Drakensberg is the part you are in at the time of answering the question. The logic is simple – anything else is just a photo. Sadly no photo will ever do any justice to a mountain. The Didima region of the Northern KZN Drakensberg has […]
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