Tag Archives: Cape Town

Cape Trip day 1: Sebrakop

The story of how an obscure mountain in the Piketberge named Sebrakop came to be a major hiking goal for me is a bit of a strange one. My tendency to over-analyse mountains is notable – but, in my defense, there are hundreds of thousands of mountains on the planet, and I likely won’t stand […]

Cape Trip day 8 – Cape Town Skyline Traverse

After 7 days, the final Saturday of my trip to the Western Cape had arrived. The plan for the day was simple – Cape Town has one of the most famous mountain skylines, with three distinct peaks. So naturally one has to start on the outer ridge of one peak, hike across all three and […]

Cape Trip days 6 and 7 – rest days

After the Hex Traverse, I took a long scenic drive through to Betty’s Bay. It rained for a lot of the drive – which is unusual in November. I had been planning on climbing Hangklip in the morning, so seeing as I had arrived early, I decided to take a drive. After 5 continuous days […]

Cape Trip day 1 – Du Toit’s Peak

Du Toit’s Peak – SA’s most prominent mountain. What a spectacular and epic hike this was!