by Ralph Pina | Aug 16, 2020 | hiking, Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
Hepic Trail for short. The Hepic is a private hiking trail that follows the route of the original Epic cycle trail above the railway line that snakes out of the Helderberg bowl. It is located north-east of the Gantouw Pass below Hanskop. Access has to be arranged... 
by Ralph Pina | Jul 26, 2020 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond I was expecting a stroll with a gradual climb to the Perdeberg lookout, something I have done a couple of times. But I was rapidly disabused of this notion when we veered up onto the Three Sisters ridge and proceeded to scale its... 
by Ralph Pina | Jun 13, 2020 | Haweqwa Nature Reserve, hiking, Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve
While languishing in level 4 lockdown, we had been planning our escapes to the great outdoors where mega-social distancing is possible, and even desirable. Undeniably, outdoor exercise, fresh air and sunlight boost your immune system (along with other factors such as... 
by Ralph Pina | Jun 11, 2020 | Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
Nobody said I couldn’t fly the drone past Botmaskop while in lockdown, so here’s a short clip of a virtual... 
by Ralph Pina | Feb 10, 2020 | kloofing, Limietberg Nature Reserve
Mountain man, Paul Verhoeven, has been the de facto custodian of my adventure bucket list, although he is unlikely to know this. It was he who pointed out the gaps in my admittedly-very-short list of abseil adventures, and insisted that the popular kloofing trips on...
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