After action on the slopes, a little calming at Sea Point.
Hanging around the devil while Lion's Head whimpers below.
From Devil's Peak, a rock with a view of the greater Cape Town region.
The editor powers along as she approaches the real steep section.
From one peak to another (Table Mountain).
Cape (down)Town below, Green Point Stadium at rear.
"My left foot"—original footing from the movie.
A mountain below that gave us some perspective.
Two sweaty but satisfied friends.
Opening the telephoto from the peak. Green Point stadium, one of the venues of 2010 World Cup Soccer Tournament.
Liked the haze over the mountains...ignore the foreground, it's only noise.
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
Helen Beitz, a dear and not 'old' friend of Jenni's (me, too) at a restaurant in Glenhazel, Johannesburg.
Geoffrey and Jeffrey: I'm the big, tough guy, not the wimp.
I first met Geoff van Lear in 1967 at school, on the cricket field at Highlands North High. He was a serious cricketer while I was filling space. Geoff ‘emigrated’ recently to Cape Town after his emigration from Rhodesia, some fifty years earlier. Zimbabwe, as the South African president remarked, is a model for Africa. I think he meant it was that in the colonial days but no longer and certainly not without Geoff. I think it might be more accurate to remark while the country was once known as the bread basket of Africa, it’s now a basket case. Perhaps that’s what’s confused the president.
In closing, Geoff used to keep me fit. We often went to parties or to visit girls on Saturday nights. When the evenings came to a close, we would run home together. I would very much like to say that the young women chased after us but that would be a blatant lie. Good to see you again, Geoff. We lived a wonderful life in a unique era and place...while it lasted.
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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