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Climbing down the chain ladders  
   

Climbing down the chain ladders

Not pictured: being the only one in the group roped in, repeating the mantra "I'm all roped in" the entire descent, my hands gripping so hard that they hurt afterward. The group two days later had 50kph winds during this section, so I'm surprised I missed that experience.
Northern Drakensburg and Lesotho

July 15th 2017
The Amphitheater in Northern Drakensburg is a 5 km long 1,500+ meter escarpment shaped like a ( with Tugela Falls, the second-tallest waterfall in the world, cascading into the gorge below, and then dispersing into fertile grasslands where we stayed for 4 nights- at the aptly-named Amphitheater Backpackers Lodge, with panoramic views of the cliffs that extend for tens of kilometers north and south ... read more
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