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TM Frontal Traverse

Leader: Alex le Roux 13 July 2025

In mid June a fellow hiker and I found ourselves inspecting the line of the Sky Walk from…

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Klaassens Multiple Surprise

Leader: Alex le Roux 1 June 2025

Every time I lead the Klaassens Multiple Surprise, it’s a grey, slightly moist day. This is not a…

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Adolfskop West Ridge

Leader: Alex le Roux 4 May 2025

The Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve near Franschhoek is a special place, not least

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Devil’s Tooth

Leader: Alex le Roux 19 January 2025

The Devil’s Tooth is a spectacular spire of rock adjoining Hutchinson Peak in the Banhoek Conservancy, near…

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Wemmershoek Traverse

Leader: Alex le Roux 24 October 2024

I have often stopped at the big cairn in Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve which marks the eastern end…

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