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• New Year's Eve at Tarn Cave - December 2011

  

  Tarn Cave is big and deep overhang in the Clarens sandstone with fantastic 180-degree views.Finally, this year I had the opportunity to spend a New Year’s Eve i... Read more

  The 25 January 2012 by   Spanafrican
  DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• A 3 Day Hike in the Cathedral Peak Area - December 2011

  

  The long steep climb to Cleft PeakSue and Roger are ones of the many South Africans living in the UK. Christmas is always a good time to come back home for a... Read more

  The 11 January 2012 by   Spanafrican
  DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• An Afro-Italian Hike to Mafadi - November 2011

  

  The party on the escarpment. From left to right: Simona, Tank, Valerio and  Elna.A few months had elapsed since my last visit to the High Berg so I was... Read more

  The 09 January 2012 by   Spanafrican
  DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Zulu Cave - Greg and Michelle - October 2011

  

  Greg and Michelle with SterkhornAfter a 2-month ‘break’ running our cycling tours in the Indian Himalayas, I was happy to be back in the mountains I love so... Read more

  The 09 January 2012 by   Spanafrican
  DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Zulu Cave - Greg and Sabine - October 2011

  

  Greg and Sabine with SterkhornAfter a 2-month ‘break’ running our cycling tours in the Indian Himalayas, I was happy to be back in the mountains I love so... Read more

  The 08 January 2012 by   Spanafrican
  DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• From Mafadi to a Hike in the Little Berg - August 2011

  

  Sunrise from our campsite at the bottom of Leslie’s Pass, in the morning of the 3rd day. It was the beginning of August and this was to be our last hike of... Read more

  The 07 January 2012 by   Spanafrican
  DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Would You Stand on The Kjeragbolten?

  

  image credit The name means the Kjerag Bolt - a massive 5 m³ boulder wedged in to a crevasse on the edge of the Kjerag mountain in Lysefjorden, Norway.... Read more

  The 01 January 2012 by   Gerard
  OUTDOORS

• Himalayan Villages: Chumikgiarsa at 4000m

  

  Chumikgiarsa is situated along the wide sarchu plains just after the dhabba stop of Sarchu. It is however mostly viewed from a distance as the wide stepped rive... Read more

  The 19 December 2011 by   Spanafrican
  CHARITY, DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS

• Blooming Passes

  

  Whether wheezing up or whizzing down one of the mega Himalayan passes, I simply cant help myself and stop for flowers. Of course I don’t need much... Read more

  The 02 November 2011 by   Spanafrican
  DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS

• The Nakee-la and Lachalunga-la Passes

  

  Once over the Rohtang, the wet forested pass at 4000m and Baralacha-la just under 5000m, the road climbs out of the Sarcchu plains up the double pass of the... Read more

  The 30 October 2011 by   Spanafrican
  DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS