Adventures...

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These are just a few of my favourite photos from last year and the year before

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Photos

spiderman zack
a friend of mine from Cape Town up to his usual stunts at bloubergstrand

Palmiet Valley
One of the best places for hikes, swims, bouldering, or any other outdoors fun...also a great little river with some fun rapids for rafting trips when it fills up with the winter rains!

Reflections
Frix taking photos early morning on the beach in Oyster Bay on trip down the coast from the transkei

Moraine Lake
Probably one of my favorite views in the canadian Rockies. It is also the start point for an amazing 2 day hike through the valley of the 10 peaks.

Sunset in the backcountry
boxing day 2006 with my brothers and the de Graad kids

Bali bathtime
Lake Batur hot springs being used for daily baths

Vanderhoof home
Summer shot of our house taken from the air while up flying in our neighbours float plane

Hay Bales
Also taken from our neighbours cessna, i liked the pattern of bales on a nearby field just after the first cut of hay.

Vanderhoof home
another aerial shot of the house, it is just to the right of the middle of the loop of river. Sinkut mountain in the far background, and the town just out of the photo on the right handside

Langebaan
the sea side of the west coast national park

Backcountry heaven
Jan about to start on our final run down the mountain just as the sun dipped below the trees (at about 3:45pm!) after the most amazing bluebird day in the backcountry of northern BC on boxing day 2006 with Angus, Rory, Brit, Jan, Karieke, and Gidion.

vanderhoof summer
typical summer morning view from the house

Reunited!
Tom, Rissa, and I finally back together for a few days in New York a year after graduation. I flew over from Cape Town for the 2006 UNAIDS conference youth summit. It was an amazing week of meeting some incredible people, both young and old, hearing some amazing stories, and also catching up with a few old friends who were in town.

Mt.Rainier
Practicing prussiking on the icefields of Mt.Rainier before our climb to the summit over some spectacular glaciers. Weeklong summer trip with Amelia, Elena, and Sergio Siani as well as Rob and Rachel Gage.

Rare quiet moment at camp sizanani
one of the girls in my cabin at breakfast time

Camp Muir
A quick break in the sun at Camp Muir on Mt.Rainier
Elena, me, Amelia and Rachel

Mud!
how to get as muddy as possible in a very short time!

Table Mountain
Sunset hike up platteklip gorge with a few friends from sports science

goodbyes
the girls leaving after 2 weeks of camp