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Tropical Travels Part 4
Day 6 of my stay in Mauritius – my last full day, and with it comes one of the biggest challenges: Pieter Both Mountain. My research had informed me that there is a via ferrata on the final two cliff bands, but it is hard to find any information on this peak aside from a […]
Tropical Travels Part 3
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 […]
Tropical Travels Part 2
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. […]
My first speed Drakensberg Grand Traverse
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
The Mitre is the highest point on the Cathedral Peak Ridge. This is the story of the time I climbed it.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
When you head out for an “easy” day hike and end up stuck between a rock and a hardplace at 11PM!
Ntunja and Sterkhorn
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.
Didima mini-traverse: Camels and Elephants
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 […]
Giants Cup Trail in a day
The Giants Cup Trail is a 60km long trail from the Sani Pass Road to Bushman’s Nek, usually completed over 5 days. Now how about doing it in a day!
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