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• The Bell Traverse - A 3 Day Hike - December 2010

  

  The Bell TraverseJude and Mark, a young couple from Calgary, Canada, contacted us last November for a hike in the High Berg. They had a broad hiking... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2010 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL, TREK

• Giant's Castle - A 3 Day Hike - December 2010

  

  The effort rewarded. Amazing views of the Long Wall.Last December 2010, I was asked to guide a group of hikers to the top of Giant's Castle, at 3314m the 10th... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2010 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TRAVEL, TREK

• Trailblazing in the Battlefields (Tugela River)

  

  Typical geology of these eastern highlands: sandstone buttresses sculptered into curious castles by the wind and rain . Kwazulu-Natal is reknowned for having... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2010 OUTDOORS, TREK

• First Time Riders

  

  Most school leavers in SA head off for a week of drunken debauchery at the seaside town of Ballito or Margate. Not Timia. Just yesterday she finished her final... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2010 OUTDOORS, TREK

• Favourites of Ladakh

  

  A selection of some of my favourite memories of the this beautiful region. Due to the success and interest of this past trip we will be running another two in... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2010 DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TREK

• The Khardung-la Clamber (5600m So They Say!)

  

  The fabulous views to distract on the way up the Khardung-la Pass overlookng Leh and the Zanskar range. Its a tough slog, all 40km of it rising 2km above Leh... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2010 CHARITY, DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, TREK

• The Capital of the Kingdom – Leh

  

  The final kilometres of entertainment. Stok Palace can be seen as a speck in the distance. Seems as if Shelley supports this one The final 5km The Oriental... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2010 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, TREK

• A Sobbering Welcome to Leh

  

  Stakna Monastry 'stacked' up on a rocky outcrop, overlooking the Indus plains. Until this point, there was no real evidence of the devastation that lay ahead... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2010 CHARITY, DESTINATIONS, OUTDOORS, TREK

• Children of Shara and the Cyclists

  

  Now only 2 days from Leh, it seemed as if the Road Sign writers had really picked up pace and where getting a little philosophical and melancholic Taking a brea... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2010 OUTDOORS, TREK

• Following the Indus

  

  While cycling was down the Indus, headwind and constant little ascents ensured we never got to lazy in this stunning wine coloured valley Ladakhi villages... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2010 CHARITY, DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, OUTDOORS, TREK