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... 
by Ralph Pina | Oct 7, 2019 | Haweqwa Nature Reserve, hiking, Limietberg Nature Reserve
Kevin had suggested a hike that has long been on our list: the Wemmershoek Traverse from Mont Rochelle above Franschhoek across the Wemmershoek mountains to the MCSA’s Agtertafelberg hut. When the designated weekend arrived heavy rain was forecast so departure was... by Ralph Pina | Oct 27, 2015 | hiking, Limietberg Nature Reserve
This MCSA hike is led regularly by August Carstens since he participated in a mountain bike event along this route. I can’t get my head around the biking concept because there is no discernible path to speak of in the upper Stettynskloof while thick riverine... by Ralph Pina | Jun 7, 2015 | hiking, Limietberg Nature Reserve, trails
Many years ago I “introduced” my young daughters to overnight hiking on the old Limietberg Trail from Hawequas to the old trail hut near Bainskloof village (day 2 of the trail continued to Tweede Tol). A hot February day and a long trail conspired to turn... by Ralph Pina | Aug 30, 2014 | hiking, Limietberg Nature Reserve
Two things about this impromptu hike concerned me in retrospect. Firstly, I had a premonition the night before departure that it would end badly. Usually I do not experience premonitions, and never bad ones. Secondly, after strenuous bundu-bashing and scrambling with... by Ralph Pina | Feb 6, 2014 | kloofing, Limietberg Nature Reserve
The Bainskloof Rock-hopper is an annual, fun, MCSA outing involving bouldering and swimming up or down the Witte River in Bainskloof, between Tweede Tol and Eerste Tol (Second Toll and First Toll). Yes folks, tolling is as old as road-building despite what the current...
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