3 Stooges Adventure
Our trail grading: RED 9C
Distance: 9km
Extremeness: Technical single tracks and epic stambles
Location: Devil's Peak, Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
Joggers: Alistair Chivell, Carl Campher, Fareed Behardien, Henk Brand, Jac Bell, Mark Theunissen
On Saturday we did an epic adventure with Henk for his birthday. We started at Rhodes Memorial, went up Knife's Edge and climbing to the Devils Peak Summit via the Direct Route. On the way down I had a freak fall and sprained my ankle badly. Luckily I had my first kit close by, strapped it up properly, and decided to still summit Table Mountain. We then went up Table Mountain via the legendary Ledges route! We tagged Maclear's Beacon, but at this stage my ankle was fairly painful and I was keeping the guys back. Sad to say I had to take the damn cable car down.
Extremeness: Technical single tracks and epic stambles
Location: Devil's Peak, Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
Joggers: Alistair Chivell, Carl Campher, Fareed Behardien, Henk Brand, Jac Bell, Mark Theunissen
On Saturday we did an epic adventure with Henk for his birthday. We started at Rhodes Memorial, went up Knife's Edge and climbing to the Devils Peak Summit via the Direct Route. On the way down I had a freak fall and sprained my ankle badly. Luckily I had my first kit close by, strapped it up properly, and decided to still summit Table Mountain. We then went up Table Mountain via the legendary Ledges route! We tagged Maclear's Beacon, but at this stage my ankle was fairly painful and I was keeping the guys back. Sad to say I had to take the damn cable car down.
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| Selfie with legends |
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| Some banter |
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| And more |
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| Starting the 'real' climb |
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| Epic views towards the blockhouse |
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| His happy place |
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| Rare view of the Hilalanian Tahrs ;) |
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| And a selfie with the Tahrs |
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| On top of Faridge ;) |
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| King of Devil's Peak |
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| Knife's edge |
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| Awesome trails |
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| Dropping down from Devil's Peak |
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| Living on the edge |
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| Living more on the edge |
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| Living in the bush on the edge |
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| Our own way up to the Devil's Peak Summit |
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| The paparazzi they go flash flash for their gorgeousness |
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| Jac |
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| A quick strapping after my fall |
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| Starting up ledges |
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| Getting more technical |
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| Mark spotting a new pool |
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| Final scramble up Ledges |
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| Phoning a friend on top of Table Mountain |
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| My final sad view... damn ankle. |
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| Map |
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| Distance, pace & altitude |
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