26 to 28 January 2024 I had spied this plateau and escarpment in the distance on previous trips in the Chirwe / Dazi / Gairezi area but the distance was always against a day trip. After quite a bit of Google-mapping on line – was there a route down from the far end of the … Continue reading
7 February 2024 Preface: I am ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’ from YouTube here, namely the ‘Long Suffering Hiker’ and his Improve a Lanshan 2 Backpacking Tent? Try these 13 modifications video! I first, avidly, watched the above advice when in Scotland over Christmas then added some adjustments once the tent was in Zimbabwe, … Continue reading
3 to 4 February 2024 An overnigher down in the Chirwe valley, tributary to the Gairezi (north, north east of Mount Nyangani, towards Dazi) (not named on any modern satellite images – see map, from 1972, at bottom). No path down from my direction so I took to Google Earth for inspiration. This is typically … Continue reading
Take-two involved a bit of preparation with the acquisition of two ‘high lofting’ sleeping mats – actually sacks filled with our high-altitude pervasive weed known as ‘hanya’. Of course this was not yet comfortable as the almost wooded stems dug in painfully. Now the user was at least off the floor so not as cold and … Continue reading
Trying out some of this all-the-rage ‘wild’ camping: In November the old Vaude tent from the 90s was lost or misplaced so there was no option but improvise with the only thing available – some black plastic sheeting, duct tape and paracord. Needless to say sleep didn’t really come into it: too cold and the … Continue reading
Came across this when out for a walk and went back the next day to see what was going to happen. The owner had driven out from Harare and ordered the massive breakdown truck which simply and easily pulled it back over in a oner – the video is on Facebook! The person who had … Continue reading
Eastern Highlander 