Sunday 27th April 2014 - 9 Peaks

Sunday 27th April 2014

After a great night on comfy mattresses, a spa bath and another hearty farm style breakfast we made our way towards Nieu-Bethesda to climb Murch point at 2156m in the highest point in the Northern Cape. We arrived at the farmer’s gate with little day light left. We reached our starting point and got our gear together it was getting dark and cold was setting in. it was a about a 4 hour round trip. Again there is no clear trail and very rocky. We made our way up having to climb over several fences until we made the summit. The sky was  very clear and the stars and milky way spectacular. The night air was very cold with a small breeze chilling to the bone. Once again the support team had the headlights on and steered us back to the dusty road where a meal and hot chocolate was waiting for us. This meals was dedicated to Sean Disney as we ate crunchy dry 1 minute noodles in hot water with pickled chilies from Graison, that blew your tongue off. We then drove into the little town but as it was dark when we arrived we did not have the time to visit the famous Owl House on my bucket list so I will be back!! We stopped under some trees to sleep for 2 hours in the cars as fatigue was now settling in.  We then travelled several kilometres along the highway then pulled over once again to sleep for several hours until sunrise to make out way to Seweweekspoort peak near Ladismith.



 

 




 




 


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