LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

New Zealand: Tongariro Alpine Crossing: Ngauruhoe Volcano ("Mt. Doom"), a perfect sunrise.

'LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HIKE-ABOUT?'

Hike-about is an adventure that commenced June 2010. After storing our household movables, ridding ourselves of a house but retaining our 'home' together, we set off with the purpose of hiking in different parts of the world, not forgetting the home country, the USA.

Our primary focus is hiking to mountain peaks but any challenging hike will do just fine. Extended stays enable us to enjoy and experience living in various places amongst differing cultures. Hike-about has evolved into a way of life. It's also a process of discovery, both the world and ourselves.

We work and live 'on the road' but return to the city in which our grandchildren reside, every couple of months. This provides us the wonderful opportunity to be with them as well as a child or two, even three and of course, friends.

By the end of 2023, the blog contained over 1,560 hikes (less than that actually undertaken), each a set of pictures with stories and anecdotes from the trails. An index to the right allows the viewer to identify earlier experiences.

Finally, we are often asked about the journey's end.
O
ur reply, as accurate as we can state, is: "When we are either forced to cease through health issues or the enjoyment level no longer reaches our aspirations, we will hang up the boots."

"A Life Experience As No Other: Dare to Seize the Day Together", published by Fulton Books, depicts our life on the road and mountains until the beginning of 2017. It has developed 'exponentially' since then.

Jenni and Jeffrey Lazarow

Whereas we continue to update the blog regularly, we circulate email notifications infrequently.

Monday, October 9, 2017

33.01 South Africa: Cape Town, Platteklip Gorge, one cold, windy and rainy day.


Early stages of the hike, the Mother City comes into view.




The weather was very poor on the summit. All facilities on Table Mountain including the cableway were closed.



Picture taken a few days later from Devils Peak, illustrating the trail. The upper cable station is on the right corner.




Is the face covered in apprehension?




On the way down, the sun came out to say 'hello'.



"Brown bear" shows his teeth...actually, a dassie on the summit.




Jenni makes the final dash through the top of the gorge to reach the summit.





On the way down, about half-way, we get an open view.



Across the way, the Devil (peak) appears to having better weather and some nice covering.





Liked the position from within the gorge looking out and down.



The higher we climbed this steep mountain, the worse the weather. The trail was fairly busy as it was a South African holiday. It was wonderful talking with the locals--we 'like them much'.



One more from a beautiful city.



Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

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