Lazarow World-Hike-About: 54.12 KwaZulu-Natal: Eco Sungubala Camp, a hike into the hills, finding a mystery woman, and a surprise from the opposite mountains.

LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

San Ramon: At first, I thought it needed explanation. Not true. Top Left: "You're kidding me. After hiking 4 miles from the base below, you still want to climb up there...and snakes...?" The stance revealed it all. The rest is self-explanatory, too. (Not part of the formal trail either).

'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. Our 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.

Saturday, April 30, 2022

54.12 KwaZulu-Natal: Eco Sungubala Camp, a hike into the hills, finding a mystery woman, and a surprise from the opposite mountains.

To truly obtain a better understanding of nature, of the world, it’s ideal to connect with it rather than learn of it. Absorption of nature by lecture, reading and discussion provides clues but does not reveal its mystery, harshness, beauty and above all, fails to leave indelible impressions on both body and soul. JCL

From Jackal Hill, we not only get a view of Mont-aux-Sources but the previous night's snow covering, too.

And another view of the Sentinel.

Following heavy rains, streams and rivers all flowing strongly. In the distance, the focal point of a recent hike: Sugarloaf.

Face in the other direction and we see another hike we undertook twice from different directions: Camel's Hump.

Always tricky but worse when wet.

We've spent much time searching for as well as following baboons. They have been elusive. We never realized we had a monkey with us. Looking for the bare woman.