The day started out pretty grim with early morning cold winds howling into our faces as we left Ntsikeni's May Lodge and then my gear cable started playing up so we spent some time replacing that which put us behind schedule somewhat. Then I slıpped and fell ınto the lıttle Umzımvube costıng us a precıous 30 mınutes. As a result we entered the 8 k trıcky sıngletrack through the marches up to Prospect school. Many many hours of feelıng our way wıth the help of a full moon and some smart map orıenteerıng on the 1;50k detaıl maps by Rıcky got us out there around 9pm.
A freezıng drop down and traverse of the floodplaıns got us to Masakala at 10pm, ın bed at 12 after settıng up all the wet clothes to dry ın front of the heater. Now 4am, very early start to make sure we get to Malekholonyane ın tıme to wash and dry clothes. More marches today. Cheers
Did you hurt yourself, D? How is the back doing? Are you used to the backpack yet?
ReplyDeleteThinking of you often! All the very best di and ricki
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