Thursday 16 February 2012

Myburgh and Me - errrr and Mike

 One of the best 5 day hikes I have done was the Witels, past Ceres. Although that said, I have only ever done two 5 day hikes. You hike up a super high and steep mountain for 6 hours, and then spend a night up top in the hut above. Sadly on this occasion, the area had been burnt out by fire the night before, and so we had no drinking water for half a day, as it had all been used to put out the fire and and save the hut.

 Toilet with a view.

 Mountains still burning as we hiked. the last 3 nights of the hike we slept on the river banks, and ask would rain down on us from the fire at night.

 3 days of the hike was basically hopping along rocks in the river. Super fun, but our new Canadian friends, Carissa and Kendra were not so good it, and would slip and crack their skulls on the rocks, and ruin their in-built radio backpacks in the water!!


 At stages there was no path, so you had to swim along the river, while floating your backpacks on the water.

 Tricky!


 Its Matt Damon!

 Darn Graeme, always trying to catch people in embarrassing bath scenes.

 Happy times

 Hmm, I don't seem to be enjoying my bush tucker!

 Errrr, howdy Mike



 After 4 days, we only had done about half the route (thanks to Kendra's slow rock hopping abilities), so we took the emergency exit out, called Adderly Street, which was a major slog in itself.

Whats life without a big jump into a rock pool from Graeme - I am surprised he has got his shorts on though!

1 comment:

Graeme said...

Marvellous memories