11.21 Brandwag Hike, Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State with an assortment of pictures from unpublished hikes 11.17 thru 11.20. Blue Grotto, Makhula Rock in Drakensberg, Witsieshoek, mountain and ridge hikes
On a ridge in the High 'Berg A view of the buttress, Brandwag, from our patio. Mount Wodehouse is beyond the summit above Jenni makes her way up a 'somewhat' steep trail We left the High Berg, as it is known, after being in the little Berg the previous week, heading for Golden Gate Highlands National Park. There is nothing ‘little’ about the Drakensberg, that’s for sure. We have no doubt, G-d willing, we’ll be back. One of the problems in trying to climb the big mountains in this region is weather related. During summer, the weather is unpredictable and creates dangerous situations. In fact, on the contrary, one can predict on most days an electric storm will occur—quite a frightening prospect. We remember being in Colorado one year and taking two hours to descend a mountain from Deception Point in a storm. Our editor will never forget that day, particularly as we tried to sing songs of comfort and prayer on the way down. It was not pretty on many accounts, le...