by Riaan | Mar 12, 2013 | Quote of the Week, Table Mountain hiking tips
“If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains, and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans… When man ceases to do these... by Riaan | Mar 5, 2013 | Quote of the Week, Table Mountain hiking, Table Mountain hiking tips, Table Mountain safety, Weather & atmospheric phenomena
“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” – Henry W. Longfellow – If there’s one thing that can make or break your experience of hiking Table Mountain, then it’s the weather. Every adverse weather... by Riaan | Feb 28, 2013 | Quote of the Week, Table Mountain hiking, Table Mountain hiking tips
“One should not seek for a mere scrambling ground among the mountains, but rather for their spirit.” – Extract from an article in the Journal of the Mountain Club of South Africa, 1934 – A noble thought, though esoteric and a bit dogmatic. Seek whatever... by Riaan | Feb 20, 2013 | Quote of the Week, Table Mountain hiking, Table Mountain history, Table Mountain routes
“Acquaintance with the mysteries and beauties of Skeleton Gorge or the Window was confined to a very few stalwarts, and these ravines were the field of the wood cutter, the wood gatherer and a few furtive wanderers, whose occupations were somewhat obscure, their... by Riaan | Feb 19, 2013 | Quote of the Week, Routes, Table Mountain hiking, Table Mountain history, Table Mountain routes
“… but until comparatively recent times (about 1880), there were only about half-a-dozen routes which were used. These included Platte Klip Gorge, Kasteel’s Poort, Slangolie Gorge, Skeleton Ravine and a route up the suburban side of Table Mountain,... by Riaan | Feb 7, 2013 | Quote of the Week, Table Mountain hiking, Table Mountain history, Uncategorized
“Truly it may be said that the outside of a mountain is good for the inside of a man.” ~ George Wherry, Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot, 1896 ~ Back in 1503, a Portuguese explorer by the name of Antonio de Saldanha became the first European to set foot...