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Field Notes

Nuggets from and about the Traverses

MOUNTAIN FITNESS – Are you ready for this?

It gets tough when you’re on your feet all day with no path to smooth your progress over rocks and through challenging bush, and you

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Keeping It Wild: Langkloof Cederberg Community Campsite

Last weekend, before the massive storm that hammered the Western Cape, scores of mountain lovers descended on Driehoek for the annual Keeping It Wild weekend

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God's kitchen

Mountain Menus

This has to be the most contentious and personal topic after socks. Luckily, we all have our own refined taste and preferences when it comes to food. Food is our daily joy but also our Achilles heel, in that we don’t go so good when it is not there for us.

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WEAR GEAR – How to dress in the hills

We have already covered essential overnight hiking equipment, now our focus shifts to our clothing. The critical layer between our soft skin and the occasionally

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MOUNTAIN FITNESS – Are you ready for this?

It gets tough when you’re on your feet all day with no path to smooth your progress over rocks and

Read More

Keeping It Wild: Langkloof Cederberg Community Campsite

Last weekend, before the massive storm that hammered the Western Cape, scores of mountain lovers descended on Driehoek for the

Read More
God's kitchen

Mountain Menus

This has to be the most contentious and personal topic after socks. Luckily, we all have our own refined taste and preferences when it comes to food. Food is our daily joy but also our Achilles heel, in that we don’t go so good when it is not there for us.

Read More

WEAR GEAR – How to dress in the hills

We have already covered essential overnight hiking equipment, now our focus shifts to our clothing. The critical layer between our

Read More

Training Weekends – what and why

We kicked off the Rim of Africa 2026 Season with the first of four Training Hikes last weekend. Training Weekends

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GEARING UP

I get terribly sentimental about tents, sleeping bags and hiking boots. We have at least five tents at home, and

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Poetry in motion

Poetry has always been a part of Rim of Africa — as essential as breathing: the in-breath of inspiration, the

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Mountain Fynbos Restoration – Keeping it clean

Our Mountain Restoration Project has kicked off on Gysmanshoek Pass (Traverse 7). Our privilege has been to bear witness to

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The Rim of Africa High Mountain Traverse

A walk of no ordinary proportion through South Africa’sCape Fold Mountains We are in love with a long, rugged line

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Fires on the mountains

How are we affected, and what can we do to support the areas impacted? Every year fires work their magic

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