Happens every year to some extent, then every five years is a big one like this! Especially so after the lack of rain in the rainy season. Elsewhere eg Nyanga National Parks, fire is bringing down the electricity poles and the sky is glowing tonight. Don’t get me started on causes but it is deliberate. … Continue reading
Here is the Lanshan 2 with no pegs in the ground – just rocks as ballast and a handy dried tuft of grass roots in the right position. Spent the night and now know that I don’t like a sloping – left to right – sleeping mat! Set up the morning before to full taughtness … Continue reading
Rather chilly ground temperature at -13°C outside the tent, overnight 13th to 14th July 2024, altitude around 2150m in Troutbeck. Fortunately I was ‘double bagged’ overnight. The previous nights (mornings) I had been wondering why my sleeping bag wasn’t keeping me warm enough …alright it gets a bit frosty up here, but this is Zimbabwe, … Continue reading
This one has been on the mini-bucket list for a while now. (Diversion / background: Two years ago I found my own way up to the main top by driving ‘round the back’ as far as possible, leaving the car with the korakoza, semi-bushwhacking up until the reaching the main height then ‘turning left’ to … Continue reading
Been trying to get up this for some years as it is so prominent and close. Now there is an afforestation scheme clearing the land of wattle and bush and replanting gum trees, and they made a very nice dirt track most of the way. But wait, the gum trees are being grown to be … Continue reading
Some strenuous, off-piste-bushwhacking required to reach rocks protruding far enough from the dense pine forest to give unobstructed views. The forest had been previously burnt / logged and all the detritus left behind through which the latest trees have grown. So, movement requires balancing on old logs suspended and covered in pine needles, with occasional … Continue reading
Eastern Highlander 