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Published: June 11th 2006
After the low of Durban, the Dragon Mountains were a high - quite literally! It's all high round here and the primary activities are hiking up various peaks, climbing cliffs and then figuring out the best way down. Where else can you go abseiling for 65 rand? A 25 metre drop doesn't sound like a long way, but it certainly looks it when you are on the edge. Fortunately, we know a man who had another rope just to make sure it didn't end in tears.
We have been reunited with the Bavaria girls, who we'd last seen in Cape Town and they were in the group on the guided hike to the top of the Amphitheatre @ 3100 metres. While it wasn't exactly mountaineering, it wasn't a walk in the park either! There was plenty of snow and ice on the top and the second highest waterfall in the world after Angel Falls. There were two options down - retrace your steps or climb down two chain ladders attached to the rock face. We have no problems in admitting that we were scared to death - one slip and bye bye!!
We did various other hikes in both
The Chain Ladders
...and this is the way down??the northern and central Drakensberg in what turned out to a 7 day stay, with the last being devoted to England World Cup viweing in a capacity crowd of 3.
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alex waring
Alexander Waring
Drakensberg
Oh wow, you climbed the Amphitheatre! Well done! I was content with just admiring it from the bottom. It must have been an amazing achievement to have done it. And well done also on the ladders and abseiling - not for the faint-hearted...!