Lazarow World-Hike-About

'For your eye only'. Are the colors real? The Beloved Country is indeed as colorful as a rainbow. It's rich in diversity in many facets although we focus on the natural wonders...the human wonders tend to get us into trouble when we offer comments. Nevertheless, it's an amazing country with potential beyond belief. However, it seems that the formula to realize that potential is for people to work toward a set of common goals rather than self-enrichment. Didn't take long to get into trouble, did it? One of the solutions to the country's and in fact, the world's problems is to remove those problems. Original! Seems obvious but impossible. We were thinking of rounding up the universal political class and lobbyists and transporting them elsewhere. Surely, the exploration of outer-space was undertaken for such higher purpose. The pictures below, and once again, just a few of them, illustrate a tiny bit of the treasures in South Africa. It goes witho...

The view of Visierskerf from the verandah of the lodge. Resting approximately 600 vertical feet below the summit which is to the right. "Vrystaat". One happy boy. It is an axiom, I’m sure, or our understanding anyway that should you not push yourself then a person will not move forward or up but in fact, may slip back down. We do try and make each day on the trails count and the rewards, when we succeed, are incredible. One distinct advantage of mountain hiking and climbing is that success or failure can be measured on the day. It means after each hike, the feeling, usually a high, occurs then and there. It’s the positive aspect of instant gratification. Unfortunately, soon thereafter that glorious feeling dissipates. It’s most fortunate that it does otherwise there would not be the need, even urgency, to move onto the next challenge. Life, even with its negative aspects, has been well thought through and makes ‘real sense’. We arrived in Ficksburg with dev...

We still have a few peaks to attain, actually a number of them, but decided to list those we have reached this trip by providing a different slant. All peaks or trails shown are originals (photos). The slants that we negotiated were mostly tough. So try these, if you will, from the comfort of ...whatever is comfortable: Beginning of flight, a little gem that took a long time to occur. Karoo National Park: Sun shone on the elongated neck quite nicely. Earlier, we had undertaken a bush hike and spoke to a guy who was kicked by an ostrich. He spent a week in hospital...the guy, that is. Heading toward 3 Sisters Peak, Kleinmond. In the reeds. Twelve Apostles route to Table Mountain. Open wide. Mother performing a beautiful deed. Perdekop, Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Hermanus. 'Feet on ground (sort of) while reaching for the sky'- David Gresham. We have a liftoff...I think. Devil's Peak via Newlands ravine, Cape Town. Karoo Natio...