Tag Archives: Drakensberg
The Molar: the Dragon’s Teeth
In August 2019, when I agreed to relocate to Gauteng for work purposes, I knew my days of being in the Drakensberg every few weeks were about to come to an end. To make up for it, between September and December 2019, I did 13 hikes totaling 339km in the Drakensberg and including 14 passes […]
Mnweni Traverse – The Manxome Jabberwocky
Twas Heritage Day, and the mountains fairDid rise above like an owlAll smokey was the mountain airAnd the Berg winds did howl Ok, before I butcher Lewis Carol’s poem Jabberwocky any further, I’m going to leave my poor attempt at poetry there! After a very long absence from the mountains, with leisure inter-provincial travel being […]
The Dragon’s Breath: Bailed DGT April 2019
Some background The Drakensberg Grand Traverse (or DGT for short) is nothing new. I don’t know who recorded the first variation of the route, but I believe it was at least 40 years ago. There have been many different variations in direction and line, but the concept is roughly that of following the border between […]
Moroke: Rain Maker
On 5 January 2017 I completed one of my strangest, yet most difficult, mountain objectives: I completed a double Drakensberg Grand Traverse over 16 days. It was the hardest hike I have ever done and overall one of the most difficult challenges I have ever undertaken. While I have had big projects in mind since […]
Water, water everywhere
So on a Friday afternoon a team of four of us found ourselves at Injisuthi. The road on the drive in had been in a very bad state, but we had all arrived safely. We set off down the road in light drizzle. The river was flooded, and my choice of Boundary Ridge over the […]
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.
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