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Lower Dragoon Buttress

Leader: Suzanne Smith 15 June 2026

The weather was perfect, and the tall fynbos was dry along the very narrow paths.

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Twin Traverse, Jonkershoek

Leader: Suzanne Smith 31 May 2026

We set off without delays to ascend via the Yellowwood Trail to meet up with the Twin Traverse…

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Swartkop, Simon’s Town

Leader: Suzanne Smith 14 May 2026

Our day dawned with perfect weather and our group of 8 set off enthusiastically on the lower zigzags….

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Dragoon Buttress

Leader: Suzanne Smith 9 May 2026

This was a much milder route than the one Andrew Beetge led in 2021! In fact we decided…

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NOT Hell’s Gate

Leader: Suzanne Smith 30 April 2026

we needed to do the ‘winter’ route which requires more side-stepping of the river and on very wet,…

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Hell’s Gate, Orange Kloof

Leader: Suzanne Smith 26 March 2026

It was yet another trip to Hell’s Gate and the Basin, fully booked. But it almost didn’t take…

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