So I could not Afford Everest. I Climbed Table Mountain Instead. Part 2

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So I could not Afford Everest. I Climbed Table Mountain Instead. Part 2

January 31, 2011

Photoblogs, Running, South Africa

[Note: This is Part 2 of, yes, Part 1.] Reaching my first escape route, Nursery Ravine - a long, vertical set of stairs into the top of Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden - I did...

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So I Could Not Afford Everest. I Climbed Table Mountain Instead. Part 1

January 30, 2011

Photoblogs, Running, South Africa

Every morning while having breakfast in the Constantia garden, smoking cups of Illy espresso hovering around buttery croissants, Marie and I respectfully look up just beyond the...

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Airborne at last!

January 25, 2011

Airborne, Photoblogs, South Africa

Well it took weeks for the weather to settle and for me to get my act together, but today I finally found myself airborne, paragliding over Hermanus. I'm afraid I have nothing...

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Blouberg Kitesurfers

January 20, 2011

Photoblogs, South Africa

We took a drive to the other side of Table Bay in search of a good kiting place for paraglider ground-handling practise. It was too windy for me but the kitesurfers were having a...

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South African Orange-breasted Sunbirds and a Butterfly

January 14, 2011

Fauna, Photoblogs, South Africa

Endemic to South African fynbos, these orange-breasted sunbirds paid us a few visits at the top of Table Mountain. Oh, and the butterfly? No idea.Update: It's a Citrus...

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Fog on the Cape Peninsula

January 13, 2011

Photoblogs, South Africa

While the famous table cloth - a fast-flowing layer of low orographic clouds generated by Table Mountain - is a familiar sight above Cape Town, last week's fog bank over most of...

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