by Riaan | Jul 28, 2023 | Rock-climbing, Routes, Table Mountain geology, Table Mountain topography
Table Mountain erosion, like mountains all around the globe, endures the erosive forces of nature – wind, rain, rivers, oceans, glaciers, earthquakes – are at work on mountains, whittling them down grain by grain, reducing them to the very sediment they were created...
by Riaan | Jul 28, 2023 | Routes, Table Mountain conservation, Table Mountain fauna & flora, Table Mountain geology, Table Mountain hiking
Ghost Frog Photo: (c) Joshua Weeber I’m not really into frogs. I love their chirping and clicking, especially in misty conditions on the mountain when it imbues a sense of solitude to the landscape, but otherwise I am not particularly charmed by amphibians. That all...
by Riaan | Jul 28, 2023 | Routes, Table Mountain conservation, Table Mountain geology, Table Mountain topography
One of the many joys of hiking Table Mountain is encountering burbling streams, a secluded pool or a cascade pattering down on solid rock from up high. The atmosphere that these features create acts as an effective medium through which we connect with nature. Few...
by Riaan | Jul 28, 2023 | Routes, Table Mountain geology, Table Mountain history, Table Mountain topography
Up until the mid-1880s, before the dams were built, Cape Town relied on a single Table Mountain stream for its water supply: the Varsche River, a confluence of three smaller streams that drained the northern slopes and the Saddle (the neck linking Devil’s Peak with...
by Riaan | Jul 28, 2023 | Table Mountain conservation, Table Mountain fauna & flora, Table Mountain history
In my next three blogs I will briefly trace the story of Table Mountain’s water, from the role it played in the establishment of Cape Town to its coming of age as a city. The final instalment deals with the occurrence of streams on Table Mountain, their significance...
