tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16468899407191069442024-03-18T15:42:00.527+02:00One Giant ChallengeThis was in preparation for the Freedom Challenge Race Across South Africa which I completed in June 2014 and 2019. Ek is die eerste persoon oor 70 jaar wat RASA voltooi het. Gedurende Oktober 2023 beplan ek om weer van Beitbrug na Bloubergstrand sonder enige ondersteuning, met my bergfiets te ry. Dit is vir CANSA in gedagtenis aan my vrou wat op 23/09/2022 oorlede is aan kanker. Afstand is 3,500 kilometer.Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.comBlogger312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-5964061487853856372024-03-18T15:41:00.001+02:002024-03-18T15:41:11.269+02:00BB2BB2 Dag 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMfRnOD-xZ2hhMR9ysAO-ztea0QprVLI5Oz9rdCnGp7X6tG322zhpAqIdTG9R456a8Zg3EzzqLVN0vJ133PxIpdFpVFtZcd8IhP87fWoh13SnDekq063Qs39V0zOOw4Zb6tijsB02Zv45YHy7o3IpEEEqDKZ6VMbVZQYZBPYc0Zy_KRK7_0OODayvhj_5/s4032/IMG_2237.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMfRnOD-xZ2hhMR9ysAO-ztea0QprVLI5Oz9rdCnGp7X6tG322zhpAqIdTG9R456a8Zg3EzzqLVN0vJ133PxIpdFpVFtZcd8IhP87fWoh13SnDekq063Qs39V0zOOw4Zb6tijsB02Zv45YHy7o3IpEEEqDKZ6VMbVZQYZBPYc0Zy_KRK7_0OODayvhj_5/s320/IMG_2237.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Wat 'n gebeurtenis volle 18 uur van gistermiddag 15:00, toe ek die "groot bult" oppad Magoebaskloof toe begin het tot vanoggend 09:00 toe ek besluit het om nie die Wolkberg aan te durf nie! Dit het heelnag in Magoebaskloof gereën. Van oggend was die uitsig beperk tot 50 meter met ligte reën. Rob het my Haernertsburg afgelaai en ek het begin trap! Dit is so 10 km na die afdraai Wolkberg Natuur Reservaat toe. Ek oorweeg my opsies en kom ook agter my agter and is papperig! Ek besluit on so 10 km in te ry en dan om te draai óf net trrug Haerneetsburg toe en in 'n B&B in te boek of vir Rod te vra of ek nog 'n nag by hom kan oorbly. By die hek probeer ek skakel, maar daar is nie syn nie! Haal my fiets pomp uit en pomp agterwiel styf. Dan pak ek die "ekskursie" die Wolkberg in, aan.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Daar is 'n gashuis in die pad af, maar die interkom werk nie! Ek ry maar aan. Die natuurskoon is baie mooi. Styl bult op. Ek stap maar. Bo is 'n afdraai na wat lyk soos 'n huis. Hier is nie veel lewe nie, maar loop darem 'n dame raak, wat my meedeel dat net MTN hier werk. Ek het 'n ou foon met 'n MTN kaart in saamgebring en gebruik dit om vir Rod 'n boodskap te laat. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Terwyl ek so ry besluit ek dat die beter opsie gaan wees om, na my "ekskursie", eder Tzaneen toe te ry, daar te slaap en dan môre met die teerpad Ohrigstad toe te ry. Dit sal nou nie so lekker wees as die grondpad van Fetilus na Ohrigstad nie, maar dit is korter en ek het die pad in 2016 gery. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Die pad waarop ry is redelik rof, maar daar is telkens "tekens" van mense watcbome oes. Na 'n kilometer lange "klippad" loop ek dan ook 'n paar van die manne raak. Ek volg die en die "versoeking" om maar deur te druk Fertilus toe, kom telkens by my op. Maar "sanity prevails" en wanneer ek by 'n redelik sterk vloeiend stroom kom, besluit ek om om te draai. Oppad terug kom 'n bakkie van agter verby en 'n trok van voor. So hier is beslis ge-organiseerde bome oes aan die orde van die dag. Na 4 uur en 30 km is ek teeug by die grootpad. Van hier is dit 25 km Tzaneen toe.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEJZp20yTp3-YhaXld8dVNTefZauLXkqNn_UbiKy_RY1ZD-Jaioa8M0ePzkJxFmQxaIuxeuXtYQTVXRgT4p58Im-gm-KzDFNVwu4Ia_-8boA8-ZTY3GzQsCsBTrxJepSz-AbSpIJNDUwmSycIX2bEgViBebhEBfgBew7eKOwhdIrK1El964OQNNvms5jl/s4032/IMG_2239.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEJZp20yTp3-YhaXld8dVNTefZauLXkqNn_UbiKy_RY1ZD-Jaioa8M0ePzkJxFmQxaIuxeuXtYQTVXRgT4p58Im-gm-KzDFNVwu4Ia_-8boA8-ZTY3GzQsCsBTrxJepSz-AbSpIJNDUwmSycIX2bEgViBebhEBfgBew7eKOwhdIrK1El964OQNNvms5jl/s320/IMG_2239.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Ek besluit om by die eerste skaflike koffie winkel te stop, iets te eet en blyplek te soek. Ek kry Tamboti Lodge op Lekkeslaap en hulke is stap afstand van die koffie winklel. 'n Bietjie duur teen R990, maar reg grleëen op die pad Ohrigstad toe. Na 'n bietjie onderhandeling, kry ek 'n kamer met aandete vir R940. So eindig dag 5!</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZg9QMmSHNSgkUhUZGkyLzUGBHpcKYt2kYLfTUlk06ZRqxkbTkVdiE2HkAW_Ry53zv5QWnb0lgMFordKgTguSclHcwsoiTsR3oZrk5aXlLBhnJJUZuW78IT5KaLniB6Qp91-Y6sM3X6k4d6jzc2HJ3rbcKWN8md5GXu0WSzIkWEmHPM0aNi-RNwnDyYF3/s4032/IMG_2241.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZg9QMmSHNSgkUhUZGkyLzUGBHpcKYt2kYLfTUlk06ZRqxkbTkVdiE2HkAW_Ry53zv5QWnb0lgMFordKgTguSclHcwsoiTsR3oZrk5aXlLBhnJJUZuW78IT5KaLniB6Qp91-Y6sM3X6k4d6jzc2HJ3rbcKWN8md5GXu0WSzIkWEmHPM0aNi-RNwnDyYF3/s320/IMG_2241.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGMhGlBY3j-Fhu7CVnMuT5r5RMFF32j44ZmplUv9U34N6A3RAFpzo7p5n6O_fkZB33L55OvtJt3XBmOGKPWg9ESUfBx_XWRG1sX8TEz7i7guy7G3f4nXJ3UM8xzwiwBSxPEOu4XvugbzCat7salvnvQSOxfxcT_1wU_2sQbeDedAqPidIUHINOiRRZuJ9/s2532/IMG_2242.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGMhGlBY3j-Fhu7CVnMuT5r5RMFF32j44ZmplUv9U34N6A3RAFpzo7p5n6O_fkZB33L55OvtJt3XBmOGKPWg9ESUfBx_XWRG1sX8TEz7i7guy7G3f4nXJ3UM8xzwiwBSxPEOu4XvugbzCat7salvnvQSOxfxcT_1wU_2sQbeDedAqPidIUHINOiRRZuJ9/s320/IMG_2242.png" width="148" /></a></div><br /><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span><p></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-39244966065297890882024-03-17T21:42:00.001+02:002024-03-17T21:42:40.836+02:00BB2BB2 Dag 4<p><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Wat 'n dag! Ek kom 06:16 weg! Die opstaan, pak en alles ry kry neem tyd!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Eers die 5 km terug Bandelierskop toe langs die N1. Gelukkig is die verkeer nie te druk die <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>tyd van die oggend nie. By Bandelierskop draai ek af op die pad langs die treinspoor te volg. Die eerste paar kilometer is die pad goed, totdat hy skielik weg van die spoor draai en dan net verdwyn! Ek stap deur die veld terug spoor toe waar daar 'n gesluite hek is. Dit is makliker op met spoor om die hek te kom as oor hom! Anderkant staan die gras amper 'n meter hoog en pad is amper nie sigbaar nie! Dit verbeter egter gou en ek maak redelike vordering.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnm15pQeyJ6-EOwnTyHF57J6Al7Jc1jzlAnI6F2ZZHiFCno0uGtwDvOjqzN2sPcWGVjrPOupHnnkCwc7lRxFLGR5KbaRDbfo-dTsqcSwnyDlhsshYsA0mYSqXQp6maBWJ17zfzH0L3lqDL4pvx-jHDwONAHaJJG-h2vWGHiQeNc4Y7Ljcgv1gVPrtT96aE/s4032/IMG_2226.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnm15pQeyJ6-EOwnTyHF57J6Al7Jc1jzlAnI6F2ZZHiFCno0uGtwDvOjqzN2sPcWGVjrPOupHnnkCwc7lRxFLGR5KbaRDbfo-dTsqcSwnyDlhsshYsA0mYSqXQp6maBWJ17zfzH0L3lqDL4pvx-jHDwONAHaJJG-h2vWGHiQeNc4Y7Ljcgv1gVPrtT96aE/s320/IMG_2226.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Die weer in die ooste lyk nie baie belowend nie en ek verwag enige tyd vir die reën om my te vang. Dié bly egter weg en die wolk bedekking hou die temperatuur so om en by 23. Ek ry lekker tot net voor Morebeng ( was Soekmekaar, maar nou is net "vooruitgang" te soek hier!) Ek sien die treinspoor maak 'n lang draaie voor Morebeng en draai regs op 'n goeie grondpad wat by die hoofpad aansluit. Van hier is dit 7 km Morebeng toe. In 2016 het ek 'n lekker ontbyt hier gekry, maar vandag is net die spaza winkel met sy "buitelander" agter die toonbank, hier. EK koop 4 piesangs en val weer in die pad.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Die begin liggies reën en tref die nodige voorsorg deur my Brookes saal, wat van leer gemaak is en dus nie moet nat word nie, se oortrekking op te sit my ligte reën baadjie aan te trek. Dit bly "klemmerig" maar reën nooit werklik nie. Ek is nou op die teerpad Mooketsi toe. Ek hou maar aan die regterkant sodat ek die aankomende verkeer kan sien. By die Mooketsi afdraai stop ek vir 'n vrugteslaai en koffie. Nou is ek weer op 'n grondpad wat my na Houbosdorp toe neem. Aanvanklik is die pad redelik gelyk met 'n paar klein bultjie en afdraendes. Op 86 km verskyn 'n "climb" op my Garmin. Dit is 'n skemstiese voorstelling van wat voorlê. Dit het voordele en nadele, maar wat ek sien laat weet my ek gaan nou klim! 1,066 meter oor 19.2 km. Dit insigself is nie so erg nie, maar na 86 km is dit rof! Dit neem my bykans 4 uur om die volgende 23 km af te lê! 14:50 skakel Rob Harman, waar ek oorbly om te hoor hoe vorder ek. Teen daardie tyd het ek nog net 3.7 km van die klim agter my. Hy onderneem om 17:00 weer te hoor hoe dit gaan. Toe hy 16:30 skakel is daar nog 3 km oor! Hy wil weet of hy my moet kom haal en ek stem anders gaan ek eers na donker by hom uit kom. Ek ry aan en begin wonder of ek hom verkeerd berstaan het, want hy daag nie op nie. Intussen het die weer soos 'n handomkeer verander. Waar dit mooi oop was aan die anderkant van die bult, is dit hier nat en die mis is so dig jy kan net 50 meter ver sien. Rob kry my op 103 km. Hy het oppad ba my toe vasgeval, maar kom gelukkig maklik uit kom. Dit neem ons net langer as 1 uur om die 16 km huis toe, met die motor af te lê. Dit sou my seker 2:30 met die fiets geneem het! So eindig die "grootste" dag, tot dus ver, van hierdie avontuur. Die laaste uur en 16 km was darem in 'n motor! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14ox9QC3L0-bs21V2jxlhPEKSM7SiOPGk_A3EGE1xdh5YAiupE0ya1Nd5z8BPRNGKL_RqW-4vugh_2TngulnZLXbPa9Gd8IqgkE-CZ68UToTZ2r2M6dF4pJPcvw0PQBawMLojxWSDWkTu6UOhFDZqYpxcE2biG3tirA7qfjaIXQV_vExZ3wk4WXRfkJQp/s4032/IMG_2228.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14ox9QC3L0-bs21V2jxlhPEKSM7SiOPGk_A3EGE1xdh5YAiupE0ya1Nd5z8BPRNGKL_RqW-4vugh_2TngulnZLXbPa9Gd8IqgkE-CZ68UToTZ2r2M6dF4pJPcvw0PQBawMLojxWSDWkTu6UOhFDZqYpxcE2biG3tirA7qfjaIXQV_vExZ3wk4WXRfkJQp/s320/IMG_2228.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Dit is sop nat hier, maar die son skyn darem in Vertilis, waar ek môre aand slaap. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; 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font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Got up at 05:00. Had a good breakfast and got going at 06:20. 1 km gown the mIn road, I realised that I left my waterbottle on the counter. Phoned Pieter de Jager and he brought it to their main gate. That was a adventureoys start to the day! Had a good ride down to the Van Collerpas gate where I had to phone the duys from ZZ2 to open up for me. I have been waiting 15 minutes for them to arrive! They arrive after 32 minutes. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Van Collerpas and Waterpoort is one of the highlights of this trip. The pass is not too strenious and not too long, but beautiful and a good 3 km challenge with a view down the poort. After the pass comes the railwayline. This is a "highlight" in revers as for the next 8 km I had to push my bike down the railway line. The stones between the sleepers generally are to low so the opportunity fir riding is limited. The shoulders also are too narrow. But I first tried a very faint track next to the line. This was reasonable except for the 2.5 meter fench between me and the railway. When I got to the point where the fench went away from the railway, I had two options: go back the way I came or find a hole in the fench. Luck was on my side and I found a hole in the fench! Once on the railwayline, it was a 2:30 push for the next 9 km. In total it took me 3:30 from the gate untill I got onto a good road again, a distance of only 19 km. The last 3 km was, to a certain extend, similar to Van Collerpas. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdb0eurueFLIkMby4HhhnL6lr4wU5pEzjVyOfODa18MEABlmdMripjG0cfoWGxfou6_xWRbLGY7GZ83Z-qBdq6He7fSNl1Iyqjztcf1KEZFp4l7lPjYW-sy_sv0kN3Qu7JS2Nbg61KKk3zeTKdZ5Oa9ajIwdaQ_AhVHHjKXAACAbFsNgoThZTsq9axyGA/s4032/IMG_2220.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdb0eurueFLIkMby4HhhnL6lr4wU5pEzjVyOfODa18MEABlmdMripjG0cfoWGxfou6_xWRbLGY7GZ83Z-qBdq6He7fSNl1Iyqjztcf1KEZFp4l7lPjYW-sy_sv0kN3Qu7JS2Nbg61KKk3zeTKdZ5Oa9ajIwdaQ_AhVHHjKXAACAbFsNgoThZTsq9axyGA/s320/IMG_2220.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfBPxr4944QIGL5OLKSD3-52_-_p-kaFbPVZ4odXzZzwNkKyJLyJpVJGbJaP43FOi1NIN3A43glPFwS7iIj4XhiN0cEw3hfJMaGZ2lTyU_Dv3c9P-7qosIxYVMbf7h7IJyeUeYJ16PaNtmjaqrv40IuuwvhEM4IH1sWWdYT-CFp-GyShc_8EVOcUsz2CZ/s320/IMG_2215.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Once on the msin road, my pace increased. After about 5 km tge GPS indicated right and 500 meters further, left. 60 meters before I had to turn there was a track, which I passed. I continued on and went past the point where I was suppose to turn, but saw no road, so I continued only to find a deadend. I went back the track, realised after 100 meters that it was a farm track. Back towards the deadend. Right at the point where the GPS indicated left, there was a very faint track. I turn onto it and aftrr a while this became the railway service road.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I continued along this until the GPS took me away onto a tar road. I passed a car wash, which sold ice, so stopped there. R25 for a bag of ice! It was more than I needed, but that dud not stop me from buying it. I filled my waterbottles with ice and ate one of the breadrolls Mafunga Lodge gave me, drinking some of my ice water. I filled both my waterbottles with ice and then topped it up with water, I also had 1 liter Coke bottle and a 500 ml bottle, which I filled with water. At this point I have only used hslf of the ice. Not to worry, I just tagged the icebag along. As I was riding along I ate some of the ice, threw some down my back and put sone ice cubes under my helmet. All helped to cool me down. At this point temperstures were in the high 30's but would later go up to a maximum of 45.7! The ice did its work. Whenever there was water in the bottom of the bag, I would stop and drink it. When there were only a few cubes left, I stuffed it down my back. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The GPS took me down some dusty roads on to Bandelierskop. From there I had to go 5 km in the direction of Loius Trighart (Makondo) to my overnight stop at Lalapanzi. I must give credit to John Brand who shares his Capepoint to Beit Bridge tracks with me for the rout through Waterpoort as well as the Mafunga Lodge and Lakapanzi accommodation.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">It was a long day. 86 km; 9:48:32. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8imLyno-VZYuLEdHZ415LomxriIuKes2qgjkf9hNGYDpLx5o6iewR4DXZKwf7K0mSjjrj7wla2qIW2Zedr6A-KJb4GwpokC5YTADoNDzmSaQeHjct6d2ROPFNfGaXq_qdrAF9Sxpwwqhz5OBj1-FRq0c29rQ7zStihKvsi4D5hVYOXW0lZtaGIu7vavp/s320/IMG_2209.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Die wekker maak my 05:30 wakker. Ontbyt is vanoggend net koffie en beskuit en die vooruitsigte vir middagete is ook nie baie belowend nie! Dit is maar een van daardie uitdagings van 'n rit soos die.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Ek kim 06:34 aan die gang. Ek is binne 1 km op die treinspoor se dienspad. Nie so seker of treinspoor dienspaaie nog gebruik word nie, maar wanneer ek na die klippe langs die spoor kyk, lyk dit darem of hierdie een mog gebruik word </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Ek en Hennie de Clercq het nou die dag gepraat oor ons vertroue in ons medemens na aanleiding van die fiets ryers en mense wat op Tafelberg beroof word. Ons albei voel dat daar meer "goeies" as "slegtes" is en gaan dus nie ons vertroue by die deur uitgooi nie. Ek het gister so 'n geval gehad toe ek Beitbrug toe gery het. Teen die einde het daar 'n paar manne langs die spoor gesit. Ek is so vinnig daardeur, hulle kon nie eers reageer nie. Die toets kom toe ek moes omdraai en weer by hulle verby ry! Die toes was toe posetief want ek ry nog! Wel die toets het vanfag weer 'n paar keer voor gekom en ek moet sê ek is elke keer baie gegroet en het geen rede tot kommer gehad nie.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Die paadjie langs die spoor het sy uitdagings gehad, maar was baie interessant met ops en afs deur klein droeë rivier beddings en 'n paar klipperige gedeeltes. Op een plek is die pad heeltemak weggespoel en moes ek die rivier deur middel van die treinbrug, kruis. Die weer is perfek vir fietsry. Lig bewolk met 'n temperstuur van 23! Dit neem my amper 4 uur om die eerste 43 km af te lê. My plan was om "ontbyt" in Mopani te eet, maar hier is tans net een spaza winkel. In 2016 was daar ook een by die ou stasie, maar die is nou net 'n woning. Ek gaan maar op 1 liter Coke en 'n PVN energy bar vir 'n laat ontbyt!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81apwSMI02bhwtdHM5I0caHtirDVC7vdRxGcnOfwsOmq-Pfuwoqiwn1z6h0GpdYzqbNKyqaxfsaEJW-0qCrTNxvWirDtByKDDCv3k49s7Ql9j_jqE4xVOZKqVmeXOV6AxA0lBpXKz2EqAMBtFo_1DYKzmK2HR3Bq5lGZ-9qpE8zViSNp_rNdBWd_5Sfd1/s4032/IMG_2206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81apwSMI02bhwtdHM5I0caHtirDVC7vdRxGcnOfwsOmq-Pfuwoqiwn1z6h0GpdYzqbNKyqaxfsaEJW-0qCrTNxvWirDtByKDDCv3k49s7Ql9j_jqE4xVOZKqVmeXOV6AxA0lBpXKz2EqAMBtFo_1DYKzmK2HR3Bq5lGZ-9qpE8zViSNp_rNdBWd_5Sfd1/s320/IMG_2206.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_zeMZvqMv65o6SY7Nbz8mb2Rv5CYUtCWdpH0D381Hv-jF8JssBym69lND4BYox9pzcGq6b0L3-CJEbR7SsjVuOIG0fVHdU58j9b1mMETahOuh-UNb_Yh7SBA0xK8F6hesg_BeZU3Fkuv3B310psL4igE3WSNPf2iy3P407lwf7VVqTOGOw2SGqI19C7w/s4032/IMG_2205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_zeMZvqMv65o6SY7Nbz8mb2Rv5CYUtCWdpH0D381Hv-jF8JssBym69lND4BYox9pzcGq6b0L3-CJEbR7SsjVuOIG0fVHdU58j9b1mMETahOuh-UNb_Yh7SBA0xK8F6hesg_BeZU3Fkuv3B310psL4igE3WSNPf2iy3P407lwf7VVqTOGOw2SGqI19C7w/s320/IMG_2205.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPvwg29EI39xOYXIw65KZt9bRpYUrW1p9BfnCv_-bdq_ivLhrJipHAYMlFag-RPGUBst-1LgRJZpUwcYBZwSlbSQMYXjU427o0i0d7z9SNOFVr6uURmN2TKaSok7MTfrWjpVPByurQjp-M4ovLOOt6m1lSeqpNBHG2O9y6IKPMRCZ0Xl5yNsNbuFycdBs/s4032/IMG_2204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPvwg29EI39xOYXIw65KZt9bRpYUrW1p9BfnCv_-bdq_ivLhrJipHAYMlFag-RPGUBst-1LgRJZpUwcYBZwSlbSQMYXjU427o0i0d7z9SNOFVr6uURmN2TKaSok7MTfrWjpVPByurQjp-M4ovLOOt6m1lSeqpNBHG2O9y6IKPMRCZ0Xl5yNsNbuFycdBs/s320/IMG_2204.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51b8-C3EICnz3qIBge_h2A_vNKMUZw25j_DtfYCX9UBSz85Xqbp8r8h5goJ64Ooc1PpikQig10MRlNUrW0z4wSm7sL5-lapcl4q_yvP23jtUM0Dmgk1nokegBZ7hMwNyWLkqZKXl3lBktF0Mazm6aCzLC-m6Q01SpWl1GzHsN4NFtZS5ynQmc3k7NZnoz/s4032/IMG_2203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51b8-C3EICnz3qIBge_h2A_vNKMUZw25j_DtfYCX9UBSz85Xqbp8r8h5goJ64Ooc1PpikQig10MRlNUrW0z4wSm7sL5-lapcl4q_yvP23jtUM0Dmgk1nokegBZ7hMwNyWLkqZKXl3lBktF0Mazm6aCzLC-m6Q01SpWl1GzHsN4NFtZS5ynQmc3k7NZnoz/s320/IMG_2203.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Van hier tot by Ma Funga Lodge moet ek met die distrikspad af Waterpoort toe ry. Die is in 'n uitstekende toestand (grondpad) met'n paar sanderige gedeeltes. Daar is heelwat wildsase hier en si 10 km voor my bestemming suen ek 'n kameelperd 10 meter van die pad af! Die 37 km van Mopani af neem my 2:50. Intussen het die temperatuur gestyg na tussen 35 en 42! Die hek is gesluit en daar is nie 'n klokkie nie! Gelukkig is hier selfoon ontvangs. Ek skakel die eienaar wat 5 minute later opdaag en my in laat. Ek is weereens, soos in 2016, die enigste gas vir die aand, so die hele lodge is myne!</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSTf4p7_0r81PD74XkCijnJmOCO0yalG3jQszj4yLJJLyCciid6UQQl5jTF4pyOBInWt_ehh4yigW82Do65h-DF_64zX1HuVpS3Q5wBalOZ1P3zpLwUb0S5cNdJsJdE1N-KtyRSnHVB5gO0TtcYH5avmutJA5aEDbCa5xKmYqZDSIKw025tScnsITFzPZ/s320/IMG_2199.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">The plane is taxing on the Cape Town runway and we are about to take-off. Everything running according to schedule. The inky "hickup" was when the schuttle arrived at 04:55 in stead of 05:10. Fortunately was ready but had to forgo breakfast. Problem number 2 was that I could not activate the alarm. That also is not a disaster as Nautilus is a vey secure complex.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Check in at the airport went without a hitch and I had a "health" breakfast and cappacino at Mugg and Bean. That was a first for along time as I have "out grown" Mugg and Bean. There are many coffee shops which have more caracter than M&B! I may regret this once I hit the road because there will not be many coffee shops where I am going. That is part of the adventure!</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">In 2016 I labeled my trip "blood, guts and determination". That was because I drew blood on day two when a barbed wire scratch my leg. After a couple of days I realised that I will have to display real guts and determination to pull that adventure off. I presume this trip will not be that differnent on that front and I am under no illussion on what lies ahead. The fact that I have decided to extend my time table by 7 days, have helped to relieve the pressure. So let me call this one "adventure, memories and insight". It is an adventure. I am doing it in memory of Sue and I trust that I will get some insight into own soul!</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Landedl safely. Had some minor problems getting car sort, but all OK. Arrived in Musina at 15:15. Unpacked bike, drop cat off an started peddaling to Beit Bridge. I did not load a track from Musina to Beit Bridge, only Beit Bridge to Musina. I load that and triedto get Garmin to "reverse" it, but to no avail, so I took the first turn out of town, which I thought will take me to the railway line. This was a mistake, but I was moving in the right direction! After about 7 km and some rather less travelled tracks, the track I was on turned right! That was not going to work, so I took the next fry streambed left as I was sure that would take me to the service road. After some serious walk, it was very sandy, I got to the service road. From everything went according to plan and aftrr a phone at the Beit Bridge entry point, I officially started BB2BB2! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was just getting dark when I reached my accommodation. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">After a quick shower, I went to the local Spur for supper.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-76020863473446583282024-03-12T13:26:00.002+02:002024-03-12T17:23:53.277+02:00BB2BB2 Dag 1 minus 2<p> Dinsdag 11 Maart 2024.</p><p>I will try to keep this blog updated daily and will alternate reporting in English and Afrikaans. So hopefully every second day will be in English.</p><p>Die senuwees knaag! Die fiets is "geboks", die rugsak is 90% gepak, die eerste week se verblyf is bevestig, nou wag ek net vir Donderdagoggend 05:20 wanneer die "schuttle" my kom optel!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFqJmgJtH93WfSRJYaPa62t-nKYxXL39hG6LVBAx-lkvGI1zbfpJQIgMP2Yas7738Oa560E_XevKONVKorbzc32S00r4g5H8h9cJOaicg25J_kYIIvMEyrwAkpdw6h8-uDh6DsKW-jtk1viL5_kPK9a-34GZEapYmJl2tF6b1ypeVZF-FGU-NH4hdQ7pL/s4032/Fiets%20reg%20vir%20BB2BB2%20IMG_1988%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFqJmgJtH93WfSRJYaPa62t-nKYxXL39hG6LVBAx-lkvGI1zbfpJQIgMP2Yas7738Oa560E_XevKONVKorbzc32S00r4g5H8h9cJOaicg25J_kYIIvMEyrwAkpdw6h8-uDh6DsKW-jtk1viL5_kPK9a-34GZEapYmJl2tF6b1ypeVZF-FGU-NH4hdQ7pL/s320/Fiets%20reg%20vir%20BB2BB2%20IMG_1988%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZufW_702qdZKvRAvvV-ubB8JT4XBqvhL84AVeodxMZBl0M2ZZy7pKgCsEj8fq3fuJ1R5W5y6ZtDN4LAXX2GOtJXCa9rleznMyh9TGHfu1-R7NoXqg4uuNFly9vKlprdCUR7drwyaU-hNt2XIy9TfPITFDK_6ZbomoEUxlPT8splolnimfh7jgAGA_Tg0/s640/Fiets%20gepak%20IMG_2196.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZufW_702qdZKvRAvvV-ubB8JT4XBqvhL84AVeodxMZBl0M2ZZy7pKgCsEj8fq3fuJ1R5W5y6ZtDN4LAXX2GOtJXCa9rleznMyh9TGHfu1-R7NoXqg4uuNFly9vKlprdCUR7drwyaU-hNt2XIy9TfPITFDK_6ZbomoEUxlPT8splolnimfh7jgAGA_Tg0/s320/Fiets%20gepak%20IMG_2196.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-34229944238136492512024-03-11T10:12:00.005+02:002024-03-12T13:11:16.302+02:00Argus/CTCT nommer 33<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdA3jN6eGuzSjS8XCNpOvsS7y2_hw_IqbtpJFv_3awVdn1kLbOqQWHbs3lHN4HaDbwOpeS7vGMYxpFgVSXIjNNj34t-f87ZX2-0wVPHxnndqARs3e8eQOU1Hks8S2tN7ig9yy4VII7REjR0vSCSnIh_Db67P00J6dwDh6vHTXzqormioM8eBBAXsh-j-L/s3088/2024%20Begin.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdA3jN6eGuzSjS8XCNpOvsS7y2_hw_IqbtpJFv_3awVdn1kLbOqQWHbs3lHN4HaDbwOpeS7vGMYxpFgVSXIjNNj34t-f87ZX2-0wVPHxnndqARs3e8eQOU1Hks8S2tN7ig9yy4VII7REjR0vSCSnIh_Db67P00J6dwDh6vHTXzqormioM8eBBAXsh-j-L/s320/2024%20Begin.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Sondag 10 Maart 2024. Lieflike oggend met ligte Suid-Oostertjie. Ek ry weer van die huis af en kom so 06:30 by die wegspring aan. Lekker stil op die Parade. Ons spring 07:06 weg. Ek het voor die tyd besluit dat ek dit rustig gaan vat en probeer om 'n vinnige tyd te jaag nie. Alles verloop baie goed, ek ry bale lekker en maak in 4:05:52 klaar. My Garmin tyd van 4:06:07 is omdat ek eers na die eindstreep hom gestop het. Die "lekkerste" van die rit was van die Seepunt Paviljoen af toe ek 'n tandem opgetel het en teen maksimum hartspoed tot die einde aan hulle vasgeklou het met alles wat ek oor gehad het teen 'n speod van 35-45 kpu!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXaXHO617f5Ndm8rsWQruULYLkAjECgP0s6GcutkIzlyDIcBSbtc-LV9y9ybtUiyWp7iiTcHE6Qhb262VutBRKbNEuze1EaO7BESRgwx2lBGvVLBVZZoUVIDqE64ih16qsIRTt5C9_w2vwvsm0mObvcvIKmZ0J0SeQ97nN-IzFZx3-cSpTLeUdaQHwT6KH/s1580/2024%20tyd%20skedule%20Image-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXaXHO617f5Ndm8rsWQruULYLkAjECgP0s6GcutkIzlyDIcBSbtc-LV9y9ybtUiyWp7iiTcHE6Qhb262VutBRKbNEuze1EaO7BESRgwx2lBGvVLBVZZoUVIDqE64ih16qsIRTt5C9_w2vwvsm0mObvcvIKmZ0J0SeQ97nN-IzFZx3-cSpTLeUdaQHwT6KH/s320/2024%20tyd%20skedule%20Image-1.jpg" width="247" /></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOseTbbgz9klTlMtX678qo7Sdz8AAofmcEkZhq82vqMz8eS6rV8EHpbcJnjncHwMmU2Lus7M6bVLf0_E0Lxu03oO0ontP-QUG_eTCsh7zMOCP3tmatJFAlDOknjG2ZnMJzyvp1v_q1daJP8wmPAI9jP0D5FtLdGVTy009jrn-Mwr6XKXsqH1hSfpJU45W/s2880/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2013.09.15.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOseTbbgz9klTlMtX678qo7Sdz8AAofmcEkZhq82vqMz8eS6rV8EHpbcJnjncHwMmU2Lus7M6bVLf0_E0Lxu03oO0ontP-QUG_eTCsh7zMOCP3tmatJFAlDOknjG2ZnMJzyvp1v_q1daJP8wmPAI9jP0D5FtLdGVTy009jrn-Mwr6XKXsqH1hSfpJU45W/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2013.09.15.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO4xzTXE8UpoOFmdrT4yHGPLIs5axeuQZGHs0ZndNRMrWEyMhVC-yF3ZEa65216THb7a3qwKTRuvsCyTpZ2LvWu4yWqBkkRHsOGa8N7w4N3OCztr0MUsS5j_qhvkWRy2LSXmfMgthTwOGrl6aKs5mJsY4ThpeydXu4zW9awqKBPgfZEedHlL4Wy4TCzOh/s2880/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2013.09.23.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO4xzTXE8UpoOFmdrT4yHGPLIs5axeuQZGHs0ZndNRMrWEyMhVC-yF3ZEa65216THb7a3qwKTRuvsCyTpZ2LvWu4yWqBkkRHsOGa8N7w4N3OCztr0MUsS5j_qhvkWRy2LSXmfMgthTwOGrl6aKs5mJsY4ThpeydXu4zW9awqKBPgfZEedHlL4Wy4TCzOh/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2013.09.23.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZjy6RUZGepBaaKBgAWsYvnSjpxCGNJkoEu5gNKMvXZFty6e12dn9-CmCpCwgYn9WSlKluAlxU_oTUU3wNEiL9X5ZPgUMApYX-bbZvMZkPnXQQ-6hYOQDo5AoF2wTAK5jcRTCGrLmTD0etNJ2g7_J-BCFe9hFD9FHxXWPAObE6jYeOU5LbuyKtdzRI2id/s2880/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2013.09.31.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZjy6RUZGepBaaKBgAWsYvnSjpxCGNJkoEu5gNKMvXZFty6e12dn9-CmCpCwgYn9WSlKluAlxU_oTUU3wNEiL9X5ZPgUMApYX-bbZvMZkPnXQQ-6hYOQDo5AoF2wTAK5jcRTCGrLmTD0etNJ2g7_J-BCFe9hFD9FHxXWPAObE6jYeOU5LbuyKtdzRI2id/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2013.09.31.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoxwiR0say705EkyHWYacT7x6Ise9OO4H76O0bMn3aDnVmjG5jMhiWRLI4j2E_zfMxDvzXusCshyfxLHK6JfITpdwe0S767mgvfcOn828W3eJLtKepyLP7guvs7QpE90jB9McDo2aAal0p6oe5jjGBwe8APncAAuu_zQdR2QSY1EXhBLRb2yvboHelmM-/s2880/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2013.09.48.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoxwiR0say705EkyHWYacT7x6Ise9OO4H76O0bMn3aDnVmjG5jMhiWRLI4j2E_zfMxDvzXusCshyfxLHK6JfITpdwe0S767mgvfcOn828W3eJLtKepyLP7guvs7QpE90jB9McDo2aAal0p6oe5jjGBwe8APncAAuu_zQdR2QSY1EXhBLRb2yvboHelmM-/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2013.09.48.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-42640270047360494482024-02-20T17:29:00.004+02:002024-02-20T17:30:44.867+02:00Harold na Gouritsrivier<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ek kom 06:20 aan die gang. Die eerste ding wat ek “beproef” is my knie, wat vanoggend heelwat beter voel. Ek is bewus van hom, maar dit pla my</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">nie so baie soos die vorige dag nie. Die volle afstand vir die dag is 120 km en dit is, grotendeels, deel van die 36ONE se roete. Met die 36ONE word dit egter in die nag gery en nou kry ek die geleentheid om in die dag te sien hoe die wêreld lyk.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Die weer is goed en ek ry rustig. Toe ek deur Zebra ry, hoor ek ‘n “ping”. Ek hou stil maar sien niks wat die geluid kon gemaak het nie. Dit het egter vir my net soos ‘n speek wat gebreek het, geklink. Ek hoor dan ook na ‘n rukkie later iets wat soos ‘n gebreekte speek klink. Ek hou stil en stel vas dat ek wel ‘n speek gebreek het. Gelukkig is dit nie ernstig nie en kan ek sonder probleme aan ry. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgVDEcZs7HDCsK3EMl5UCta2rh8g46iVTh6pQv9jL3AtsEbriR1b9F_rqaXzkLIUDmHazlug9GjwalpIchORFawXJaXKlSywaT8aEs7POEh7hEBfSJ1yOOBp20vNic5serVaVkA213pxCYVIcWPIyER9Tep-cisLGehwH-59TBvb7Vf-cN3zAuzF507j6/s640/20240218%20Zebra%20IMG_2155.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgVDEcZs7HDCsK3EMl5UCta2rh8g46iVTh6pQv9jL3AtsEbriR1b9F_rqaXzkLIUDmHazlug9GjwalpIchORFawXJaXKlSywaT8aEs7POEh7hEBfSJ1yOOBp20vNic5serVaVkA213pxCYVIcWPIyER9Tep-cisLGehwH-59TBvb7Vf-cN3zAuzF507j6/s320/20240218%20Zebra%20IMG_2155.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Ek bereik Volmoed na 4:36 en 56 km. Ek het al, met vorige geleenthede, ‘n paar keer by La Plume op Volmoed gestop, maar die diens was so swak dat ek besluit om eder ‘n winkel te soek. Daar is egter niks anders beskikbaar nie en ek moet maar, noodgedwonge, weer La Plume toe gaan. Word ek nie aangenaam verras nie! Die brooedjie wat hulle aanbied is uit die boonste rakke en ek is binne 30 minute weer op die pad. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Terwyl ek daar sit en rus, loer ek oop WhatsApp en sien dat Leonico net ander kant Uniondale is. Ek skat dat ons so om en by Gouritsrivier by mekaar sal uit kom, aangesien hy van Heimersrivier af dieselfde pad as ek ry. Net na Volmoed is daar ‘n klim van 8 km. Nie baie styl nie, maar aanhoudend! Bo loer ek waar Leonico is en sien dat by Kandelaarsrivier is. Intussen karring ek maar voort. Op 75 km hoor ek ‘n motor agter my en aanvaar dat dit een van die “locals” is. My verbasing is groot toe ek sien dat dit Leonico is. Hy hou langs my stil. Ek sê vir hom dat ek nou ‘n probleem het. Hy snap dadelik wat ek bedoel en sê, “ja teen die onderkant van die bult”! Die bult is toe 5 km lank en dit is alles afdraand! Onder by die spruit stop ek en laai my fiets in die motor. Met ‘n knie wat nie 100% is nie en kan doen met ‘n bietjie rus, is dit sekerlik die beter besluit. Met 80 km vir die dag en 7:40 in die saal was dit 'n goeie uitstappie. Dit is nog 40 km van Vanwyksdorp af en 21 km na Gouritsrivier toe. Net voor ons oor die Gouritsrivier gaan is daar ‘n huis op linkerkant waar ek in April 2021 water gesoek het. Ons stop gou hier en ek bevestig dat daar wel ‘n watertenk buite is, so indien ek April hier deurkom kan ons ons waterbottels hier volmaak. Die Gouritsrivier loop ook so sterk dat ek self daar water kan kry, maar dit is ‘n ope vraag of dit nog die geval in April sal wees. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ons kom net voor 16:00 op Rooiberg aan waar ons afpak, lekker rus en ‘n heelike aandete kry. Ek sou graag einde April hier wou bly, maar hulle het daardie week ‘n konverensie en is dus vol.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">So eindig die “recci”. Alhoewel ek nie die volle afstand van 480 km gedoen het nie. Het ek ‘n goeie 4 dae se oefening in gekry. Ek het ook die gewig van my rugsak reg gekry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj232Bpg2DnMCStrxaRUFOK1fCQhhu8VFgxdmoLBFDxcEbRnbN7YuGmsSaNGDw9-8nCdGCK9LAHaCbdyH-zrE99gVwUFzzW3XkTA4WFShnFfQ5tPQNJWnbpBTdwdPzg9Ofc3OZLgJXs0YVGuKz6vH4lTaPFW08ga71Sj1_35b0qkoSvB-MJ6P901ZlU5e/s2880/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.26.48.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj232Bpg2DnMCStrxaRUFOK1fCQhhu8VFgxdmoLBFDxcEbRnbN7YuGmsSaNGDw9-8nCdGCK9LAHaCbdyH-zrE99gVwUFzzW3XkTA4WFShnFfQ5tPQNJWnbpBTdwdPzg9Ofc3OZLgJXs0YVGuKz6vH4lTaPFW08ga71Sj1_35b0qkoSvB-MJ6P901ZlU5e/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.26.48.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lGIY-37T67hJ2zwl_9hUfAi1gULPkU4kxaktNwimnhC9tDLJ673Of2Wiw5wfNTd52RONeyDh9555rThHSAdOAHqQDL1x1DaIAzoA3bhMpV2PCtWgLx1oE6Ur9zzar-qqS7ut_PqLfgVtUtHIFFcfbHMVt5DH4GZElE46PVP3ifaxsHCXd5C_GWqkdV0q/s2880/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.26.54.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lGIY-37T67hJ2zwl_9hUfAi1gULPkU4kxaktNwimnhC9tDLJ673Of2Wiw5wfNTd52RONeyDh9555rThHSAdOAHqQDL1x1DaIAzoA3bhMpV2PCtWgLx1oE6Ur9zzar-qqS7ut_PqLfgVtUtHIFFcfbHMVt5DH4GZElE46PVP3ifaxsHCXd5C_GWqkdV0q/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.26.54.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUuS6Q5j3Rs3LiwFszdrT3zQp-6iZq0eDIl5e33oqn1cbTQ2vdnOsp0PQksqul4LpB7QnTZQCO4TGTe-6K5LsgbPf4HhZshVoxv3TPD9Edl8jEHzEEXsN5FCxjRkEiLX4dmw0zT1tiDMCQ-UluM_mi6H9A3x4l9tLRXw8MXflPc36PZDgk0xtcwjOObB8/s2880/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.27.06.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUuS6Q5j3Rs3LiwFszdrT3zQp-6iZq0eDIl5e33oqn1cbTQ2vdnOsp0PQksqul4LpB7QnTZQCO4TGTe-6K5LsgbPf4HhZshVoxv3TPD9Edl8jEHzEEXsN5FCxjRkEiLX4dmw0zT1tiDMCQ-UluM_mi6H9A3x4l9tLRXw8MXflPc36PZDgk0xtcwjOObB8/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.27.06.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-21496067734982156072024-02-20T17:25:00.003+02:002024-02-20T17:46:06.350+02:00Hoekwil na Harold<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Hennie het ‘n vriend in Natures Valley wat op 17 Februarie 80 word. Indien ons die volle afstand ry sou hulle seker eers na 20:00 by die partyjie aangekom het. Die vriend het reeds die funksie van die middag na die aand geskuif om vir Hennie te akkommodeer. Ek maak dus die voorstel dan ons die volgende oggend almal saam ontbyt eet en dan Hoekwil toe ry met die motor, waar Helena ons aflaai en dan begin ons rit daar. Op die manier sal hulle dan op ‘n meer redelike tyd by hulle verjaardag funksie opdaag.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">So gesê, so gemaak en ons begin 08:40 trap. Ek en Hennie het al van Phantompas, Knysna tot by George gery, so ons ken die pad, maar dit bly ‘n mooi pad om te ry. Daar is egter nie veel geyk gedeeltes nie en ons moet óf op óf af gaan. ‘n Gedeelte van die pad is vir voetuie gesluit as gevolg van vloed skade, maar vir fietse is dit nie ‘n probleem nie. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9y-9yNclC-GEegLHBJPuDojT0fTlQMXi5-emekZtRs-bRwwGfORLWTtN7myJ4hk8a8hYa9c_xptyNpIM1QG4Azv08pFgi4Y-N7pLOkREXo6Nw1AdGCJwglGMGBFGdI-7yQtMkAoXugPk93u_y92qCGxGi2pUO1GB3DH_CJQCWK9sleYxVvrzTSFip8r0/s640/20240217%20Sewepasse%20IMG_2148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9y-9yNclC-GEegLHBJPuDojT0fTlQMXi5-emekZtRs-bRwwGfORLWTtN7myJ4hk8a8hYa9c_xptyNpIM1QG4Azv08pFgi4Y-N7pLOkREXo6Nw1AdGCJwglGMGBFGdI-7yQtMkAoXugPk93u_y92qCGxGi2pUO1GB3DH_CJQCWK9sleYxVvrzTSFip8r0/s320/20240217%20Sewepasse%20IMG_2148.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ek kom na ‘n ruk agter dat my linker knie nie “lekker” is nie. Dit is nie onthoudbaar nie, maar dit pla my wanneer ek trap en veroorsaak dat ek nie so lekker kan klim nie, en Montagupas lê nog voor! Ek het gelukkig “Deep Heat” in my sak en wanneer ons in George stop vir koffie, smeer ek my knie in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Na die koffie is daar so ‘n entjie tot aan die voet van die Montagupas en dan begin die groot klim vir die dag. Die pas begin na 26 km en ons klim begin by 223 meter. Dit is 11 km lank en ons klim 494 meter. ‘n Gedeelte van die pas is vir verkeer gesluit as gevolg van vloed skade, maar ons verbasing is groot toe ‘n MG B, oppad af, op die pas raak loop! Gelukkig is sy grondvry hoogte van so ‘n aard dat hy al die hindernisse kan aandurf. My seer knie veroorsaak dat ek ‘n gedeelte van die pas stap. Gelukkig pla die knie glad nie wanneer ek stap nie. Dit neem ons 2 uur om die 11 km af te lê. Die ou treinspoor loop langs die pas teen die bopunt en ons verbasing is groot toe ons ‘n trein hoor ry. Ons sien toe ook twee trokke ry en sal later vasstel dat dit ‘n toeriste atraksie is en dat hulle mense tot bo neem en dan ‘n gedeelte af ry tot by ‘n plek waar hulle dan piekniek hou! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyZWFtFuUvvcRMbHi4KuI5ParYiCK8uUw-RiXC31apfILyvCpUQ-58Ss8-THe_6smMA3xNKswPwEABVvDv_7Np3bP5a0Fyt0Dqc-v5YlXTV-WPUcFh1I6DJjNHv_duDT09IOFB0laf7SZcxR-AThFiDq_zWovRQbPkBU9itRFLr2Nt1l4w9DNYU0BoUmY/s640/20240217%20Montagupas%20Hernnie%201%20IMG_2149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyZWFtFuUvvcRMbHi4KuI5ParYiCK8uUw-RiXC31apfILyvCpUQ-58Ss8-THe_6smMA3xNKswPwEABVvDv_7Np3bP5a0Fyt0Dqc-v5YlXTV-WPUcFh1I6DJjNHv_duDT09IOFB0laf7SZcxR-AThFiDq_zWovRQbPkBU9itRFLr2Nt1l4w9DNYU0BoUmY/s320/20240217%20Montagupas%20Hernnie%201%20IMG_2149.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhOibDxuXYaLDUISiDNG3ER_JjmondE_OfAaKpLMuyAi0qDT-WsqFfcU5G1fOKSGFIKuk-h9iOlIE-s81zS7UYxSuqGRYVtFYGfLuhNjb6vq2zaVyp0_8eK6GOobNfBCVQKnwQ3c4aYP0jqRX_LIErB33-emNVk2g9lTW0z_KsCIU4wUSzzOxS4FjKwh-/s1280/20240217%20Montagupas%20Ek%20Naby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhOibDxuXYaLDUISiDNG3ER_JjmondE_OfAaKpLMuyAi0qDT-WsqFfcU5G1fOKSGFIKuk-h9iOlIE-s81zS7UYxSuqGRYVtFYGfLuhNjb6vq2zaVyp0_8eK6GOobNfBCVQKnwQ3c4aYP0jqRX_LIErB33-emNVk2g9lTW0z_KsCIU4wUSzzOxS4FjKwh-/s320/20240217%20Montagupas%20Ek%20Naby.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9TfffKoBpYl0J4k3vUW1J5aVz_vhVChh3ZJjNwb1bEirtn5Zil2XJGMK8sFpljnV_l2HWsewNhwwOI83rvq5IPTg63yarmmpzJta4o_PzTf9Qf6XU7wW7MPrVcVbyUOzZi3EQgOp___dJimAuuv2IAJF-XypoHBQBcc-yhSw7BuQRwyKVo9tfjgn9T64/s1280/20240217%20Montagupas%20Ek%20in%20verte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9TfffKoBpYl0J4k3vUW1J5aVz_vhVChh3ZJjNwb1bEirtn5Zil2XJGMK8sFpljnV_l2HWsewNhwwOI83rvq5IPTg63yarmmpzJta4o_PzTf9Qf6XU7wW7MPrVcVbyUOzZi3EQgOp___dJimAuuv2IAJF-XypoHBQBcc-yhSw7BuQRwyKVo9tfjgn9T64/s320/20240217%20Montagupas%20Ek%20in%20verte.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_D7M2mOC4GyBr8LC-TRMkaWGoHepPtbsg2QiPCNv0-c9gGd6IIjvnGYztWgW3S9lo8gC3ICDRePdirCNeVoC_zU0THmCRIJo2WMUu8nDbCQk4cm010sw-rpyvuN_juUKWq4n6MgQettfwwWJ0igJn1dhyaOopnLgjuDO6OVg0RGFVsdzAkg3IZWlpRVQY/s640/20240217%20Treinbrug%201%20IMG_2151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_D7M2mOC4GyBr8LC-TRMkaWGoHepPtbsg2QiPCNv0-c9gGd6IIjvnGYztWgW3S9lo8gC3ICDRePdirCNeVoC_zU0THmCRIJo2WMUu8nDbCQk4cm010sw-rpyvuN_juUKWq4n6MgQettfwwWJ0igJn1dhyaOopnLgjuDO6OVg0RGFVsdzAkg3IZWlpRVQY/s320/20240217%20Treinbrug%201%20IMG_2151.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukJWo3lrwt5HdAXffJVS6Phh3cETU-yXeIQKsMaMHPTO8mN6IMyGJCn7HbFxgRllpqyqDmQRTKsl_nJzCo9dE9juop_-zrlpRIt1_Kh0pxmeegHjDRf0pLn-CJ1_ZYSaHg0BOj3xAh3Djllx-5ei0N1NPwl-XTQfLMhB_ufBdk0qHMhNvNJUBCuXWgUvR/s640/20240217%20Treinbrug%202%20IMG_2152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukJWo3lrwt5HdAXffJVS6Phh3cETU-yXeIQKsMaMHPTO8mN6IMyGJCn7HbFxgRllpqyqDmQRTKsl_nJzCo9dE9juop_-zrlpRIt1_Kh0pxmeegHjDRf0pLn-CJ1_ZYSaHg0BOj3xAh3Djllx-5ei0N1NPwl-XTQfLMhB_ufBdk0qHMhNvNJUBCuXWgUvR/s320/20240217%20Treinbrug%202%20IMG_2152.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Anderkant is my knie ‘n groot probleem en kan ek byna nie eers op die gelykpad behoorlik trap nie! Ek oorleef dit darem en na 4:58 en 41.91 km met 1,082 meter se klim kom ons by Over the Mounain in Harold aan. Dit is nou 14:00 en Hennie-hulle kan rustig deur ry Natures Valley toe vir hulle partyjie.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrcXrAK8Dj4ISjS2AGJRV5JtbsjUdYjQWnSWLmUwz9xjYNt9Nbu_p4qwA0iHOYfGgRAqBq8GIa2GYqtCPXcKOE1YAfccG_yr0Pqs_yJileUHCzhC8EU-nMh4e606qRoqAN7A2isykiyBPUcsLZDVYOCHNUw7A9owQ7viWJCNMy9IPOzoGT2RNxxeDNm8e/s2880/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.39.06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrcXrAK8Dj4ISjS2AGJRV5JtbsjUdYjQWnSWLmUwz9xjYNt9Nbu_p4qwA0iHOYfGgRAqBq8GIa2GYqtCPXcKOE1YAfccG_yr0Pqs_yJileUHCzhC8EU-nMh4e606qRoqAN7A2isykiyBPUcsLZDVYOCHNUw7A9owQ7viWJCNMy9IPOzoGT2RNxxeDNm8e/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.39.06.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfYYSJNq4_Fw-sS1WsqQf8q6UjsMCEWzHqFnfnVcdlK1OPXSxZqm3pW83lSd2dWrILHCIEKocf7RhbdkJVFsNCgwuL6y4kOZBQqv7Zr3E3mO7BMcStVdELZT78ZHRFaJzJRp2jxT-TxA5xZ5Xg8dbxnxX1BWUCtNwU_2dVxlG44q84V2tIoJVGu8gBvYq/s2880/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.39.20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfYYSJNq4_Fw-sS1WsqQf8q6UjsMCEWzHqFnfnVcdlK1OPXSxZqm3pW83lSd2dWrILHCIEKocf7RhbdkJVFsNCgwuL6y4kOZBQqv7Zr3E3mO7BMcStVdELZT78ZHRFaJzJRp2jxT-TxA5xZ5Xg8dbxnxX1BWUCtNwU_2dVxlG44q84V2tIoJVGu8gBvYq/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.39.20.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfY_QsLLVq8bn3Jld4efQmU0Oea0ZPEvq9S_f4MZyDsiLgnP7ujuWAspCoNwYnlWLMxq0R_VqY6tMvEF9HCb_0vRlki3F-FPNUXpxnXrVSx58RlwMCvUCtcUTqkDL74fBNoBYU4sO5GtnrrxnbnSp8r_aOoliDNaC4R-W-mC22rls2EtlupLDU9U5gnEjM/s2880/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.39.26.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfY_QsLLVq8bn3Jld4efQmU0Oea0ZPEvq9S_f4MZyDsiLgnP7ujuWAspCoNwYnlWLMxq0R_VqY6tMvEF9HCb_0vRlki3F-FPNUXpxnXrVSx58RlwMCvUCtcUTqkDL74fBNoBYU4sO5GtnrrxnbnSp8r_aOoliDNaC4R-W-mC22rls2EtlupLDU9U5gnEjM/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2017.39.26.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-50844679071178485842024-02-20T14:57:00.001+02:002024-02-20T14:57:47.048+02:00Uniondale na Knysna<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ek en Hennie val 05:50 in die pad. Hennie jaag vooruit met die woorde “vol my ek ken die pad”! On gelukkig ken hy toe nie die pad nie en ry by die Avontuur afdraai verby oppad na die N9. Gelukkig hoor hy toe ek hom roep en draai om soda tons direk Avontuur toe kan ry. Die eerste 9 km tot by die Langkloof pad is teer en ons klim van 734 meter to by 881. Na so ‘n entjie op die Langkloofpad draai ons links na Prins Alfredpas en klim tot by 1,048 meter oor ‘n verdere 6 km. Dit word gevolg deur ‘n 14 km afdraand tot by De Vlugt. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmNwwjAHodaLX49qLQpD1ZNE-FuMlQjpp6lbO3R_gCKNhr_ZH0zlfgUKVgtHxI9Wp7RelPd7DACOzm8z15ep-BEiATW23v1Oc08G2tKden380Wvj3yi3NDQ1oLOyT_cfbTNthn-QA3xMpRq8QfHlqZN6aodEhrzGPkzRMz9LRBlSjw0JrBukwpdvvsohT/s640/20240216%20De%20Vlugt%202%20IMG_2145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmNwwjAHodaLX49qLQpD1ZNE-FuMlQjpp6lbO3R_gCKNhr_ZH0zlfgUKVgtHxI9Wp7RelPd7DACOzm8z15ep-BEiATW23v1Oc08G2tKden380Wvj3yi3NDQ1oLOyT_cfbTNthn-QA3xMpRq8QfHlqZN6aodEhrzGPkzRMz9LRBlSjw0JrBukwpdvvsohT/s320/20240216%20De%20Vlugt%202%20IMG_2145.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpeUvVYRIvVTd86GZcfXO4wFf6LbIYX7Bpojxrw8yCgQNB0bz5ODvsEAwddtuyGFIbRuvlrJzzrvLjiDEXuMzhAPo2DENoLmWQWRtX4e9h9M71O3t4AgGQcmsFEE3MI-5iqOcWKoghDfYNSfca1ZpYqz-Qh2ouHva39loRJwBlTgYzjBd-5Ea64AtfhF5/s640/20240216%20De%20Vlugt%201%20IMG_2144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpeUvVYRIvVTd86GZcfXO4wFf6LbIYX7Bpojxrw8yCgQNB0bz5ODvsEAwddtuyGFIbRuvlrJzzrvLjiDEXuMzhAPo2DENoLmWQWRtX4e9h9M71O3t4AgGQcmsFEE3MI-5iqOcWKoghDfYNSfca1ZpYqz-Qh2ouHva39loRJwBlTgYzjBd-5Ea64AtfhF5/s320/20240216%20De%20Vlugt%201%20IMG_2144.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Hier stop ons vir koffie en ‘n versnapping en durf dan die klim oor die volgende 25 km aan. Gelukkig is daar darem ‘n paar afdraandjies, maar meeste van die tyd klim ons. Gelukkig is die gradient redelik en ons klim maar net van 298 tot 546 meter oor die afstand. Die lug begin klam raak en later moet ons stop om reën klere aan te trek. Teen die laaste bult uit trek die lug oop en ek sien uit na ‘n lekker sonnige rit af Knysna toe!<o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ongelukkig word my hoop gou verydel. Ons kry eers weer ‘n lekker 5 km afdraand, maar aan die onderpunt draai die pad regs die Knysna woude in. Dit is as of die draai sê “tot hie ren nie verder nie” want skielik reën dit baie hard. Die reën baadjie wat ek het is “antiek” en nie meer 100% waterdig nie, met die gevolg dat ek redelik gou deurnat is. Ek mnou en dan hou dit op met reẽn net om gevolg te word deur nog ‘n bui. Toe ons by Kom se Pad, waarlangs ons van plan was om te ry, kom, besluit ons om maar erder die 23 km reguit Knysna toe te ry erder as om Gouda om te ry wat 33 km sou wees! Die reën hou op ‘n stadium so op dat Hennie stil hou en sy reën baadjie uittrek. Net voor ons by die N2 kom trek hy dit weer aan toe hy sien hoe donker die lug na die Weste is. Toe ons Knysna binne ry, word ons begroet met ‘n “mini” wolkbreuk. Dit reën so hart dat die stormwater dreine nie al die water kan weg neem nie. Ons maak dit darem veilig tot by Lagoon Lodge, waar ons “ontdooi”onder ‘n lekker warm stort. Die harde reën het intussen sommer ons fietse ook vir ons “gewas” na die modder. Dag twee in die sakkie en weer ‘n paar km te kort, maar wat is ‘n plan indien jy hom nie kan aanpas nie! 87.53 km in 7:34 met 1,040 meter se klim.</span> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDuPTFt127UhqlAXDl7fEuqNX7Sz_ZIzKOY9kYBJTLUNTRFQiYkafJz02Ytvm7wV_bD2L_kAGnwimzNuOy9f1OrdZaUdYlIcGZ7QlLdak90DtRl8v-h6qgSH9B1P4ZXouGIx6-rRtTvZjPzAZJnfmTjYUoBNiquPKVSOWL9qSkNpSzDBp8fj6cyTAe4SV/s2880/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2014.56.11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDuPTFt127UhqlAXDl7fEuqNX7Sz_ZIzKOY9kYBJTLUNTRFQiYkafJz02Ytvm7wV_bD2L_kAGnwimzNuOy9f1OrdZaUdYlIcGZ7QlLdak90DtRl8v-h6qgSH9B1P4ZXouGIx6-rRtTvZjPzAZJnfmTjYUoBNiquPKVSOWL9qSkNpSzDBp8fj6cyTAe4SV/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2014.56.11.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidAw4ms0yapKziVzHvgVhRKHVGMri50h3DEwtyDxzRzEIcdmRg4kF0QYUrJMPybjA91lRQP3Q2fQocHDJ7BYvnM2bts0vkjMEgHhqnNdkWJenp8HI-36WGXInm7C0B4Tcxf2SmC222tWrUKsdzIAsVeEt89tIVH1wJ30UdHBr1dY56Q2PWISX8DHaS_lD/s2880/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2014.56.15.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidAw4ms0yapKziVzHvgVhRKHVGMri50h3DEwtyDxzRzEIcdmRg4kF0QYUrJMPybjA91lRQP3Q2fQocHDJ7BYvnM2bts0vkjMEgHhqnNdkWJenp8HI-36WGXInm7C0B4Tcxf2SmC222tWrUKsdzIAsVeEt89tIVH1wJ30UdHBr1dY56Q2PWISX8DHaS_lD/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2014.56.15.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4G8eKfZH9fm_6OYo_4olUS19XZ9VBM5jTbxQneC0C-B6yVYnehlQD1QHP0Tl3e2cX3Wqw-187IB59rAeXr-VZjEkQZtI0wGQ4PifBb_rgSxX74nd5pwLDdBmz63cznmlb7cY5TfQK3mlqwWO7LN0LdzKbLCS9iHY-rsQlZ5x5NXB32MkUlZ8hbHxxRjf/s2880/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2014.56.22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4G8eKfZH9fm_6OYo_4olUS19XZ9VBM5jTbxQneC0C-B6yVYnehlQD1QHP0Tl3e2cX3Wqw-187IB59rAeXr-VZjEkQZtI0wGQ4PifBb_rgSxX74nd5pwLDdBmz63cznmlb7cY5TfQK3mlqwWO7LN0LdzKbLCS9iHY-rsQlZ5x5NXB32MkUlZ8hbHxxRjf/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2014.56.22.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-66729529818900595082024-02-19T22:40:00.004+02:002024-02-20T06:51:41.264+02:00Marlu na Uniondale<p>Ek <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">het besluit om my BB2BB2 roete van Marlu na Vanwyksdorp te "toets" vanaf 15-18/02. Ek reēl met Leonico om saam te gaan sodat hy my motor van Marlu na Vanwyksdorp kan bring. Terwyl ek dan die eerste drie dae ry, kuier hy op Marlu. So gesê, so gemaak! Ek kry hom Woensdag 14/02 en ons vat die pad Marlu toe. Ons kom so tussen 16:00-17:00 daar aan. Kuier en eet die aand lekker. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Dinderdagoggend 05:45 val ek in die pad. Die weer lyk goed, maar Martin het gewaarsku dat daar 'n weste wind gaan waai. Ek ry baie voorspoedig en draai na 77 km en 6 ure se ry links op die R332. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpR7CcEE78pKNcrlEhkXxQw9Sq7PtT6kD3Q9PA0BI5xXRibK8za8wlhhfuOn9vGJDLX9wmwCoemv_TPxQQ-r3MJMAx77ECuPp-FEdNO7lXzPId7b_5Qui6808tm1uXyIe9MlDoWXsqeuF4Avlcw0Ex_NVJpFHDDWBLJuPVSjDjQHXv6P1v5gPKf_VnktwO/s640/20240215%20Winterhoek%20IMG_2142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpR7CcEE78pKNcrlEhkXxQw9Sq7PtT6kD3Q9PA0BI5xXRibK8za8wlhhfuOn9vGJDLX9wmwCoemv_TPxQQ-r3MJMAx77ECuPp-FEdNO7lXzPId7b_5Qui6808tm1uXyIe9MlDoWXsqeuF4Avlcw0Ex_NVJpFHDDWBLJuPVSjDjQHXv6P1v5gPKf_VnktwO/s320/20240215%20Winterhoek%20IMG_2142.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCE7GbTQ271qatEst2bdqiPXSfTIJ5XRmY0plbwPb-2cQv7t5Zt8PAA2RiPgdp-mlFbcdMDucXcH_Wmo7MIzKueExwu_lJHCiwjcd_Clbic7dNuIZZRAwLMVv2lPvmGkJEGsbWv5u_xwXYcoqzDlUWxhNf4SRr3YHjq8LbE932Sl78KCv_BSGZ0Cxr6m8/s640/20240215%20TB%20Aansluiting%20IMG_2143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCE7GbTQ271qatEst2bdqiPXSfTIJ5XRmY0plbwPb-2cQv7t5Zt8PAA2RiPgdp-mlFbcdMDucXcH_Wmo7MIzKueExwu_lJHCiwjcd_Clbic7dNuIZZRAwLMVv2lPvmGkJEGsbWv5u_xwXYcoqzDlUWxhNf4SRr3YHjq8LbE932Sl78KCv_BSGZ0Cxr6m8/s320/20240215%20TB%20Aansluiting%20IMG_2143.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Ek stop vir 11 minute om iets te eet en bene te rek en dan is ek weer oppad. So 10 km die pad af is daar 'n plaas waar ek in die verlede water gekry het en ek laat weer my waterbottel daar volmaak. Net nadat ek regs draai waar die pad vurk met links die Baviaanskloof en regs na die N9, begin dit liggies reën. Ek hou stil om reën klere aan te trek. Binne 5 km raak dit so warm en in tussen het die reën verdwyn, dat ek verplig is om weer stil te hou en uit te trek. <o:p></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Na 'n verdere 14 km en 1:05 se ry draai ek weer links in Uniondale se rigting op die Hartbeesfontein pad. Die wind druk nou sterk van voor en ek het 'n 7 km bult om te oorwin! Anderkant stop ek weer by 'n plaas om my waterbottel vol te maak. Die pad is baie op en af met min gelyk stukke, maar die padoppervlakte is goed. Met nog 29 km Uniondale toe, begin dit weer reën. Dit is nou 17:15 en teen die pas met die wind gaan ek nie voor 20:30 klaar maak nie. My telefoon lui! Dit is Hennie de Clercq, wat van volgende dag saam net my ry en die aand in Uniondale oor slaap. Hy wil weet of hy my moet kom haal. Als inaggenome, aanvaar ek sy aanbod en met 24 km oor Uniondale toe, kruis ons paaie en ry ek saam met hom en Helena ek sy Fortuner. Die aand eet ons lekker pizza by die restourant langs die gastehuis. 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Ek en Johann de Bruyn het Vrydag deur gery en aangesien daar ‘n oop kamer by Hlangana Lodge was, het ons daar ingetrek. Aandete was saam die res van ons groep, wat 7 ryers en een bestuurder ingesluit het, by Die Smitswinkel onder in Baron von Rheedestraat. Na ‘n lekker kennismaking met die ander en goeie kos, is ons terug en bed toe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">My wegspringtyd was 06:40 in die A-bondel en Johan het gereël dat ons motor met die “schuttle” deur geneem word Groot Brak toe, dus moes ons die motor 06:00 by die “silos” “drop” en dan die 7 km Chandelier toe met ons fietse ry. Alles loop volgens plan en ons kom so 06:20 by die wegspring aan. Die weervoorspelling was vir hoë temperature en ons maak ons reg vir ‘n warm dag in die saal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek spring in A weg as gevolg van die 14 Attakwasse wat al reeds voltooi het en nie omdat ek so vining is nie! Die gevolg is dat ek, saam met Hasie Lourens wat sy 17de een doen, heel laaste is teen die tyd wat ons deur Chandelier se hek ry! My doel is om vandag rustig te ry en te kyk hoe naby aan 10 uur ek kan klaar maak. Verlede jaar was my tyd 10:07:41 en in 2022, toe dit ook baie warm was, 10:45. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Aanvanklik ry ek voor Hasie, maar na so 5 km kom hy by my verby en sien ek hom nie weer nie. Dit neem die vinnige manne van die B-groep so 20 minute om my in te haal. Dryland het gelukkig daardie lelike bultjie, wat na so 10 kilometer gekom het en twee jaar gelede ingesluit is, nou weer uitgehaal. Dit neem my so 1:33 om waterpunt 1 te bereik. Dit is net na 08:00 en die temperatuur is al reeds bo 30 grade! Ek vertoef 3 minute. Die pad na waterpunt 2 is redelik en die dam waar ons altyd verby ry is redelik vol. Wanneer ek hier verby ry dink ek altyd dat die boer hier seker met klippe boer, want daar is niks anders nie. Vanjaar is die veld oortrek met bossies. Die eerste styl bult op 27 km is rybaar, maar daar is ‘n paar manne wat stoot en nie wil pad gee nie, met die gevolg dat ek verplig is on die laaste paar meter te stoot. Ek “koop” ‘n stukkie grond oor die volgende stuk toe my voorwiel teen ‘n middelmannetjie gly. Gelukkig is net my ego beseer en daar is ‘n paar bloederige skrape aan my been, maar ek is gou weer op en aan die gang. Ek bereik waterpunt 2 na 1:40 en is nou al vir 3:45 aan die gang en die temperatuur begin so aan 40 grade raak. Na 4 minute is ek weer aan die oppad. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die gedeelte tussen waterpunt 2 en 3 is die moeilikste van die Attakwas. Hier gaan ons deur die Outenikwa Natuure Reservaat en ook die Attakwaskloof. Die natuurskoon is iets besonders, maar daar trek nie ‘n luggie nie en die temperatuur styg met elke pedaaltrap! Die padoppervlakte wissel tussen redelike “jeep tracks”, baie kilpperige gedeeltes en baie styl op en afdraandes. Die af kry ek almal gery, maar daar is paar van die “ops” wat ek verplig is om af te klim en te stoot. My Garmin wys 46.6 toe ek die Attakwaskloof ingaan. By die “king of the Mountain (KOM)” wys hy 52! Van die ouens om my praat van 57 volgens hulle Garmins! Die feit is, dit is vrek warm! Gelukkig het hulle ‘n onoffisiële waterpunt by KOM. Ek maak my bottel vol en gooi water oor my kop, my bors, my rug en my arms. Dit het my 1:17 geneem om die 10 km sedert waterpunt 2 af te lê. Die stop proses neem 4 minute in beslag en dan is ek weer aan die gang. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEHvLaVSISlzIy47MX8eH_kUSk5LKsnjg8eQ9sWyBejj7swBC9HaaxopxzMLqCwoyZ5BtXjAA_spFSrUDIRiIbil2EiNbhEv__qLJIB2iYZUJCb428biZ3J3CQC3yB2Pvw9anDkDfsffonj2mZxpesg2coSyu_BoDtgDjp5FnlxG-YCIFSxjeS8e_RAJz/s640/20240120%20AttakwaskloofIMG_2114.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEHvLaVSISlzIy47MX8eH_kUSk5LKsnjg8eQ9sWyBejj7swBC9HaaxopxzMLqCwoyZ5BtXjAA_spFSrUDIRiIbil2EiNbhEv__qLJIB2iYZUJCb428biZ3J3CQC3yB2Pvw9anDkDfsffonj2mZxpesg2coSyu_BoDtgDjp5FnlxG-YCIFSxjeS8e_RAJz/s320/20240120%20AttakwaskloofIMG_2114.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Dit neem my ‘n verdere 1:05 om die 12 km na waterpunt 3 te ry. Hier vertoef ek amper 10 minute. Ons is nou op 70 km met nog 51 oor. Totale rytyd staan op 5:55 teen die tyd dat ek vertrek en my gemiddelde spoed het afgekom na 11.7. Ek het nog 5 uur oor vir die volgende 51 km, maar ek is vol vertroue dat ek darem so teen 10:15 sal, klaar maak. Daar lê egter nog ‘n paar “knoppe” in die pad einde toe.<o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Van hier is dit meesal baie goeie distrikspaaie en kan ek ‘n goeie pas handhaaf teen die bulte af en oor die gelykte gedeeltes. Die laaste gedeelt van die bult op 75 km klim ek maar weer af en stoot. Gelukkig is hier skaduwee! Anderkant laat loop ek. Vir een of ander rede het ek dit in my kop gehad dat daar 27 km tussen waterpunt 3 en 4 is. Ek is toe aangenaam verras toe die waterpunt na 17 km opduik! Die 17 km het my 1:30 geneem en ek vertoef 6 minute om af te koel. Ek sal nou moet wikkel, maar die pad einde het darem minder uitdagings, so my spoed hoort op te tel. Daar is egter twee lelike opdraandes, met waterpunt 5 na die eerste een. Ek kry dié bult uitgetrap en kom na ‘n verdere 1:42 by waterpunt 5. My gemiddeld oor die 22 km was darem 13 km. Na 5 minute is ek weer aan die gang. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Terwyl ek so ry oor hierdie laaste gedeelte, onthou ek dat die laaste bult nie so moeilik die tweede laaste een was nie en dit is ook so. Ek handhaaf ‘n goeie pas en my spoed op die gelyker gedeeltes wissel so tussen 15 en 30 kpu. Waar ek teen die vorige bult teen so 4 kpu gery het, kan ek teen die laaste bult so 6 kpu handhaaf. Dan is dit óf redelik gelyk of afdraand tot by die einde. Ek laat wiel en lê die laaste 13 km in 47 minute af, ‘n gemiddelde spoed van 16 kpu. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Na 10:08:19 is oor die eindstreep en so eindig Attakwas nommer 15! Net 62% van die deelnemers het klaar gemaak en ek km 383ste van die 474 wat binne 11 uur klaar gemaak het. 15de uit 23 van deelnemers oor 60!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOSosvXGgur7gub9cNUtPBQOh73f-l3JjZPmO98bClK_T-6_jTZl4zaGUKxN7UrQbysk4HFq4TmgcCJsFAj1hFyKGIzRi2cl5JJUbhrDNr1bvNYchOXtyfNtLP6Oz6fKRpE5R221bwY_os5bPZBArRmsz0G4m-_i0GovrD4xrvsHDy6PWdioQMUT-WFWA/s2880/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%2013.51.40.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOSosvXGgur7gub9cNUtPBQOh73f-l3JjZPmO98bClK_T-6_jTZl4zaGUKxN7UrQbysk4HFq4TmgcCJsFAj1hFyKGIzRi2cl5JJUbhrDNr1bvNYchOXtyfNtLP6Oz6fKRpE5R221bwY_os5bPZBArRmsz0G4m-_i0GovrD4xrvsHDy6PWdioQMUT-WFWA/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%2013.51.40.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sEhX3i_hna-dzGKh3n7rgx3uad3o0dqj_dxGYa8CcpMa3ALS8ogcISvZiyJ6DmKTVuBPKv_3BQBnL4q2jYAIsX-5moTJWNKCCrBEgBUTRo5V2Lgt6zTpygRS8oAFreBU9Yqy7HvHrdvfjGQ7pnYBe-666EbtVwly-xerMmj2wQD1ttdfM7M2HrA2mfO5/s2880/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%2013.51.49.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sEhX3i_hna-dzGKh3n7rgx3uad3o0dqj_dxGYa8CcpMa3ALS8ogcISvZiyJ6DmKTVuBPKv_3BQBnL4q2jYAIsX-5moTJWNKCCrBEgBUTRo5V2Lgt6zTpygRS8oAFreBU9Yqy7HvHrdvfjGQ7pnYBe-666EbtVwly-xerMmj2wQD1ttdfM7M2HrA2mfO5/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%2013.51.49.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p></div>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-15605071256736304622024-01-22T17:27:00.007+02:002024-01-24T18:06:22.244+02:00Vakansie kaskenades<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIK6hRYUqrSwGCNQrlADSryhV4QkbE1yB9ZQam1LmALuS6-T4jRy8zCFMtNCieF-7UoJJOKMNLWxLLdPC9ihxENFhphA2qN7l_g91NWLxRq48l7kjx68VQmNctVoKTOHjJMsbpl7r9ERc_UkCrxOHolOVwpWbRbq5d-ffiQ18M80mP1hlSz1vbe33pnQPy/s640/20241220%20Louvain%20IMG_2055%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIK6hRYUqrSwGCNQrlADSryhV4QkbE1yB9ZQam1LmALuS6-T4jRy8zCFMtNCieF-7UoJJOKMNLWxLLdPC9ihxENFhphA2qN7l_g91NWLxRq48l7kjx68VQmNctVoKTOHjJMsbpl7r9ERc_UkCrxOHolOVwpWbRbq5d-ffiQ18M80mP1hlSz1vbe33pnQPy/s320/20241220%20Louvain%20IMG_2055%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ek en Leon Erasmus het gedurende die 2022/2023 jaareind vakansie ‘n interessante pad van The Craggs by Plettenbergbaai na Louterwater in die Langkloof, ontdek. Ons het toe besluit dat ons die pad moet aandurf. Die plan was dat ons by Nature’s Valley begin en in Louterwater klaar maak. Karen, Leon se vrou, sou ons dan daar kry met hulle motor. Planne kan egter verander en Karen moes terug huis om the gaan werk. Ons besluit toe om net in en uit te ry en te kyk hoe ver ons kom. Die hele rit n een rigting is 66 kilometer.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek reẽl met Leon dat ek 17 Desember Nature’s Valley toe kom en dan ry ons 18 Desember. Aangesien ek ‘n bietjie stadiger as hulle is, ry ek met die motor na The Craggs en begin 06:25 trap. Leon en ‘n paar ander mense ry vanaf Nature’s Valley, kry vir Philip Hanekom by The Craggs en ry dan verder met die hoop om my langs die pad in te haal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek ry lekker rustig en die weer is heel aangenaam. Dit is heelpad opdraand tot bo op die bult waar mens afdwaal na Soetkraal. Dit is 17 kilometer vanaf The Craggs tot bo op die Soetkraal bult. Dit neem my 2:30 om die 17 km af te lê, ‘n gemiddelde spoed van 6.8 kpu. Teen die tyd wat ek daar aankom is daar nog geen sig van die ander manne nie. Ek hou stil en stap deur die bosse om te kyk waar hulle is. Ek sien vir Philp Hanekom teen die laaste bult op sukkel. Na ‘n rukkie kom Leon daar en toe Philip. Die ander het almal omgedraai. Hulle het ook band probleme gehad, wat verduidelik hoekom hulle so lang geneem het. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGWyDGftqqrTwnWqr4uduXuFlCBGGEH4JDVBm-H5PUYR1aHuYyzXKdtj9QGK53Sqr8JyyB0csPW6Hc0crl2k3nS7q6cqy38I1GyugYvvafrv0QVc1Z4n7chUBI2au8o49ZqcfIDJOsEZrKatBcf1Y8A-qbVlNwGPSQMzjKBLGNsqb5E8Rp-_tNGHCIkQc/s4032/Soetkraal%201%20IMG_2033.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGWyDGftqqrTwnWqr4uduXuFlCBGGEH4JDVBm-H5PUYR1aHuYyzXKdtj9QGK53Sqr8JyyB0csPW6Hc0crl2k3nS7q6cqy38I1GyugYvvafrv0QVc1Z4n7chUBI2au8o49ZqcfIDJOsEZrKatBcf1Y8A-qbVlNwGPSQMzjKBLGNsqb5E8Rp-_tNGHCIkQc/s320/Soetkraal%201%20IMG_2033.HEIC" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaRFGiwk-Pb7u7Q2CXFZuz4PwBjQ_ZtYkB6UB2JuJ4Hbud4OXLO7cOK7kkx_2KdurS5GuTm6ZY2ZLLAP3q02H4RLAamhca4aqxiHadWKoAzwJPiG98zkoXlp7p3lZUDj2H1U-k0OCQU89AS3ab9xHY3iQJrMVEIq9x4vtGt_q1o1j-mEm8xXiPfUAS6cR/s4032/Soetkraal%202%20IMG_2034.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaRFGiwk-Pb7u7Q2CXFZuz4PwBjQ_ZtYkB6UB2JuJ4Hbud4OXLO7cOK7kkx_2KdurS5GuTm6ZY2ZLLAP3q02H4RLAamhca4aqxiHadWKoAzwJPiG98zkoXlp7p3lZUDj2H1U-k0OCQU89AS3ab9xHY3iQJrMVEIq9x4vtGt_q1o1j-mEm8xXiPfUAS6cR/s320/Soetkraal%202%20IMG_2034.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ons pak die pad af na Soetkraal aan. Die pad is so rof dat dit my ‘n uur neem om die 8 km afdreand af te le!Onder by ‘n stroompie kry ek vir Philip. Hy is “op”! Ek ry aan om te sien of ek vir Leon kan kry. Die pad gaan weer op, is styl en rof en ek is genoodsaak om af te klim en te stoot. Na ‘n entjie kry en vir Leon, wat oppad terug is. Ons ry saam tot by Philip. Daar maak ons waterbottels in die stroompie vol en pak dan die pad terug aan. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LPbifBs2Ju6czpc66Rrd1H1rZZFkrPJBcRiGjZyXTUgkGC2o0Usw2sRolcs44021Z_DYrPAEektvkvLQNRWP-U-uzdsMDbHgI5J2LVT0YvAQJScULoczzkmq6wtn4VhHqXJEAgMS0tXxR5T2NR23k12EP9sXigeHIPgEGXfXNZGLvfJyl3XrJAdeQxUQ/s4032/Soetkraal%203%20IMG_2035.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-LPbifBs2Ju6czpc66Rrd1H1rZZFkrPJBcRiGjZyXTUgkGC2o0Usw2sRolcs44021Z_DYrPAEektvkvLQNRWP-U-uzdsMDbHgI5J2LVT0YvAQJScULoczzkmq6wtn4VhHqXJEAgMS0tXxR5T2NR23k12EP9sXigeHIPgEGXfXNZGLvfJyl3XrJAdeQxUQ/s320/Soetkraal%203%20IMG_2035.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek ry ‘n entjie maar dan raak die oppervlakte, waar ons vroeër afgekom het, te styl en rof en ek klim af en stoot. Dit neem my ‘n uur en ‘n half om die 5 kilometer af te lê tot bo-op die “Soetkraal” bult waar ek vroeẽr vir Leon-hulle gewag het! Van hier af is dit meer redelik maar dit neem my nogtans ‘n uur en ‘n half om die 17 km na The Craggs te ry. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die eskepade van 47 km het net kort van 7 uur geneem, ‘n gemiddelde spoed van 6.8 kpu! Ons het toe nie Louterwater gehaal nie! Of ons ooit sal terug kom om dit te probeer is ‘n ope vraag. Na aanleiding van die toestand van die pad en dat daar nog 29 km oor was van waar ek omgedraai het, is dit miskien een wat ons maar sal moet oorsien.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Maandag het Leon vir my Stinkhoutkloof gaan wys. Dit was regtig ongelooflik mooi en het ‘n bietjie “hike-a-bike” ingesluit. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM0EqdL3l0WmYcEWLOXvSMCiXc0B5haNs3hyphenhyphennSYMB2MjW4GMZfpIq-iPIjX4EdMCVb9uvNBOz1Uo5Ao1Vku3kho3cTh3DBspLVEA8indAvgpSS1BCSSFDujoRYk9coKRNSQA5QKgW19MDn_eeVGzafOBJoGUondYZM1w2Skr9jOjOtC-l-p1VoP1eRTST/s4032/Stinkhout%202%20IMG_2038.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM0EqdL3l0WmYcEWLOXvSMCiXc0B5haNs3hyphenhyphennSYMB2MjW4GMZfpIq-iPIjX4EdMCVb9uvNBOz1Uo5Ao1Vku3kho3cTh3DBspLVEA8indAvgpSS1BCSSFDujoRYk9coKRNSQA5QKgW19MDn_eeVGzafOBJoGUondYZM1w2Skr9jOjOtC-l-p1VoP1eRTST/s320/Stinkhout%202%20IMG_2038.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjruylN_I1D4d7r63gnYEhNvGroeLrH_KW_w1J8TZqQ6pcPGfHyNigviQS-xZh6y9j_C53IZEb8X60X0X0WtNbNBm5DRFq0zFYHZXmkKpQTkC3HvGllgwdBIvJMDZkpSM_6f56ajpZLtH-NecGPYbykqOoPnqr75CkW8HXXXZcfkA5qzUDYaHEGD1mCeRkn/s4032/Stinkhout%201%20%20IMG_2036.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjruylN_I1D4d7r63gnYEhNvGroeLrH_KW_w1J8TZqQ6pcPGfHyNigviQS-xZh6y9j_C53IZEb8X60X0X0WtNbNBm5DRFq0zFYHZXmkKpQTkC3HvGllgwdBIvJMDZkpSM_6f56ajpZLtH-NecGPYbykqOoPnqr75CkW8HXXXZcfkA5qzUDYaHEGD1mCeRkn/s320/Stinkhout%201%20%20IMG_2036.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek vertrek net voor 12:00 en ry na Shanzeley Gasteplaas in die Langkloof, waar ek die volgende twee nagte gaan deurbring. Ek het vroeër ‘n Voortrekker roete wat van Hoekwil na Louvain toe loop ontdek en besluit ek wil dit verken. Die roete is ook al deur Dryland vir die Pioneer Trek gebruik. In my navorsing het ek gesien daar loop ‘n pad van Shanzeley agter die berg langs wat by die Louvain roete aansluit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die volgende oggend is ek net na 07:00 weer in die pad. Na ‘n rukkie kom ek agter dat ek my waterbottel by die huis vergeet het, maar ek het my rugsak op en daarin is twee liter water. Na 5 kilometer kom ek by ‘n plaas uit. Ek doen navraag oor die pad wat ek wil ry en word baie duidelik in kennis gestel dat ek besig is om te oortree en onmiddelik moet terug draai. Ek maak toe maar so en gaan sommer by my blyplek aan om my waterbottel te kry. Daarna volg ek die N9 Louvain toe. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FTagJuFHMZTD4nGzh-czgdxLWqmwmY_3l5V6r22maKK8A3WMv7OO1UiS1gT_Y4dRZv1Z0JBiSlsgUbBsMsbbqWPWpTVgGm5jnbZvopLIoBURxPWzT53Gj_pbWBFipI6zk1smOCtcA3CWud_9Imv4dpLZp7BpDpqCamWBATXMenkzKaziU8CoNaQHrpzE/s2532/Louvain%20roete%20IMG_2047.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FTagJuFHMZTD4nGzh-czgdxLWqmwmY_3l5V6r22maKK8A3WMv7OO1UiS1gT_Y4dRZv1Z0JBiSlsgUbBsMsbbqWPWpTVgGm5jnbZvopLIoBURxPWzT53Gj_pbWBFipI6zk1smOCtcA3CWud_9Imv4dpLZp7BpDpqCamWBATXMenkzKaziU8CoNaQHrpzE/s320/Louvain%20roete%20IMG_2047.PNG" width="148" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Nadat ek eers gou gekyk het hoe lyk die stop op Louvain waar waterpunt 2 van die 36ONE is, klop ek aan by ontvangs. ‘n Baie vriendelik man verduidelik my mooi hoe ek moet ry en stel my in kennis dat ek die pad na Shanzeley mag ry. Teen die tyd het ek al 20 km gery en is al vir 2 uur aan die gang. Ek is daar weg en vind die pad, wat ook ‘n 4x4 roete is, baie maklik. Daar is aanvanklik ‘n paar styl gedeeltes wat my genoodsaak om af te klim en te stoort maar die uitsig toe ek bo op die eerste bult kom maak dit die moeilte werd. Ek merk ook die pad wat links na Shanzeley toe loop, op. Dit neem my ‘n uur en ‘n half om die volgende 6 km af te lê. Op 3.5 km het ek die mooiste uitsig oor die Langkloof in die rigting van Herold. Na nog so ‘n eintjie het ek die mooiste uitsig oor valleie in ‘n Westelike rigting en dan bo op die laaste bult weereens ‘n asemrowende gesig in ‘n Suid Oostelike rigting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqvLEggKz1m5DbuAYw1PjKipLjzL456jnId0NAVLc7SKrs4i2JTA5UGwFVGFbJq-4JeHc0kHEQlqTwDNEtYvPs4GaR5r0IjqvXNTnV7oAU0HjB3gnKG2kzlEtwdKWL4IN6zYBS-TatwtPlxAYSTFEXxcxX1DJfYpXdLkOkMqqc1jEtQSgOV-lPiVEUW6Y/s4032/Louvain%206%20IMG_2055.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqvLEggKz1m5DbuAYw1PjKipLjzL456jnId0NAVLc7SKrs4i2JTA5UGwFVGFbJq-4JeHc0kHEQlqTwDNEtYvPs4GaR5r0IjqvXNTnV7oAU0HjB3gnKG2kzlEtwdKWL4IN6zYBS-TatwtPlxAYSTFEXxcxX1DJfYpXdLkOkMqqc1jEtQSgOV-lPiVEUW6Y/s320/Louvain%206%20IMG_2055.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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My spoed op die afdraand wissel van 3-20 kpu! Op 34-kilometer besluit ek dit is genoeg en draai om. Op hierdie stadium is ek so ongeveer 7-kilometer van Sewepasse teerpad, wat my mikpunt was. Ek is nou al vir 4:30 aan die gang en moet nog by die huis kom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivd6PhkNicXNgq34hVEc97_pGfgCzMhx8rOBJWoCN0TDgPjvLevi114gy6C9-FtxoWjNlJoFlFeUUyRvPriT1oA1qvzQkfu_IuqV2UxkRn29uEMbq0agaNIlU-ZAK4FLAK6NlObtrmZdjrXOy6q_mygwwGSPOClsXJIw_O2QGrYBBTldRmnyaFfYnx84gN/s4032/Louvain%2018%20IMG_2069.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivd6PhkNicXNgq34hVEc97_pGfgCzMhx8rOBJWoCN0TDgPjvLevi114gy6C9-FtxoWjNlJoFlFeUUyRvPriT1oA1qvzQkfu_IuqV2UxkRn29uEMbq0agaNIlU-ZAK4FLAK6NlObtrmZdjrXOy6q_mygwwGSPOClsXJIw_O2QGrYBBTldRmnyaFfYnx84gN/s320/Louvain%2018%20IMG_2069.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPnPrHO0dJsI4N14thDTmEnaE3DAIV_NXvU0mIcde7tAb3v8jOOrrpbkhyEc8S6VCRze0JSSuYL0iQVqdW-GVigZXUz2Asziz54EEPt5m0-dNUDjRAbHmUUpCILgQWnWXHa9bxlNH8DZ6bTdLkHCiKo8K0aF6UpcFVk0pevehWoQWpKt7IbmdQBVVZlZW/s4032/Louvain%2017%20IMG_2068.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPnPrHO0dJsI4N14thDTmEnaE3DAIV_NXvU0mIcde7tAb3v8jOOrrpbkhyEc8S6VCRze0JSSuYL0iQVqdW-GVigZXUz2Asziz54EEPt5m0-dNUDjRAbHmUUpCILgQWnWXHa9bxlNH8DZ6bTdLkHCiKo8K0aF6UpcFVk0pevehWoQWpKt7IbmdQBVVZlZW/s320/Louvain%2017%20IMG_2068.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tEQCyL8a9dHKFixd0WPxaIy7LjigAgqloIekZKQjDIvI1tUS2ddrwVONgm7ni-LOXE0aWFc-duHt58Q8SaPTG0gNUpTNS_LCAJM9K7CZk4TpHoH8uANauPyo6hmduBonfh7d8iwYrJlsUZRs67yYgCdeSSJgz1oMqUZpUE2G3c81n0RsYptHIKD6oBP2/s4032/Louvain%2016%20IMG_2065.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tEQCyL8a9dHKFixd0WPxaIy7LjigAgqloIekZKQjDIvI1tUS2ddrwVONgm7ni-LOXE0aWFc-duHt58Q8SaPTG0gNUpTNS_LCAJM9K7CZk4TpHoH8uANauPyo6hmduBonfh7d8iwYrJlsUZRs67yYgCdeSSJgz1oMqUZpUE2G3c81n0RsYptHIKD6oBP2/s320/Louvain%2016%20IMG_2065.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoOlcguxyyg7lqP8MGDzdEBfdBbWcXW_ZHsFHIho2qZJmrjeQFqduv9wwsuzJWp2KssyYlZ4eUZIzXlEHt5HkOZnExximjU_cc44IfmeQVwDNOK9d1BrcgB6Fr3EAJuPk_s-u8gizaF7gYktBXvn0grf-UYfhRuxZJ6i8uK0_tfIgp3VjMGpFMeF46Pv8/s4032/Louvain%2015%20IMG_2064.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoOlcguxyyg7lqP8MGDzdEBfdBbWcXW_ZHsFHIho2qZJmrjeQFqduv9wwsuzJWp2KssyYlZ4eUZIzXlEHt5HkOZnExximjU_cc44IfmeQVwDNOK9d1BrcgB6Fr3EAJuPk_s-u8gizaF7gYktBXvn0grf-UYfhRuxZJ6i8uK0_tfIgp3VjMGpFMeF46Pv8/s320/Louvain%2015%20IMG_2064.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2K5XTFlSPHJ_20joFuPOrRaAg1FTeOPb-D-qDwauTJRsr3DXvmUN9qx6HQtUSBGAqkKaQe54Og1p9WlVSObhD3pZe1MVDlo8TPwlU78g2Uf0jdL-ltIGsu5J4I5NIR1u5A8_GTTKbo0AXniZ6nDJ0IYrU4wpZXFoV1aEJcaT1bYq3KOnIm-mxX66t2bN/s4032/Louvain%2014%20IMG_2063.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2K5XTFlSPHJ_20joFuPOrRaAg1FTeOPb-D-qDwauTJRsr3DXvmUN9qx6HQtUSBGAqkKaQe54Og1p9WlVSObhD3pZe1MVDlo8TPwlU78g2Uf0jdL-ltIGsu5J4I5NIR1u5A8_GTTKbo0AXniZ6nDJ0IYrU4wpZXFoV1aEJcaT1bYq3KOnIm-mxX66t2bN/s320/Louvain%2014%20IMG_2063.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die terugtog is maar teen dieselfde slake pas, maar nogtans baie interessant en verreikkend. Toe ek bo-oor die berg by die Shanzeley pad kom, volg ek hom eder as om terug na Louvain te gaan. Dit is ‘n heel interessante pad en ek sien gereeld swart mense tussen die bosse. Nie baie nie, maar genoeg! Elke hier en daar is daar ook ‘n rugsak, wat duidelik aan hulle behoort. Na ‘n ruk kom ek op ‘n gesluite hek af, maar dit was nog nooit ‘n probleem nie en ek klim oor. Teen ‘n lang bult af kom ek weer van die mense tee wat langs die pad sit en wag. Daar lê netjiese gesnyde bossie langs die pad. Ek stop vra wat doen hulle. Blybaar is die plante wat hulle “oes” en wat uitgevoer word. Toe ek onder by die plek kom waar ek vroeër die weg gejaag is, is daar niemend nie en ek maak “gatskoon” voordat ek weer gestop word.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek kom na 7:40 in die saal, waar tydens ek net 55 km gery het, by die huis. Dit was weereens ‘n baie interessante dag.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die volgend dag ry ek Kleinmond toe om ‘n paar dae saam met Lizanne en Wynand-hulle daar deur te bring. Daar het ek heelwat op die plaaslike MTB Klub se roetes gery, maar ook Vaderstelpas aangedurf. Ek het ook weer die Kleinmond-Hermans-Stanford-Tesellaarsdal roete gery. Laas genoemde was nogal ‘n ondervind met weer wat droog begin het, toe reën dit, toe weer droog, weer reën en op einde kom ek droog by die huis aan!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUHVyQR9my9A-XhO1fkzvhyphenhyphenjh5AcXg1TnBqVzAyp3KEQ9XThTpbeEsuRvmTpRIZdrr6OE35nJk2RMEMpS1WaKG4j1JpC5c6PeEK3VN-ycqotD_yjCCcwPleeMOWOfAoW7jSCGmc7zu6scGB-yCjZ4NKHI1aOW_te1GFFCuRj5vndQ6x_4TX3JG6VaOkwV/s4032/Vanderstelpas%20IMG_2083.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUHVyQR9my9A-XhO1fkzvhyphenhyphenjh5AcXg1TnBqVzAyp3KEQ9XThTpbeEsuRvmTpRIZdrr6OE35nJk2RMEMpS1WaKG4j1JpC5c6PeEK3VN-ycqotD_yjCCcwPleeMOWOfAoW7jSCGmc7zu6scGB-yCjZ4NKHI1aOW_te1GFFCuRj5vndQ6x_4TX3JG6VaOkwV/s320/Vanderstelpas%20IMG_2083.HEIC" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4VIS_BFrcDOTmSm12ZPAcBz2Ng-HoY5oekwrne5LSYTgR7C_9ULb6hA9AUAI4wK_ZR-CanVgU2-Ke2zqpuXNfi6e_Zddr5ucm2dB-ys52mmJN1Q8RXh7jebuUg0SAa-xFyuiwAdXzjaFjQCHXE5iSVn5ut-6KmVkjxlCntXKBg-WqhF5zyZw-MW4T0AE/s4032/Karweiderskraal%20brug%20IMG_2086.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4VIS_BFrcDOTmSm12ZPAcBz2Ng-HoY5oekwrne5LSYTgR7C_9ULb6hA9AUAI4wK_ZR-CanVgU2-Ke2zqpuXNfi6e_Zddr5ucm2dB-ys52mmJN1Q8RXh7jebuUg0SAa-xFyuiwAdXzjaFjQCHXE5iSVn5ut-6KmVkjxlCntXKBg-WqhF5zyZw-MW4T0AE/s320/Karweiderskraal%20brug%20IMG_2086.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p><p></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-38632515913776299402023-12-31T13:25:00.004+02:002024-01-22T17:53:32.314+02:00BB2BB2 Recci - Vanwyksdorp na Theewaterskloof<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Na my enkel besering, moes ek ‘n paar lang rite inkry om my stamina en “kop” reg te kry vir BB2BB2. Die eerste rit was dus om van Vanwyksdorp na Bloubergstrand, die laaste skof van BB2BB2 te verken. Ek vra vir Danie Kotzé of hy my Vanwyksdorp toe sal neem en reël met Hester du Toit om om Vrydag 24 November op Bosrivier oor te slaap. Ons vertrek net na 13:00 Vanwyksdorp toe en kom net na 18:00 daar aan. Ek het oppad vir ons braai goed gekoop en ons braai die aand.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Saterdagoggend is ek net na 05:00 op en val 05:52 in die pad. Die mikpunt is Swellendam via Gysmanshoekpas en Suurbraak. Die totale afstand is 150 km met omtrent 2,400 meter se klim. Ek vol ‘n paadjie suid van Bosrivier onder om Vanwyksdorp en sluit suid van die dorp by die R327 aan. Na ongeveer 20 km draai ek regs op ‘n grondpad wat my na die R323. By Muiskraal draai ek rags en na 3 km links op ‘n grondpad verby Groot Phesante Fontein na die Gysmanshoek afdraai, wat ‘n 25 km kom. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHlZUZnTXjgNdcmwThfgL2skpX-xFoxtOy3j73Qne6yGhtKpArYpopsTTCp-Xley9xTDzw3mpNxkymx__2R3f0oK0E_Adaat-ARw7VZXQnIWEU_a-noyRr-DBCk2jCVggWfXecDwiVfpDewcNoDOLjJltQXPEljuG0RlrdFlg34fN7AUpWPxmvm0C6CfP/s640/20241125%20Gysmanshoekpas%20IMG_2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHlZUZnTXjgNdcmwThfgL2skpX-xFoxtOy3j73Qne6yGhtKpArYpopsTTCp-Xley9xTDzw3mpNxkymx__2R3f0oK0E_Adaat-ARw7VZXQnIWEU_a-noyRr-DBCk2jCVggWfXecDwiVfpDewcNoDOLjJltQXPEljuG0RlrdFlg34fN7AUpWPxmvm0C6CfP/s320/20241125%20Gysmanshoekpas%20IMG_2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br />Aanvanklik is die helling nie te erg nie, maar na ‘n paar kilometer klim ek teen 10-17%. Dit is 8 km to bo en dan kom daar ‘n lekker afdraend vir die volgende 12 km. Onder draai ek regs, eers ‘n westelike rigting oen dan suid p nog ‘n goeie grondpad. Hierdie wêreld is glad nie gelyk nie en wat afgaan moet ook opgaan, dus word elke afdraend gevolg deur ‘n opdraend, ‘n paar wat lekker lank is. Ek moet ook oor ‘n laagwaterbrug waar die water omgeveer so 30 cm diep is, gaan. Gelukkig is die oppervlakte onder die water egalig en loop water baie rustig. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Na ‘n paar kilometer is dit weer regs en oor nog ‘n paar lekker styl bulte in ‘n suid westelike rigting. Ek stop by twee plase om my waterbottel vol te maak. Die temperatuur wissel so tussen 35-38 grade Celsius en die son staan stil! My energie vlakke is ook nie wat dit moet wees nie en ek stoot die laaste bult uit. My Garmin wys ‘n heling van 15%! Ek is redelik “tam” en wens eintlik iemand wil my ‘n “lift” Swellendam toe, aanbied maar dit gebeur nie. Ek kom van na 13:04, 150.51 kilometer en 2,366 meter se klim in Swellendam aan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek sukkel ‘n bietjie om my bly plek te kry maar is aangenaam verras deur die netheid en kwaliteit van die Pajama Donkey. Nadat ek afge[a ken gestort het, stap en na ‘n resourant vir aandete en kom 22:00 in die bed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vVuawSi_2txD5f9Ppdz_3LXbnVfrEPxqmkgPjRlfJMwDEL-EvQLPpB4_PWBaE92A3rKfVqkFW952Wvv4c0wJS5IRxwncKRgZQQx9zJUBsIoCmB5c6VKcRw-6saXPyPzSvQjn-bmRSLGr-v8laQg5R1KN8rOdZ5Ge3NMQDANtPbIYWZzAZmkyoOo110JT/s2880/Screenshot%202024-01-22%20at%2017.45.29.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vVuawSi_2txD5f9Ppdz_3LXbnVfrEPxqmkgPjRlfJMwDEL-EvQLPpB4_PWBaE92A3rKfVqkFW952Wvv4c0wJS5IRxwncKRgZQQx9zJUBsIoCmB5c6VKcRw-6saXPyPzSvQjn-bmRSLGr-v8laQg5R1KN8rOdZ5Ge3NMQDANtPbIYWZzAZmkyoOo110JT/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-22%20at%2017.45.29.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">My wekker maak my 06:00 wakker en na ‘n lekker ontbyt, val ek 07:08 in die pad. Die dag gaan ‘n bietjie korter wees en die bukte ook baie meer hanteerbaar! Die wêreld het egter nie baie gelyk gedeeltes nie en ek is of besig om op of anders af te ry. Die toetand van die paaie is baie goed en ek vorder teen ‘n redelike spoed. Die temperatuur klim vining e draai by 38.5 grade celsuis. Gelukkig is daar darem ‘n plaass of twee wat bewoon word en ek maak my waterbottel twee keer vol. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek stop in Riviersonderend vir middagete en durf daarna die pad Greyton toe aan. Ek slaap vannaand by Wynand se ma en hulle het ‘n Kers sangdiens, so ek moet voor 18:00 daar wees. Die son steek en wnes weereens iemand wil my oplaai! Daar kom ‘n grys bakkie by my verby en ek kyk hom met leep oë aan. Hy kom later weer by my verby en ek kan maar net “hoop”. Ek ko moor nog ‘n bult en wat is my vebasing toe ek die bakkie langs die pad op sy kap sien! Daar was darem al mense wat kom help en dit het nie te ernstig gelyk nie, maar ‘n oop bakkie wat omslaan met mense agterop, kan nie goeie gevolge hé nie. Ek is toe ook darem baie bly dat hulle nie aangebied het om my Greyton toe te neem nie! Die dag se skof neem my 10:12 is 111.97 kilometer en 1,427 meter se klim.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek kom net na 17:30 in Greyton aan en vergesel Hanneke na die Kers sangdiens. Ek kom lekker vroeg in die bed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXg7I1PLPyumbKZvolQ4KoWmke58B95T3itFgg8gr_zuVmBrXQj0zweXg8wYHAIPhbzBBcK0xBWBsi22Dtb8-f1Lmqka5U5MFPsm9zt7sWZA3N6LZyU3Y4SaQGO5Il8dqxvLoPebn3rVL3ROov87aITVhhVV0YB-7UvAnwklU-jb2eCp7ycpW4417ip07z/s2880/Screenshot%202024-01-22%20at%2017.49.13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXg7I1PLPyumbKZvolQ4KoWmke58B95T3itFgg8gr_zuVmBrXQj0zweXg8wYHAIPhbzBBcK0xBWBsi22Dtb8-f1Lmqka5U5MFPsm9zt7sWZA3N6LZyU3Y4SaQGO5Il8dqxvLoPebn3rVL3ROov87aITVhhVV0YB-7UvAnwklU-jb2eCp7ycpW4417ip07z/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-22%20at%2017.49.13.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwrScZIP_qZWwtiJK2jTfFGi34szcPQQ1ngoCTBEOFs90pMEyJfpyfEHStf5C0-smBuhUcDn4D2CU2vg8AmHyybafSnGb1JVBpitOV6wmdJ80KgrknFS4maHPQwDWITXyr6K0in2KywX-nr9L5pmNnUTVxrYfyYWaoMnw3fDW191fezejePM-x2o8J-an/s2880/Screenshot%202024-01-22%20at%2017.45.45.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwrScZIP_qZWwtiJK2jTfFGi34szcPQQ1ngoCTBEOFs90pMEyJfpyfEHStf5C0-smBuhUcDn4D2CU2vg8AmHyybafSnGb1JVBpitOV6wmdJ80KgrknFS4maHPQwDWITXyr6K0in2KywX-nr9L5pmNnUTVxrYfyYWaoMnw3fDW191fezejePM-x2o8J-an/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-22%20at%2017.45.45.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Dit is Maandag en na ‘n ontbyt van Weetbix, val ek weer in die pad. Ek moet vandag oor Rusty Gates, ‘n klim van 920 meter oor 9 kilometer. Vir die res is daar nie veel nie, ek sien egter nie kans om die volle 172 kilometer Bloubergstrand toe te ry en reël dus met Danie om m y aan die voet van Franschoekpas by die Theewaterskloof dam te kry. Dit neem my 2 uur van Greyton tot aan die begin van Rusty Gates. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJ7a5Kvt-fxo__8-xYAWAAFDxBliwhQBRLua-HCUDCxyHXBCtYqZG-RD2a0RKfy6xAjq9KdPrzEkn5ry-f91JCwhayoeOHawI1VW7YMISCMyU0uPMKt0US39dpzh-GskyutHeiGi3JiMG_lmPrv0mOEUHiOIgtE7b1ww84FwRVzp5p5Zy2pwaZe_T2HWR/s640/20241127%20Rusty%20Gates%20%20MG_2016%20copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJ7a5Kvt-fxo__8-xYAWAAFDxBliwhQBRLua-HCUDCxyHXBCtYqZG-RD2a0RKfy6xAjq9KdPrzEkn5ry-f91JCwhayoeOHawI1VW7YMISCMyU0uPMKt0US39dpzh-GskyutHeiGi3JiMG_lmPrv0mOEUHiOIgtE7b1ww84FwRVzp5p5Zy2pwaZe_T2HWR/s320/20241127%20Rusty%20Gates%20%20MG_2016%20copy.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br />Die eerste 5 kilometer het ek verlede jaar tydens die Brewery to Brewery gery, so ek ken dit. Die helling wissel so tussen 10 en 19% en ek ry tot by die Rusty Gates afdraai, wwar ek vir ‘n foto stop. Nou volg die laaste 4 kilometer. Aanvanklik gaan dit heel goed, maar dan begin die oppervlakte losserig raak en ek is verlpig om so kilometer of wat te stoot. Ander kant af kan ek ‘n stuk tee waar die pad deur die kant van ‘n dam loop. Dit is gelukkig nie te diep nie en ek kan deur ry met skoene wat na die tyd lekker nat is. Dit is ‘n lang afdreand en my polsse sê les op van heeltyd rem. Ek draai links op die Villiersdorp/N2 en ry oor die wal van die Theewaterskloofdam, dan regs op Draaibergpad wat tans geteer word. Ek stop onder die bome aan die begin van Franschoekpas en wag vir Danie, wat net 13:00 daar aankom.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtSXIf8fwwoLq5L5MdG6ViKd88Oa7808uYjZV5i5spN1l6-gdlP13Q-PT0KIazWacbZMY0CPUmfcxDBgNYAtKp0NDWz6eIkYJdEQfQ28I_-JKhO2g1g-DqlxdbFXKGB9wucJYB1wiWjOwgmBQC3WY73mqCThm3Pyd3VdTcviIw9SbpnOpwR5gqcLi1__L/s2880/Screenshot%202024-01-22%20at%2017.52.31.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtSXIf8fwwoLq5L5MdG6ViKd88Oa7808uYjZV5i5spN1l6-gdlP13Q-PT0KIazWacbZMY0CPUmfcxDBgNYAtKp0NDWz6eIkYJdEQfQ28I_-JKhO2g1g-DqlxdbFXKGB9wucJYB1wiWjOwgmBQC3WY73mqCThm3Pyd3VdTcviIw9SbpnOpwR5gqcLi1__L/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-22%20at%2017.52.31.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">So eindig my eerste BB2BB2 recci. 329.46 km; 29:50 se ry tyd en 4,882 meter se klim.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-14711094794177509582023-09-14T17:01:00.006+02:002023-11-08T14:30:05.170+02:00Enkel breek<p> Op 2 September 2023 stap ek saam met my dogter, Carine en haar man, Henk, van Pakhuyspas na Heuningvlei. Die plan was om Saterdag die 11 km Heuningvlei toe te stap en daar te slaap. Die roete staan ook bekend as die "Donkey Trail" aangesien die mense van Heuningvlei besoekers met 'n donkiekar op die roete vervoer het. Sondag stap ons dan van Heuningvlei na Boskloof, ook 11 km. Henk is bevriend met die seun van Boskloof se eienaar en reël dat David ons bo op die Pakhuyspas aflaai en dan terug ry Boskloof toe, waar ons Sondag klaar maak. Dan braai ons sommer daar sam met hulle.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAn2IlYSJUn19En34vRIEs7zDfWqOdyLRHu5QQ7HqZRowU_vHmUcw7LowE5vVHDpmEq2DPrxD1AEgDCExxLqMdYffqGBqNAPSkP0cScYphC43ye0zj7aX3a-HQ6-muUFJUyryI1BsotnN6ec-6sEGj1WKAjeR2TjZDiebFfessTP2mjtvj8E4qeAV6qpji/s640/Donkey%201%20IMG_1932%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAn2IlYSJUn19En34vRIEs7zDfWqOdyLRHu5QQ7HqZRowU_vHmUcw7LowE5vVHDpmEq2DPrxD1AEgDCExxLqMdYffqGBqNAPSkP0cScYphC43ye0zj7aX3a-HQ6-muUFJUyryI1BsotnN6ec-6sEGj1WKAjeR2TjZDiebFfessTP2mjtvj8E4qeAV6qpji/s320/Donkey%201%20IMG_1932%20copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Nadat David ons 09:10 afgelaai het, begin ons stap. Die weer is baie gunstig, koel oop getrek. Die pad is heel goed, maar die donkiekar sal maar sukkel as gevolg van al die verspoelings na die onlangse groot reën. Ons kan van bo tot onder by Travellars Rest in die vallei afkyk. Ons kan ook sien waar die Bidou Vallei in die verte is alhoewel ons nie die vallei self kan sien nie. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HdgLtw7V0tPTzLR0cK54zEZ5jIiKQ19a1sZfIK2GhiA5KsDnmt3wLZ4-ODmFWY0Tku7p-qFu_dOkWIESs73ByqBT4YWaI0YgJfZ1bQ09DhH1_ZUTxGtF6HUas_T_Mejuv8Q8GBltaR1TOZrl69ceggy10fCGyuREJ179eVSO6eoYfm_VxSDq2eTjatwh/s640/Donkey%202%20IMG_1934%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HdgLtw7V0tPTzLR0cK54zEZ5jIiKQ19a1sZfIK2GhiA5KsDnmt3wLZ4-ODmFWY0Tku7p-qFu_dOkWIESs73ByqBT4YWaI0YgJfZ1bQ09DhH1_ZUTxGtF6HUas_T_Mejuv8Q8GBltaR1TOZrl69ceggy10fCGyuREJ179eVSO6eoYfm_VxSDq2eTjatwh/s320/Donkey%202%20IMG_1934%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ohkQmWkddlbgtThd84caSKTztrVi5RiLVcW6nAmVpgRQdML2giy2j6KdPobu8Ci2n8DydIHMVhc42C-1q_93uIukBqoOEqLxGifWgK3R01iDMPo2OGLQMJGl1887U7qrvhkN2cR4zvcacLJSLOK_HG_G_tDaybwRrePJhpCUgZCKQiJ3y2rSM-uur2x8/s640/Donkey%203%20IMG_1936%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ohkQmWkddlbgtThd84caSKTztrVi5RiLVcW6nAmVpgRQdML2giy2j6KdPobu8Ci2n8DydIHMVhc42C-1q_93uIukBqoOEqLxGifWgK3R01iDMPo2OGLQMJGl1887U7qrvhkN2cR4zvcacLJSLOK_HG_G_tDaybwRrePJhpCUgZCKQiJ3y2rSM-uur2x8/s320/Donkey%203%20IMG_1936%20copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepAdocFifIotEZ7CnkcBpzgDRcBqetXhpeEQ2Gq_8AZEjRE8yFUnTRh-YOrzyYa5-VeGZr94YH4eww2OW4gxFbVx2njakn61JpBFBPUlDhuCCkx8FBS2noDBrMhVcfcQz9xUZEfbEJZoUULGTHRTRyDALT8wdfsrmnE40Wr2et6-Me-EgasdVjhawG2IS/s640/Donkey%204%20IMG_1940%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepAdocFifIotEZ7CnkcBpzgDRcBqetXhpeEQ2Gq_8AZEjRE8yFUnTRh-YOrzyYa5-VeGZr94YH4eww2OW4gxFbVx2njakn61JpBFBPUlDhuCCkx8FBS2noDBrMhVcfcQz9xUZEfbEJZoUULGTHRTRyDALT8wdfsrmnE40Wr2et6-Me-EgasdVjhawG2IS/s320/Donkey%204%20IMG_1940%20copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Daar is heelwat watersroompies en ons stop so elke nou en dan om net die natuurskoon te geniet. Daar is ook 'n rots wat duidelik vir "bouldering" gebruik word met die kenmerkende tekens van ankerpunte wat ingeslaan is. Na so 'n twee uur se stap, stop ons vir verversings en Henk maak vir ons koffie op sy gas stoofie. Die pad is baie op en af en selde gelyk. Daar is ook dele wat besonder klipperig is. Ons het op 900 meter begin en was na 45 minute op 1,002 meter! Nou is ons weer terug by 900 meter. Ons daal af na 845 meter, Klim weer 'n stukkie en daal na 832 meter, dan begin die klim weer tot op 1,010 meter. Van hieraf kan ons Heuningvlei in die verte uitmaak. 'n Gedeelte van die pad is gesment, wat aandui hoe styl dit is. Ons stap die laaste 3 kilometer is 50 minute en kom van 4:22 by Heuningvlei aan. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qq5A8dnaG42-SHZeXA0Yrv3zbye1RzNdH-8ipWUAF95Eq9vjEAwuCu7NGYSGbuWo5nzobinXEWjx3q8Q5NIaSdjSxEf7_y2LSj-S35_QUFkjZupr2JFRuGR_vJE__gj27QElbA27e9ycRWIyEbmg5ZjlrKl7H9zkEooQ9zNCI_cKsPmsxLi1mfJljbk9/s1280/Donkey%20Trail%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qq5A8dnaG42-SHZeXA0Yrv3zbye1RzNdH-8ipWUAF95Eq9vjEAwuCu7NGYSGbuWo5nzobinXEWjx3q8Q5NIaSdjSxEf7_y2LSj-S35_QUFkjZupr2JFRuGR_vJE__gj27QElbA27e9ycRWIyEbmg5ZjlrKl7H9zkEooQ9zNCI_cKsPmsxLi1mfJljbk9/s320/Donkey%20Trail%205.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFSMU_INpcBd7DENlTodGSRB873_FyrCfFUCTvYioH-Orsch_zyIcWAJ4pLC88dLVUMXUcPb0tClveGjjBZosVAdtqySdyrr2cdXmP7n5quWRirsQXtRSs_UpXaj3UtislDSZscndscQeL6sY4UL8S4JZk8EZwkc8Hclrhd9OfpkmlXH0Mn9dvuG21q6s/s1280/Donkey%20Trail%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFSMU_INpcBd7DENlTodGSRB873_FyrCfFUCTvYioH-Orsch_zyIcWAJ4pLC88dLVUMXUcPb0tClveGjjBZosVAdtqySdyrr2cdXmP7n5quWRirsQXtRSs_UpXaj3UtislDSZscndscQeL6sY4UL8S4JZk8EZwkc8Hclrhd9OfpkmlXH0Mn9dvuG21q6s/s320/Donkey%20Trail%206.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJY6RILoysPJVb4o2eWCqx_zv0qG3mbI3VHSjTeTf5qsN2pkHRoLRwvHIOJVh1B4bARbNyRNOE6a2JGbxhBXtMLWWFSuevxt-cHIMFGgEMHao1AbT6qaA76RDVhlD1FWCEqPUFYzKJ1sQn-y0cYzQte7NWe3rtCcAl91whuO0ut6mWM2vE0gZgr6EJ3Qe/s1280/Donkey%20Trail%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJY6RILoysPJVb4o2eWCqx_zv0qG3mbI3VHSjTeTf5qsN2pkHRoLRwvHIOJVh1B4bARbNyRNOE6a2JGbxhBXtMLWWFSuevxt-cHIMFGgEMHao1AbT6qaA76RDVhlD1FWCEqPUFYzKJ1sQn-y0cYzQte7NWe3rtCcAl91whuO0ut6mWM2vE0gZgr6EJ3Qe/s320/Donkey%20Trail%207.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Nadat ons ons begasie by die blyplek neergesit het, stap ons na die dame in beheer se huis om te bevestig dat ons aangekom het. Oppad daarheen moet ons oor 'n laagwater bruggie, met omtrent 4 centimeter water stap. Aan die regterkant van die bruggie is daar 'n paar klippe sodat mense kan oorstap sonder om hulle voete nat te maak. Toe ek op die tweede klip trap, wankel hy so 'n bietjie en ek gee nog 'n tree na die volgende klip en daar beweeg die eerste klip verder met die gevolg dat ek my balans verloor. In my poging om die saak te beredder, soek ek vastrap plek langs die bruggie met my regtervoet. Soos die noodlot dit nou wou hé, lê daar toe 'n gladde stuk sement. Ongelukkig tref ek die redelik hoog op en so gou soos nou gee my voet mee en val ek. Met die meegee slag, was ek bewus dat my voet 90% na binne gebuig het. Dit is onmiddelik baie seer en ek gaan sit op die wal. Henk stap na die dame (D<span>alene)</span> toe en hulle kom terug met verbande. My enkel is onsetend seer, maar ek kan darem op hom trap en dus is daar nie 'n ernstige breuk nie. Ons sukkel aan na Dalene se huis waar sy reël dat die buurman my met sy bakkie na ons slaap kwartiere toe neem. </p><p>Ek neem 'n vinnig stort en huppel aan na die sitkamer waar ek die res van die middag en aand sit. Hier is gee selfoon ontvangs, maar Dalene het 'n sataliet telefoon wat ook net werk wanneer die krag aan is! So tussen die krag onderbrekings deur reël hy dat David my die volgende dag met sy motor sal kom haal terwyl hy en Carine die laaste 11 kilometer Boskloof toe stap. </p><p>Henk en Carine maak vir ons kos en na aandete is ek bed toe. Die volgende oggend eet ek saam met hulle ontbyt en hulle val net voor 08:00 in die pad. Soos hierbo genoem is dit 11 kilometer Boskloof toe. Die pad wat David-hulle moet ry is egter 76 kilometer. dus kom hulle eers na 10:00 daar aan. Hulle het besluit om dit 'n dag uitstappie te maak en die hele gesin het saam gekom. Dit is 'n mooi rit terug en die pad van Heuningvlei na Whuppertal is redelik goed. Net voor Whuppertal draai ons links en ry dan 'n paar kilometer tot by die R364 waarop ons links draai terug Clanwilliam toe.</p><p>Die reling was dat ons die middag by David-hulle braai. Carine en Henk kom net na 13:00 daar aan. Die pad van Heuningvlei na Boskloof was redelik toegegroei, maar hulle het die staptog geniet. Ons vertrek net na 15:00. Ek tel my ander begasie in Citrusdal op en is net na 18:30 in Blouberg. Oppad skakel ek vir Mike Smit en vra dat hy net na my enkel moet kyk. Hy bevoel dit en druk hier en druk daar en vra of ek pyn het. Alles lyk egter goed en hy dink daar is iets ernstig gebreek nie. 'n Bietjie rus hoort voldoende te wees. </p><p>Toe ek by die huis kom klim ek onmiddelik op my fiets en ry om die blok. My enkel is gevoellig, maar ek kan fiets ry. Dit is posetief. Maandag reën dit en ek gaan Gym toe. Dinsdag lyk die weer beter en ek is net na 10:00 op my fiets met die mikpunt om 20 kilometer te ry. Die reën kom egter terug en na 10 kilometer blaas ek die aftog. Woensdag ry ek 40 kilometer Duynefontein toe en Vrydag en Saterdag ry ek die Botterberg roete. Op hierdie stadium is ek baie posetief want dit is makliker om fiets te ry as om te loop. Ek is nie eers bewys van die enkel wanneer ek fiets ry nie, maar ek kan nie my voet uit die "cleat" swaai nie. Ek kry dus eers my voet uit die skoen en draai dan die skoen uit.</p><p>Donderdagaand besluit ek dat dit darem seker raadsaam sal wees om X-strale te laat neem. Ek wil nie halfpad deur my rit van Beitbrug, wat 2 Oktober moet begin, probleme met my enkel optel nie. Ek en Mike kyk na die X-starle en slaak 'n sug ven verligting want dit is duidelik dat daar geen ernstige breuk is nie. Mike skakel my later die dag en sê dat die verslag van die radioloog wel 'n probleem opgetel het en hy beveel aan dat ek 'n Ortopediese Chirug gaan sien.</p><p>Maandagmiddag net na 12:30 stap ek by Dr Andre Heyns se spreekkamers in. In my gemoed vermoed ek dat hy gaan sê hy my eers oor 'n week of so kan sien. Ek besluit om hom te vra om net, op sy tyd, na die X-strale te kyk en my sy opinie te gee. Toe ek sy spreekkamer binne stap lyk dit asof hy vir my gewag het1 Hy nooit my onmiddelik in en kry die X-strale op sy rekenaar. Ek wonder nog steeds hoe hy dit reggekry het, want ek het hom nog nooit van tevore gesien nie en daar is geen rede hoekom hy my besonderhede moet hé nie! Hy wys my die X-strale en toon aan dat daar duidelik wel 'n breuk/kraak links agter is en dan kom die verdoemende woorde: "Meneer jy mag vir 8 weke nie op daardie voet trap nie"! Daar gaan my 2 Oktober vertrek datum by die venster uit! Die probleem is nie so groot dat hy voel hy moet opereer nie, maar ek moet op 26 September terug kom vir nog X-strale en 'n besoek aan hom, dan sal hy finaal besluit of daar enige verdere "werk" op my enkel gedoen moet word. Vir nou sit hy my in 'n "moonboot" en op krukke. Hy wil nie eers hé ek moet self terug huis toe bestuur nie! </p><p>Wat 'n "gatslag"! Ek moet erken dat toe ek daar langs die stroompie bo by Heunigvlei gesit het, het ek myself vereenselwig met die moontlikheid dat ek BB2BB2 sal moet uitskuif. 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Johann het intussen vir Annemarie en Lisa ingetrek sodat ons nou vier in die span was. Ons het ‘n paar oefen rite gedurende Junie en Julie in gekry en was reg om die twee “newbies`’ te wys hoe dit gedoen moet word.</p><p><br /></p><p>Danie Kotzé tree op as ondersteunings bestuurder en ons val Vrydagoggende net na 09:00 in die pad. By Johann konsollideer ons. Egbert Roberstson en sy broer ry ook, dus is ons nou twee voertuie en 8 mense. Egbert-hulle word deur Carien, sy vrou en Fred Lowe ondersteun. Langs die pad geniet ons middagete by Diesel en Crème in Barrydale. Ons kom net voor 18:00 op Willowmore aan en nadat registrasie afgehandel is en ons huoers vir waterpunt 2,3 en 4 ingegee het, vertrek ons Marlu toe waar ons gaan oorbly. Ons wou eers by Sandkraal, waar ons slaap, aangaan oppad Marlu toe, maar mis die afdraai in die donkerte. Na ‘n lekker aandete is dit Sandkraal toe. Dit is nou pik donker en ons kry eers die huis met die tweede poging. Saterdagoggend is ons weer Marlu vir ontbyt. Oppad terug is dit eintlik ongelooflik hoe duidelik Sandkraal se huis op die hewel is. Dit is amper moeilik om te glo dat ons die vorige aan so gesoek het!</p><p><br /></p><p>Na ‘n 07:00 ontbyt, vat ons die pad Willowmore toe. Na ‘n 350ml koppie koffie maak ons reg vir die wegspring. Ek het probleme met my Brookes saal, maar ons kry dit darem uitgesproteer met ‘n paar “cable ties”. So 09:30 se kant beweeg ons na die wegspring toe. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m640G_EtVm7JzYOi7r9hIhiB6YjPJ0ybMcIQrih-R_HjYehSvR7uxuNnm9S13KyxMDxLTd9oYAdqCDsvN6b0OQrn5bRDeGn2yOGGy0yWu5UATA93OvScw9Of21NS9BVUXXRnKKl0DAWpRxkf4iKXCnrwr8RvyEdS1tEGouk391SmhcD23aXIWER1x7Nb/s1600/2023%20voor%20begin%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m640G_EtVm7JzYOi7r9hIhiB6YjPJ0ybMcIQrih-R_HjYehSvR7uxuNnm9S13KyxMDxLTd9oYAdqCDsvN6b0OQrn5bRDeGn2yOGGy0yWu5UATA93OvScw9Of21NS9BVUXXRnKKl0DAWpRxkf4iKXCnrwr8RvyEdS1tEGouk391SmhcD23aXIWER1x7Nb/s320/2023%20voor%20begin%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeray4QHAD1r_1_L3_mfXkPlBpcferCsNBEm6Xb1ADb-c_rsKVJlInP5-5IjEsLJVOQypCQqeBrtoBaI5tYsAVyYm5pY9rwcRD1aM9u_GeNA-klxporV-mhaV1nf-YgqzO9cOqmfOf5fSuGLmii3kFA8VOpvqh4jQgQjYCyGfyFMjRN8Xdkd7VJng7bI_/s1600/2023%20Begin%2066e8477f-6105-4318-a9ec-e25764e58c52%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeray4QHAD1r_1_L3_mfXkPlBpcferCsNBEm6Xb1ADb-c_rsKVJlInP5-5IjEsLJVOQypCQqeBrtoBaI5tYsAVyYm5pY9rwcRD1aM9u_GeNA-klxporV-mhaV1nf-YgqzO9cOqmfOf5fSuGLmii3kFA8VOpvqh4jQgQjYCyGfyFMjRN8Xdkd7VJng7bI_/s320/2023%20Begin%2066e8477f-6105-4318-a9ec-e25764e58c52%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Op die kop 10:00 begin die wiele rol. Die temperatuur wissel so tussen 16 -19 grade Celsius. Na 2 uur se ry daal ons met Nuwekloofpas af, die Baviaankloof in. Waar ons ‘n ligte briesie van voor gehad het, is dit nou redelik stil. My agterwiel het oppad ‘n bietjie “sealant” gespoeg, so ek kan nie wag vir waterpunt 1 by Vero’s Restourant nie sodat ek ‘n bietjie meer lug daar kan in kry. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBFT4GDZ0Gi-mrqr0XO1IunJM-vz0qKq0LImHvWnVTP5CWRBHZCaozfKtKr0RxU0seuGNb6GAC7SiD7Api9iumdmovWETo5XOtofu8XAlmQH4_sMbxufpUDihSnviwX1hDvmeXYXUO4e1v4Bi7QoOLrOM2d-TRPLAaoDOSvzhrE-r7IY-aoklsI-UAoIm/s1280/2023%20Kloof%204b661788-7bac-46a2-8e47-a28c72fec100%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBFT4GDZ0Gi-mrqr0XO1IunJM-vz0qKq0LImHvWnVTP5CWRBHZCaozfKtKr0RxU0seuGNb6GAC7SiD7Api9iumdmovWETo5XOtofu8XAlmQH4_sMbxufpUDihSnviwX1hDvmeXYXUO4e1v4Bi7QoOLrOM2d-TRPLAaoDOSvzhrE-r7IY-aoklsI-UAoIm/s320/2023%20Kloof%204b661788-7bac-46a2-8e47-a28c72fec100%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Ons bereik dit na 3 uur en 52 km. Na ‘n paar verversings en 9 minute se stop, val ons weer in die pad. Die temperatuur het in tussen tot 28 grade Celsius gestyg! Van hier tot by waterpunt 2 is daar geen noemenswaardige klimme nie en behalwe vir ‘n paar klein “knoppies” daal ons meeste van die tyd. Wanneer die roete gery word, besef mens dit nie, maar wanneer jy na die profile kyk, sien jy dat dit die geval is. Na 5:07 uur en 92 km bereik ons waterpunt 2. Nadat almal iets ge-eet en gedrink het, stoot ons weer aan. Ons vertoef 14 minute. Die twee dames hou goed by. Ons is veral be-indruk met Annemarie, wat in die aanloop na die wedren ‘n bietjie siek was. Sy toon nie juis enige ernsige nagevolge nie. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WhCmOsV93B0xA8tj4ytgpfYJ8u-uUnCJZx3DFsDrBi1ehrQCoXhJEaomC9s5ZnWA-rRuPTxzKOr66f__bTc1snd_dp3SVutBJFXYvnpMEZz6Uvetbwf4QdMyPCq19XH3EHrFc290oQnQs5w8vqwkPOisgGZHMDwwFsEphMBAUjf4xqU4nw3PH2gurIjK/s1200/2023%20Kloof%20c776a37a-08af-4106-b09b-3071569171b0%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WhCmOsV93B0xA8tj4ytgpfYJ8u-uUnCJZx3DFsDrBi1ehrQCoXhJEaomC9s5ZnWA-rRuPTxzKOr66f__bTc1snd_dp3SVutBJFXYvnpMEZz6Uvetbwf4QdMyPCq19XH3EHrFc290oQnQs5w8vqwkPOisgGZHMDwwFsEphMBAUjf4xqU4nw3PH2gurIjK/s320/2023%20Kloof%20c776a37a-08af-4106-b09b-3071569171b0%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QSCD3xEuL4FvK60t2kScd3MYkEYFStow7pBQO5SImyVeJtUGCwHXkDpF5fFymtLQGKVJv0_t-tqS3qmXO9jG8Ct2NDjFhKmFR_ja595xCmRmAA3BMXANf1lH6l6GGHj5jTHk8BQeaY5D_QxcrzD2-7naszrtVHqDEYjfTvRyQ1_SBheuCmt7XGdPtgeT/s1200/2023%20Water%20tussen%202%20en%203%2059a3ce8b-320c-4a9a-8cda-2a3cf151335d%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QSCD3xEuL4FvK60t2kScd3MYkEYFStow7pBQO5SImyVeJtUGCwHXkDpF5fFymtLQGKVJv0_t-tqS3qmXO9jG8Ct2NDjFhKmFR_ja595xCmRmAA3BMXANf1lH6l6GGHj5jTHk8BQeaY5D_QxcrzD2-7naszrtVHqDEYjfTvRyQ1_SBheuCmt7XGdPtgeT/s320/2023%20Water%20tussen%202%20en%203%2059a3ce8b-320c-4a9a-8cda-2a3cf151335d%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Na ‘n kort klimmejtie net na die waterpunt, is dit weer punt in die wind en meesal bult af. Ons daal van 433 meters na 281 oor die volgende 21 kilometer. Ons is nou in die Baviaanskloof Natuur Reservaat en die natuurskoon is iets besonders. Ons is egter hier besig met ‘n wedren en op 114 km begin die eerste ernstige klim, die Grasnekpas. Wanneer dit gery word, voel dit soos ‘n kwaai klim. Ons klim van 281 meter tot by 480 oor ‘n afstand van 4 kilometer. Op ‘n Garmin profile lyk dit na ‘n “knoppie” terwyl dit in realiteit ‘n stewige klim is. Op 125 km en na 7:10 bereik ons waterpunt 3. Hier vertoef ons 19 minute, sit ons ligte op en maak reg vir die ergste water kruising van die Baviaans. ‘n Afstand van ongeveer 400 meter waar die rivier in die pad af loop. Die eerste gedeelte is nie baie diep nie, maar die laaste 20 meter kom tot ongeveer by my knieë. Johann het besluit om sy sokkies voor die kruising uit te trek en stop dus net daarna om dit weer aan te trek. Dit help darem so ‘n bietjie om die voete droeër te hou. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkos1AW0b3QUwlyaZBjzQUG_I0wqIGB_Kj69UGbjuEU0ik779lEwyGSaWrFBJU9S8-Y0QCQtBfCh1MbpXKEKgbseFAC3amai1GxWW5plvrkvdp-94Ijy6XYq6rUgwR-uX1n1iZW4ijui4pnbVd-tNgLFQTKqNlkOP3BtqLe1qJxztn2LBYCCLdiCn4gQe/s1600/2023%20Water%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkos1AW0b3QUwlyaZBjzQUG_I0wqIGB_Kj69UGbjuEU0ik779lEwyGSaWrFBJU9S8-Y0QCQtBfCh1MbpXKEKgbseFAC3amai1GxWW5plvrkvdp-94Ijy6XYq6rUgwR-uX1n1iZW4ijui4pnbVd-tNgLFQTKqNlkOP3BtqLe1qJxztn2LBYCCLdiCn4gQe/s320/2023%20Water%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Die temperatuur is nou weer af na 12 grade Celsius. Hierna is dit ‘n gemaklike rit tot by die ”Fangs”. Op 126 km en na 7:40 in die saal, breik ons die eerste van die “Fangs”. Die is twee kort kwaai klimme van 300 meter oor net meer as ‘n kilometer elk. Hierna is daar so ‘n 2 kilometer voor ons die Holslootpas, of wat die MAC (Mother of all climbs) genoem word, aanpak. Dit is op 133 kilometer en ons is nou al 8:20 aan die trap. Dit neem my 50 minute om die 5 kilometer tot by die parkeerplek, waar ons gereël het om vir mekaar te wag, af te lê. Ek wag 20 minute voordat die groep volledig is. Lisa sukkel op die stadium baie en ons moet vir haar wag om by ons aan te sluit. Ek het ook probleme ondervind met my ketting wat ‘n paar keer af geval het sodra ek die boonste ratte gebruik. Ons bereik Bergplaas na 9:55 se trap! Hier is daar lekker warm sop en in seker gevalle trek van ons ook droë klere aan of nog ‘n warm baadjie. Ons vertoef 35 minute. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EBhNttZyotzDaEVYPezCu3_S_Ag8cGZyapiQcF-mjVYzJGQzJzr9ESasTdQxeso1ksv6vFF4CGOjaBtaACOKJHnAr-0ic2nEplCK8WWjft_HbL8ExGLqouYfZEarHTsbp73SQqxITjMDvtUPqWUf17a0Ek9EpZ3XMN9uEtYC57BcPa61pugr3KuIU6Dv/s1600/2023%20Natuur%20res%20%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EBhNttZyotzDaEVYPezCu3_S_Ag8cGZyapiQcF-mjVYzJGQzJzr9ESasTdQxeso1ksv6vFF4CGOjaBtaACOKJHnAr-0ic2nEplCK8WWjft_HbL8ExGLqouYfZEarHTsbp73SQqxITjMDvtUPqWUf17a0Ek9EpZ3XMN9uEtYC57BcPa61pugr3KuIU6Dv/s320/2023%20Natuur%20res%20%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Nou volg Combrinkpas bergaf en dit is rof, veral in die donker! Bergplaas was op 142 kilometer en dit neem my 30 minute om die 10 kilometer tot onder af te lê. Hier wag ons weer vir Lisa om by te kom. Nou is daar “rolling hills” tot by Hankey en waterpunt 5. Hierdie is ook ‘n baie mooi gedeelte van die Trans Baviaans, maar in die donker kan ons dit nie regtig wardeer nie. Ons tel ‘n groep deelnemers op en ry saam met hulle. Na ‘n ruk kom ek agter dat die ander nie deel van die groep is nie en ry stadiger sodat hulle my kan inhaal. Ons bereik die pakhuis in Hankey waar waterpunt 5 is na 12:18 en 176 kilometer. Fred wag hier vir ons. Ek trek droë sokkies en skoene aan. Ons val na 23 minute weer in die pad. Die temperatuur het in tussen na tussen 9 en 11 grade Celsius geval. Tussen hier en waterpuint 7 is daar nie die “never ender” en die onbemande kontrole punt 6. Ons groep ”verbrokkel” op die “never ender”. Ek en Annemarie ry teen ‘n konstante pas van so 9-12 kpu. Agter hou Johann vir Lisa, wat nou kwaai sukkel, geselskap. Ons gaan oor een van die baie bultjies aan die einde van die “never ender” en Annemarie vra of ons nie vir Johann-hulle gaan wag nie. Ek sê ons wag bo op die l;aaste hoogte. Ons wou net stil hou toe Johann by ons aansluit en ons inlig dat Lisa tou op gegooi het. Nou gooi ons mielies, deur die onbemande kontrole, waar ons ‘n plakker optel, na waterpunt 7. Hier is daar heerlike “jaffles” en ek eet sommer twee! Annemarie beleef ‘n oomblik van “onsekerheid” oor hoe sy voel, maar kom gou daaroor. Met die wegtrek verloor sy haar balans en val oor ‘n wortel in die grond! Gelukkig kry net haar “ego” seer! </p><p><br /></p><p>Daar is nog 23 kilometer oor met net die “mini MAC” en die laaste stukkie langs die treinspoor oor. Ons ry ‘n goeie pas. Dit neem ons 24 minute om die 6 kilometer tot aan die voet van die “mini MAC” af te lê. Nou is daar nog 15 kilometer oor, maar die “uitmergelend” stuk langs die treinspoor, lê voor. Met nog 6 kilometer oor, begin ons die “single track” langs die treinspoor. Johann ry voor, dan Annemarie en ek agter. Dit neem ons 30 minute om die laaste stuk te voltooi. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8jJkgJciclsE4zZGDrmkGstRgW0CIyYbl_7R290x6P9JXiDVYioTRSkFSPgt99_sq81YZ_plp1zjD3yqX5BYEleeaJsrodb1B6CL7FMfK3BRE-TFOqecYRgHFJ5RU6an0F9EDRyjF8S_jVHxRZR9xr647wGbkElt6pRk-S0SVnbnvxFFvvjromm5zJon/s900/2023%20Einde%205f8426dc-768e-4614-b12e-ddbfa4d85bfb%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8jJkgJciclsE4zZGDrmkGstRgW0CIyYbl_7R290x6P9JXiDVYioTRSkFSPgt99_sq81YZ_plp1zjD3yqX5BYEleeaJsrodb1B6CL7FMfK3BRE-TFOqecYRgHFJ5RU6an0F9EDRyjF8S_jVHxRZR9xr647wGbkElt6pRk-S0SVnbnvxFFvvjromm5zJon/s320/2023%20Einde%205f8426dc-768e-4614-b12e-ddbfa4d85bfb%20copy.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSq5Ey2sO8T6AeGQsguF_rTRQ0eKPEjscT7qA_9SVd6VTDPfRp2j9zmbGV-zdmrkANoofRk2tk_0I1KKGW-FmKpjkUEkCqdR1ZmVEMK9W-RB6vChZyXjHnTJLKHT6CwCDtD6EdQFRlwoup2WxdfunNLf_wKsSFTVW5qDVDkKlv_PURHxSCkb0vO2Jcx6G/s1600/2023%20Einde%202%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSq5Ey2sO8T6AeGQsguF_rTRQ0eKPEjscT7qA_9SVd6VTDPfRp2j9zmbGV-zdmrkANoofRk2tk_0I1KKGW-FmKpjkUEkCqdR1ZmVEMK9W-RB6vChZyXjHnTJLKHT6CwCDtD6EdQFRlwoup2WxdfunNLf_wKsSFTVW5qDVDkKlv_PURHxSCkb0vO2Jcx6G/s320/2023%20Einde%202%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>So eindig my 9de Trans Baviaans met ‘n totale tyd van 16:52. ‘n Baie lekker wedren teen ‘n baie gemaklike pas. Ons tyd was nou nie te wonderlik nie, maar die “pas” was wel! Die kameraderie was uit die boonste rakke!</p><div><br /></div>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-71161667539532649232023-07-23T15:44:00.002+02:002023-07-23T15:48:27.916+02:00My Love Affair with the Freedom Challenge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqCMTxEpw1TK9h2VOlKAeI3ZiaZ0l3eKaUNh_YWox0S6mcZsqnE0L3XXTSeuTJ-mOrAxVCfBK7pP8CAonhslnMcifGPLg67Sc1r6WCshrmo-7oEonqG0ZOB5c5ZJ0usS6z_QYfpca6Trr4TAB7CfWIME5KpDj-ZDwxTRbtkE4jy2oKuYOl23Rc14Hdx3L/s4032/FCRASA%202019%20Bosluiskloof.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqCMTxEpw1TK9h2VOlKAeI3ZiaZ0l3eKaUNh_YWox0S6mcZsqnE0L3XXTSeuTJ-mOrAxVCfBK7pP8CAonhslnMcifGPLg67Sc1r6WCshrmo-7oEonqG0ZOB5c5ZJ0usS6z_QYfpca6Trr4TAB7CfWIME5KpDj-ZDwxTRbtkE4jy2oKuYOl23Rc14Hdx3L/s320/FCRASA%202019%20Bosluiskloof.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">My love affair with the Freedom Challenge started sometime before 2010 when I bumped into this article about a race called The Freedom Challenge. I could not believe that anybody in their right mind would ride a bicycle, offroad, from Pietermaritzburg to Wellington. The more I read about this amasing race, the more intrigued I became. I only got my first mountain bike in October 2008, so doing 2,200 kilometer on a mountain bike seemed to be a bridge too far, but the idea kept nagging me. After a while I decided that this is a challenge I would like to tackle. After I received permission on the home front to do this, I entered for the 2011 RASA. At that time David Waddilove was still living in Newlands running the show from his home. He also organized some training rides in the Wellington area one Saturday per month in the run up to the start of the race. In April 2010 I visited my brother-in-law in Kirkwood and got my brother to drop me off at Kleinpoort and I cycled from there to Montagu to get some firsthand experience of what I was letting myself into. In June I got my friend Mike Smit to join me and we cycled from Ashton to Rawsonville.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">I have always considered myself to be mentally strong, so all I had to do was to get the body in shape and get on top of the navigation. I spent days go through the old maps with pink lines and narratives, following the route all the way from Pietermaritzburg to Wellington on Google Earth. I had dinner with Justin Bouwer, who did RASA in 2010, to get some firsthand knowledge of what I will be up to. I read every word of Marnits Nienaber’s blog “Die Omswerwings en Ervarings van ‘n Freedom Challenger” and I started my own blog “One Giant Challenge”! I reached what Alex Harris wore to stay warm and went out and bought the same stuff. By May 2011, I was ready! I was existed about completing this race and looking forward to ride past Doringrivier, the farm before the Support Station of Stuttgart, which has now been replaced by Groenfontein. My dad grew up on Doringrivier during the early 1900’s! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">We left Pietermaritzburg on a not too cold June morning. Our group split up fairly quickly and by the time I was riding past Baynesfield, I was on my own. A while later, George Schutte, who was from George and did some of the training rides with David, joined up with me. We rode the rest of the day together and got into Allendale at about 17:00. The next morning we left early with all the other guys. The group stayed together up to Donnybrook, but then the other guys decide that that we were to slow and left us. We got to Centocow at about lunch time and then tacked to road to Ntsikeni. We managed to get through the wattles after the Ntsikeni fence just as the sun was setting. At this stage George was really struggling and I decided to push on. That year we did not stay at the Ntsikeni Lodge but further along at May Lodge. On the way there the road was a bit of a marshland, the battry of my light had gone flat and I only had a fairly useless headlight, with the result that I ended up quite a number of times in the water. I finally got to Mays, fairly well drenched, at about 21:00. George arrived at about 23:00. The next morning we once again left with the other guys. That help with the navigation. At about Politique kraal the other guys left us again. So it was me and George on our own again. We did find our way through to Glen Edward without too much of a problem and left there in the early afternoon. We made good progress right up to the turn off to go left of Gudlintaba. By now it was dark and we did not really know where we were going. There was a cellphone signal so I phoned for help, but we were so far off the right track, that nobody had an idea where we were. I still remember I told Mike Woolnough that we are at the edge of a donga, but he said he did not know about any dongas in that area! We decided to wait the night out. At about 22:30 we saw a light. It was one of the racing snacks coming through. We got our things together and tagged along with him up to Mademong, where he left us. After getting lost again in Hillbron, we finally reached Masakala just after midnight. As the distance to Makelkonyane is only 58 kilometers, we decided that we would only leave at about 08:30 in the morning. We did pretty well that day, but progress was slow, with the result that the sun was setting when we reached Gladstone. We could not find the track and ended up going down the road and got into Malekoyane at about 22:00. We were both pretty despondent and suffer from a lack of energy, so we decided on a rest day. Mike Woolnough was there at the time, also struggling with a knee problem. When he felt the weight of my backpack, he was not surprised that I was struggling. It was about 13 kilograms! I even had a spare chain in there! I got rid of some of the stuff and we lounged around in the sun the next day. That evening the “Fat Farmers” from the Natal Midlands arrived. There also was doctor form Cape Town. I told him about my lack of energy and that my heart rate is very low. He checked me out. But felt that all was OK. We once again left early the next morning with all the other people. A kilometer down the road I realized that I left my water bottle on the dinning room table. Fortunately everybody waited for me while I retrieved it. We found our way onto the Ongelukneks road, but had to push our bikes up the hill into a howling wind. We all stayed together right op to Black Fountain. There the doctor checked my heart rate again and immediately recommended that I stop and that somebody should come and fetch me! That was a bit of an impossibility and I felt that I would be able to find my way to Tinana Mission, where I can then be picked up. They left me and I continued on my own, in tears, because my dream was shattered! I did find my down to Tinana, using the road around the koppie and arrived at the mission at 16:00. From there I was directed to Mrs Zibi, where I spent the night. The next morning the Bells came to pick me up and dropped me in Matatiele form where I found my way home. On arriving home I was diagnosed with a mild form of kidney infection! That may have made it easier to accept the disappointment, but I still felt it was more of a mind problem. In the end mu ego took the biggest knock.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">After some soul searching and no small effort to get my wife to buy in again, I entered Race to Rhodes in 2013. In the group I started with was Gavin Robertson and a friend of his. They were doing RASA. We somehow stuck together and had a wonderful ride, getting to Rhodes in 5 days and 3 hours. Unfortunately we did pick up a 12 hour penalty due to some miscommunication, but that is a story for another day. On our way back from Rhodes to Cape Town, my brother and I popped in Stuttgart and learnt from Francois Moolman that he owns Doornrivier. The next morning he took us to the farm where my dad grew up and where I visited as a little boy. This was very special.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">After this success, I had to tackle RASA again and did this in 2014. Once again I was fortunate enough to team up with a wonderful group of guys and we rode together right up to Slaapkrans. On the way into Slaapkrans, George Wienekus picked up a puncture. It got fixed that evening, but as we progressed the next day, we realized that there was slow leak and had to stop every now and then. This resulted in the group splitting up and I stuck with George. We eventually got the problem sorted out at Bucklands after a couple of very frustrating days and eventually completed the ride is 21.5 days. The only other mishap was a night in Mordor, but we were very fortunate in that it was over casted with the result that it was not too cold. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Being in love with the event, another try had to come. Once again I started working on my wife, and received her permission to ride again. I decided that this had to be special, so I waited until 2019 so that I can be the first 70-year-old to complete RASA. In November 2018 I had a motor cycle accident and spent 8 days in ICU. By the grace of the Lord above, I was back on a bicycle, with two rods and eight screws in my back, in February 2018. The recovery was perfect and I lined up in Pietermaritsburg on 18 June 2019. This time there was no mishaps, except for an "off" at about 40 kph on a smooth gravel road on the way to Rossouw, fortunately with no serious damage, and I again was lucky enough to get somebody to stick with me. Johan Ratcliffe and I completed the race in 19 days 15 hours. Leon Erasmus, my brother’s son started 5 five days after us and caught up with us at Trouthaven. It really was a great honour for two of the Erasmus family to cross the finish line together. Richard Erasmus also finished that day, by we are not family.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-DhFBWpi4R-IzUo6Ts14Osb4w31Wo3gedjIL1ytdLmP8l49NPs36u9mQ7Q4t5wbw361NIzrPzWeWFhCdjkPiZMa5lgZyH6noja8cM7qwq8uiKD1ovTnvANxUSfsDI_AFyY9evk8lr5XD-NMAWQATC8H83sfIrK8P4N-1bWIPxFNaRYMo8SJLPvzTTF8_/s1280/FCRASA%202019%20Begin%20IMG_2439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-DhFBWpi4R-IzUo6Ts14Osb4w31Wo3gedjIL1ytdLmP8l49NPs36u9mQ7Q4t5wbw361NIzrPzWeWFhCdjkPiZMa5lgZyH6noja8cM7qwq8uiKD1ovTnvANxUSfsDI_AFyY9evk8lr5XD-NMAWQATC8H83sfIrK8P4N-1bWIPxFNaRYMo8SJLPvzTTF8_/s320/FCRASA%202019%20Begin%20IMG_2439.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIijJJBZacRsEONiWsetmiLzHJposVZMtuSHjjFnPg_Di06to9UYuZiRnvwEtCX8TBdVFaRQBW9ez3bYf9awPFD7RGo58psXyueDmoP7a8-61AKbjy-Ino3dbJdE8SdTEJ-oyX7MP7ogDUDvkSyJi-U4zl8_Z-ubbH1JjYZMqEtxbliCDft6Z9Zcax4XwD/s1280/FCRASA%202019%20Oppad%20IMG_2446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIijJJBZacRsEONiWsetmiLzHJposVZMtuSHjjFnPg_Di06to9UYuZiRnvwEtCX8TBdVFaRQBW9ez3bYf9awPFD7RGo58psXyueDmoP7a8-61AKbjy-Ino3dbJdE8SdTEJ-oyX7MP7ogDUDvkSyJi-U4zl8_Z-ubbH1JjYZMqEtxbliCDft6Z9Zcax4XwD/s320/FCRASA%202019%20Oppad%20IMG_2446.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYp-haf-EQ2MyUAuuTyIK8c015W2eXqgpNBtQb3Tpf5ILiUaatl7m92YyMBSmezgP5rXrVmPsdeyNOoaEiRPqcziAGCWXOTMRmh2HbPonVQeN9Yh-tUTQ50v_q94hqZ2nF2N2ZNo7n-Is3iEDYpBRpA_s3Fp-If30ArQbA5zJf08KAP_xq3S9Khi4ty4X/s960/FCRASA%202019%20Prins%20Albert.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="960" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYp-haf-EQ2MyUAuuTyIK8c015W2eXqgpNBtQb3Tpf5ILiUaatl7m92YyMBSmezgP5rXrVmPsdeyNOoaEiRPqcziAGCWXOTMRmh2HbPonVQeN9Yh-tUTQ50v_q94hqZ2nF2N2ZNo7n-Is3iEDYpBRpA_s3Fp-If30ArQbA5zJf08KAP_xq3S9Khi4ty4X/s320/FCRASA%202019%20Prins%20Albert.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiencjUW2wUEhSyN6AnAP88C0QFHARZIKuPyd2kyRvokNmgqa9AEHSgP-kabJt7BkPfpWaxUIidSS8ufbb8uX23X-WAEFjKx8CyUepm_DZl54-nrUKO7RMowU-3GCUW2VY6sTMV8x41Q1Ku6Eblsj5_0y0XYm3onY0sIRgB6f6fcNLg4b-5-LAsYaVUu9DQ/s960/FCRASA%202019%20Tipies%20IMG_2373.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiencjUW2wUEhSyN6AnAP88C0QFHARZIKuPyd2kyRvokNmgqa9AEHSgP-kabJt7BkPfpWaxUIidSS8ufbb8uX23X-WAEFjKx8CyUepm_DZl54-nrUKO7RMowU-3GCUW2VY6sTMV8x41Q1Ku6Eblsj5_0y0XYm3onY0sIRgB6f6fcNLg4b-5-LAsYaVUu9DQ/s320/FCRASA%202019%20Tipies%20IMG_2373.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUa2lcDqzyw7bXbWrr_pG2YbOPqrETLsSN3-ozDdJO-HPYtht2QZ6m6SB0A_rqwetNQLKffUkzhX5ELbcSGRdlkSN2FuF95Ww2JxxiWBwDRZW5LARTU15W1Fq1edWIOcGZezgBZjbXsngDUlx3Q0eAnbNHKHO6rc3gpG6aNtv1xLv6_utOjTWrHZjm45Y/s1280/FCRASA%202019%20Eindes%20met%20Johan%20Radcliffe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUa2lcDqzyw7bXbWrr_pG2YbOPqrETLsSN3-ozDdJO-HPYtht2QZ6m6SB0A_rqwetNQLKffUkzhX5ELbcSGRdlkSN2FuF95Ww2JxxiWBwDRZW5LARTU15W1Fq1edWIOcGZezgBZjbXsngDUlx3Q0eAnbNHKHO6rc3gpG6aNtv1xLv6_utOjTWrHZjm45Y/s320/FCRASA%202019%20Eindes%20met%20Johan%20Radcliffe.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">What now? The legs still feel good and the plan is to be the first 75-year-old to complete RASA and my aim is to do that in 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbpcUm2Ia9xv2tH93sqO2tAnTb08AvXhJW4qJzEzQ_kRjUjkhyneVp03PULEs8K0c2H1SZto0nXgxoqVU0WYE7Igz4BqE-86bNeEYfQ-dzF1zFvNA-fEpG8Ma0oBZYNRneX3Dc6HbQdIc14IYJ5n0n_uKb_bYym_byxfTiIWVysBjIAxL4Xct205JLfKG/s640/FCRASA%202019%20Hemp%202%20IMG_2321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbpcUm2Ia9xv2tH93sqO2tAnTb08AvXhJW4qJzEzQ_kRjUjkhyneVp03PULEs8K0c2H1SZto0nXgxoqVU0WYE7Igz4BqE-86bNeEYfQ-dzF1zFvNA-fEpG8Ma0oBZYNRneX3Dc6HbQdIc14IYJ5n0n_uKb_bYym_byxfTiIWVysBjIAxL4Xct205JLfKG/s320/FCRASA%202019%20Hemp%202%20IMG_2321.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-91455055674847295092023-06-18T10:59:00.007+02:002023-06-27T22:46:32.241+02:00Richtersveld ekskursie en Trans Augrabies MTB<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpupTU4S1wy4mxVSXRmZfpRWWj-xqL6N_H0P2ayvxbJL_0ssvKFCJXPzq077gNhCrKVZracQksBTplaowLVE2GSmUp4SxAjphAwHR-DEpLI4VR4nccu1scrSDoeOGM7P4PcBj3bOyJxRqoEsVv3fjqXqgql_Lwk80NE3KDgn8GMu8qoQDN_QlpoWvPA/s640/2023%20Trans%20Augrabies%20Kokerboom%20IMG_1830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpupTU4S1wy4mxVSXRmZfpRWWj-xqL6N_H0P2ayvxbJL_0ssvKFCJXPzq077gNhCrKVZracQksBTplaowLVE2GSmUp4SxAjphAwHR-DEpLI4VR4nccu1scrSDoeOGM7P4PcBj3bOyJxRqoEsVv3fjqXqgql_Lwk80NE3KDgn8GMu8qoQDN_QlpoWvPA/s320/2023%20Trans%20Augrabies%20Kokerboom%20IMG_1830.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Richtersveld Ekskursie</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Wynand het my oortuig bom die week af te vat en ‘n draai in die Richtersveld te gaan maak en dan die drie daagse Trans Augrabies MTB te gaan ry. Ek is toe Sondagaand 11 Junie na Crine-hulle op Citrusdal om die rit The Growcery, so 19 km wes van Vioolsdrift so ‘n bietjie korter te maak. Maandagoggend laai ek vir Carine by haar skool af en vat die pad The Growcery toe. Die reën omtrent heeltyd tot by Steinkopf. Ek het my motor Sondag volgemaak en die meter het toe aangedui ek kan 1,020 km op die tenk kry. Soos ek ry kom die getal af, maar toe ek deur Springbok ry wys dit ek maklik The Growcery en terug te behoort te maak. Toe ek by The Growcery stil hou, dui die meter aan dat ek nog 80 km oor het en die naaste fulstasie is Steinkopf, wat 87 km weg is! Sal maar ‘n plan moet maak om te kyk of ek ‘n paar lieter diesel by een van boere kan koop!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNNp7PItF-t3sWFFlSOjplGZKZVAL2SkJoa-z1rig83QQYnnO5tFUwDnUppixaAhRbsUC8S_GlJho15n2IAAalVNJ5NO09sDX7l8xSY2W9DJyBLRlsRxQDTMrPVgUQRNttQJNaoLA9Yz1MFIAQTMx152iCrSpwdURm_JXfCJmmstYELSkxie9JpJsnw/s640/2023%20The%20Growcery%20kamp%20IMG_1808%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNNp7PItF-t3sWFFlSOjplGZKZVAL2SkJoa-z1rig83QQYnnO5tFUwDnUppixaAhRbsUC8S_GlJho15n2IAAalVNJ5NO09sDX7l8xSY2W9DJyBLRlsRxQDTMrPVgUQRNttQJNaoLA9Yz1MFIAQTMx152iCrSpwdURm_JXfCJmmstYELSkxie9JpJsnw/s320/2023%20The%20Growcery%20kamp%20IMG_1808%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtZkW-p6QK7F5ksScHM_aNYthufJDIJPgDAncREKAL6ZirC75fWVhNOqNUCj90j_BbMAaAyP24fc4ECPqMGjIFgLQkcyQmlPabJXjACOkMCwf8VaPUxQ9SPlr_-2ussjQ401OpyxSsaEzDReHUI30yfxsnroMzbi9li3snIJSkd5RJkOX3UnJGXotdQ/s640/2023%20The%20Growcery%20Oranje%20IMG_1804%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtZkW-p6QK7F5ksScHM_aNYthufJDIJPgDAncREKAL6ZirC75fWVhNOqNUCj90j_BbMAaAyP24fc4ECPqMGjIFgLQkcyQmlPabJXjACOkMCwf8VaPUxQ9SPlr_-2ussjQ401OpyxSsaEzDReHUI30yfxsnroMzbi9li3snIJSkd5RJkOX3UnJGXotdQ/s320/2023%20The%20Growcery%20Oranje%20IMG_1804%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqugHgKlKF9-j60UmhdCOMPU9kuyxe5C1P5SR-FxSJvVfE0mzjB86hhn_XyZGFJyS7Amszbbp8vPPcrOmNo_NMgeZBVD956kEZrwcHJBlN2vGxsoWZuSOQxu9GMgksO8HkR6Z-8PUhyeWv5jDs82Zx3FCVHpeGlheHw5ltHK5tp-CpteJ11EiER9mzA/s640/2023%20Oranje%20rante%20IMG_1809%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqugHgKlKF9-j60UmhdCOMPU9kuyxe5C1P5SR-FxSJvVfE0mzjB86hhn_XyZGFJyS7Amszbbp8vPPcrOmNo_NMgeZBVD956kEZrwcHJBlN2vGxsoWZuSOQxu9GMgksO8HkR6Z-8PUhyeWv5jDs82Zx3FCVHpeGlheHw5ltHK5tp-CpteJ11EiER9mzA/s320/2023%20Oranje%20rante%20IMG_1809%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Nadat ek in bespreek het, verken ek die omgewing ‘n bietjie met my bergfiets. Ek soek onder andere ‘n pad wes van The Growcery al langs die Oranjerivier, wat deel van die pad terug van Eksteenfontein is. Die pad op my kraate bestaan egter nie, alhoewel daar ander paaie is. Ek daar dus maar om. Gerrit Bruwer het my sy suster se telefoon nommer gegee. Hulle boere naby waar ek bly. Ek besluit om hulle te gaan opsoek. Internet ontvangs is sleg en selfone werk net met Namibiese foonkraate of “roaming” wat baie duur is. Ek ry by ‘n plaas in en doen navraag. Gerrit se suster is net so 2 km die pad af. Daar aangekom moet ek hoor dat hulle vir die dag Springbok toe is. Ek ry dus maar terug The Growcery toe. Anndete is deel van my bespreking en ek word aangenaam verras net die kwaliteit van die ete. Die verblyf is maar karrig maar goed genoeg vir een person. My plan is om die volgende dag ‘n sirkel roete deurEksteenfontein te ry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">As gevolg van die probleme om die pad Wes gister te kry, besluit ek om maar net ‘n gedeelte van die pad Eksteenfontein toe te ry en na so 30 km om te draai en ‘n goedgunstige boer, wat my ‘n paar lieter diesel sal verkoop, op te soek. Die rit oor die Helskloofpas is baie interessant. Die pad is oor die algemeen in ‘n baie goeie toestand. Dele van die pas is rof, maar ek sal, met sorg, die met my Q5 kan aanpak. Op 30 km draai ek om. Oppad terug soek ek weer die pad langs die Oranje en kry dit die keer. Die eerste deel verskil wesenlik, maar na ‘n rukkie kry ek ‘n baie interssante pad wat al langs die rivier afloop. Ek ry tot op die einde en dan in die kloof, waar die pad wat ek terug van Eksteenfontein wou ry, op. Daar bestaan ‘n pad wat later in die riveirloop oploop en dus redelik sanderig sal wees. 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margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Terug by die hoofpad, ry ek weer na Gerrit se suster en die keer is ek gelukkig. Hulle is tuis. Ek en haar man gesels lekker en hy is bereid om my 6 liter diesel te verkoop. Ek reël om dit die volgende oggend 09:00 te kom haal.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8tVddWgKx8w58qOfSRpDm8zg0MvB0jP_yPjvvLq2afyBxOa3_2ETkoMkMIagB_SQ89eIIjX3ZsCo5RcQQx5kpR5lqWXwlpxGiI8nBnVSN5IrrqEv4wm49HB7hBFA4MNybH86MHQPRfEHGMMm2RgJebDjzeKsVgKn0pLiN4LzR6h-8-p_y_WWSa84rtQ/s640/2023%20Oranje%20Geelkrans%20IMG_1820%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8tVddWgKx8w58qOfSRpDm8zg0MvB0jP_yPjvvLq2afyBxOa3_2ETkoMkMIagB_SQ89eIIjX3ZsCo5RcQQx5kpR5lqWXwlpxGiI8nBnVSN5IrrqEv4wm49HB7hBFA4MNybH86MHQPRfEHGMMm2RgJebDjzeKsVgKn0pLiN4LzR6h-8-p_y_WWSa84rtQ/s320/2023%20Oranje%20Geelkrans%20IMG_1820%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Na nog ‘n interessante aandete en goeie nag se rus, pak ek op. Na ontbyt gaan haal ek die diesel en kan toe sommer Springbok toe ry met die eksta wat ek ingegooi het. Ek maak op Springbok vol en vat die pad Augrabies toe. Die reis is voorspoedig en en kom so teen 14:00 daar aan. <o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek bespreek in, kry ‘n staanplek en slaan my tent op. Net na 17:00 registreer ek. “Race briefing” is 18:00 en aandete 19:00. Ek is net voor 21:00 in die bed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FqdUSXgn5j4kiddS6ZwdRqWRDteDKSoGsadleMcHA7yVxM0VVyxfkzKl6VwcsPlndwBGeGYTwWY-dxM1f73DomCbh-SWnNlGuGnzEB9LDSIXMhOSoPjeP--SqEJwxPSCtWB9FjqiJx55wpYHBCLUjh32d_C5-07JMMmPPwJtGqBg8mMKZ2uLunWTnQ/s640/2023%20TA%20Kamp%20IMG_1823%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FqdUSXgn5j4kiddS6ZwdRqWRDteDKSoGsadleMcHA7yVxM0VVyxfkzKl6VwcsPlndwBGeGYTwWY-dxM1f73DomCbh-SWnNlGuGnzEB9LDSIXMhOSoPjeP--SqEJwxPSCtWB9FjqiJx55wpYHBCLUjh32d_C5-07JMMmPPwJtGqBg8mMKZ2uLunWTnQ/s320/2023%20TA%20Kamp%20IMG_1823%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Trans Augrabies Dag1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ontbyt is 07:30, maar net na 06:00 is ek wakker. Die wedren begin eers 09:00. Ek trek aan en kry my fiets reg. Ek ry so ‘n bietjie in die kamp rond om die tyd te verwyl. Daar is 4 wegspring groepe, met 5 minute posesse. Groep 2 spring stiptelik 09:00 weg. Die res van ons spring almal saam 5 minute later weg. Ek ry lekker rustig en redelik agter. Op die oop pad besluit ek om ‘n bietjie meer “effort” in te sit en skuif so ‘n paar plekke op. Ons ry op die Natuurpark se diens paaie wat soos ‘n distriks pad is, maar baie sinkplaat. Na 16 km draai ons af na die eerste waterpun waar daar lekkr beesbiltong, droëwors en ander lekkernye is. Van hier af ry ons op ‘n rowwe “jeep track” wat afgewissle word met lekker gelyk gedeeltes deur die veld, ‘n paar lekker dik sanderige gedeeltes en ook klipbanke. Daar is ook ‘n paar lekker skerp klimme en afdraendes. So ‘n kilometer en ‘n half voor ons weer by ‘n grootpad aansluit, gaan ons by ‘n baie rowwe en steil afdraende af. Die ergste is dat dit duidelik is dat ons later weer hier sal mpet op!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Onder draai ons links op die pad en ry verby vrugteboorde tot by ‘n brug wat ons oor die Oranjerivier neem. Anderkant draai ons regs deur Vredesvallei en dan die heuwels in, met ‘n geleidelike klim op ‘n baie goei pad. Na so ‘n uur se ry word ons links verwys op ‘n “jeep track” wat al hoe rowwer raak hoe verder ons ry! Dit is ook ‘n gedurige op en af met baie klippe. Hulle het in die “race briefing” van “albasters” gepraat. Nou kon ek duidelik sien wat hulle bedoel het. Op die stadium lyk dit of ek so 6 uur gaan trap. Op 41 km bereik ons die volgende waterpunt, wat net so goed soos die vorige een bevoorraad is. Na ‘n paar glasies Coke, stukke biltong en “jelly babies”, val ek weer in die pad. Ons kry nou die enigste “single track”vir die dag. Dit is 8.3 km lank en neem my 43 minute, maar dit is regtig iets besonders. Dit word afgewissel tussen redelik lekker gelyk dele met ‘n paar gemiddelde klimme wat ons gelydelik al hoër neem. Dan kom die afdraend! Hier het die ouens hulleself werklik oortref. Dit is lekker tegnies, maar met die regte pas en vertroue kan alles gery word. Daar is ook ‘n paar skerp draaie en los gruis, so ons moet mooi konsentreer. Dit is ook seker die enigste plek waar ‘n “single track” met rooskwats uitgemerk word! Die laaste 3 km is weer op ‘n distrikspad en dan doen ons weer by waterpunt 2 aan vir die terugtog. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die eerste gedeelte is baie soos die vorige “single track”, net makliker met een deurgang tussen twee groot rotse wat net breed genoeg is om ‘n bergfiets se hanvatsel te akkommodeer! Na so 3 km is ons weer op ‘n distrikspad en meesal af, wat beteken ons handhaaf ‘n goeie spoed. Ons ry weer deur Vredesvallei en oor die Oranje terug na die “groot bult” wat Augrabies Monster gedoop is! Nie so kwaai soos die Tankwa Trek se Marino Monster nie, maar ‘n monster op sy eie. Gelukkig is dit nie te lank nie en ek kry hom uitgetrap, behalwe vir die keer toe my ketting aan die binnekant van my groot rat afgespring het. Ek kry dit gou reg en trap voort. Die pad terug na die volgende waterpunt, op 66 km, is dieselfde een waarmee ons vanoggend gekom het. Dit is interessant dat die sandkolle, wat nou die hitte van die dag ervaar, nou ‘n bietjie moeiliker trap! Ek is besig om goed tyd op te maak en hoort onder 6 uur in te kom. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek bereik die laaste waterpunt op 5:05. Na ‘n glasie Coke en ‘n paar stukke van die lekker biltong, vat ek weer die pad. Ek handhaaf ‘n baie goeie pas en dit lyk of ek 5:45 sal maak. Die pad deur die veld raak al beter en dit is meeste van die tyd afdraend. Ek handhaaf ‘n gemiddeld spoed van meer as 20 kpu en trap dat die byle huil. Met 5 km oor sien ek ek hoort 5:30 te maak en ek sit ‘n bietjie ekstra in. By die kamp se ingang lei hulle ons weer op ‘n “single track”, waar ons ‘n hele aantal “toeskouers” in die vorm van bobbejane , het. Hulle pla ons darem nie en so maak ek dan klaar in 5:31:50 vir die 81.17 km. ‘n Goeie dag se oefening.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hdh3yrAFi9jZWanmoTTwHZBqfrZepCDtnDw4sxLpj-Xr516ycF1jYYMp0PB7ywoFxAWJ6kYGMkaqzuqK8ZP32ReJ-cvLqz_poj6kJQ7MPi8jFNAh_HV7__1nRuFSX36rWZ1kntGHc5KYz-dOhXb98s-yR7fux3QfudGwtqPjynwdtDmMP02pr-QpYVhp/s2880/Screenshot%202023-06-27%20at%2022.36.09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hdh3yrAFi9jZWanmoTTwHZBqfrZepCDtnDw4sxLpj-Xr516ycF1jYYMp0PB7ywoFxAWJ6kYGMkaqzuqK8ZP32ReJ-cvLqz_poj6kJQ7MPi8jFNAh_HV7__1nRuFSX36rWZ1kntGHc5KYz-dOhXb98s-yR7fux3QfudGwtqPjynwdtDmMP02pr-QpYVhp/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-27%20at%2022.36.09.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Trans Augrabies Dag 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek slaap so lekker dat die wekker my wakker maak. Skeer en oggend roetine met ‘n 07:30 ontbyt. Weet nie wat ek gister verkeerd gedoen het nie, maar ek is opgeskuif na die B groep. Ons spring 09:05 weg en ry die eerste 2 km rustig agter ‘n bakkie. Toe hy aftrek verander die pas nie noemenswaardig nie. Mettertyd tel die pas op. Die eerste 12 km is die teenoorgestelde van gistermiddag se laaste deel. Op 14.73 kruis ons ‘n grootpad. Daar is geen pyltjies nie en almal ry aan. Na ‘n rukkie stop die voortse ryers. Ons is op verkeerde roete. Ons moes by die grootpad links gedraai het, maar daar was geen teken nie. Die roete op my Garmin wys ook so, maar ek het soos alle skape agter die trop aan gery!. Ons handhaaf ‘n goeie pas op die grootpad en kom na 1:05 by die eerste waterpunt. Na die beruiklike Coke ens val ek weer in die pad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ons is nou op ‘n “jeep track” wat wissel van baie goed tot baie rof met ‘n voordurende klim en daal en klim en daal. Dit is nou opregte bergfiets terrein. Daar is heelwat tegniese gedeeltes, ‘n paar sand kolle en elke hier en daar ‘n skerp bultjie wat baie energie verg om uit te ry, maar dit is ‘n lekker uitdaging. Dit hou vir 26 km aan. 26 km se bergfiets genot uit die boonste rakke! Dit neem my 2 uur om die 26 km af te lê. Alhoewel daar ‘n paar ryers by my verby kom, haal ek ook ‘n hele aantal in, veral na die einde se kant toe. Dit bring ons by waterpunt 2. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OFmodMW45IM/ZI9aOIS5mkI/AAAAAAAACl8/by0RR9F6od8TInL2oSZSqnKB4rQnpqEewCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/2023%2BKokerbok%2BDag%2B2%2BIMG_1829%2Bcopy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OFmodMW45IM/ZI9aOIS5mkI/AAAAAAAACl8/by0RR9F6od8TInL2oSZSqnKB4rQnpqEewCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/2023%2BKokerbok%2BDag%2B2%2BIMG_1829%2Bcopy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ons is nou weer op ‘n grootpad met ‘n redelike hellings en afdraendes, met die gevolg dat my gemiddelde spoed redelik gou verbeter. Ek haal weer ‘n klomp ander deelnemers in. Van ons ry ‘n rukkie saam, maar dan raak hulle agter wanneer ons deur ‘n rivierbedding gaan wat gevolg word deur ‘n kort sterk klim. Na 4:19 en 68 km kom ons by die laaste waterpunt. Ek stop vir 4 minute en val dan weer in die pad. Ons ry ‘n verdere 9 km op die pad en dan gaan ons oor na die Klipspringer voetslaanpad. Dit is ‘n voetpad waar San Parke vir ons spesiaal toestemming gegee het om dit met ons fietse te ry. Dit is “single track” uit die boonste rake. Baie tegniese en uitdagende gedeeltes, maar weklik besonders. Daar is selfs ‘n gedeelte waar ek my fiets ala Freedom Challenge styl ‘n bult moet uit dra. Die oprganiseerders het darem mense voorsien om fietse te dra vir die deelnemers wat nie kans gesien het om dit self te dra nie. Die 6 km neem my 30 minute. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzdPy5RqCx88oooHjqYP_UECtXwYZDzEH58UwvnqQ8VZkpGsJst6fyl4xUcU5O-EP8ysKUecYlwr1NKp5VKZnVegZFrsHfpz4LEdQ5PGY5EKpp4kvTQVX4xKqvzRpBHAYLDZMD3Kby-PA558y7hl0cJYt_K9eFOCIXjxPOtXr1HuhoT7E11be_Rwt1w/s1280/2023%20Klipspringer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzdPy5RqCx88oooHjqYP_UECtXwYZDzEH58UwvnqQ8VZkpGsJst6fyl4xUcU5O-EP8ysKUecYlwr1NKp5VKZnVegZFrsHfpz4LEdQ5PGY5EKpp4kvTQVX4xKqvzRpBHAYLDZMD3Kby-PA558y7hl0cJYt_K9eFOCIXjxPOtXr1HuhoT7E11be_Rwt1w/s320/2023%20Klipspringer.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Nou is ons weer op ‘n grootpad en al wat nou nog voor lê is Maanrots. Dit bereik ons na 89 km en vir die volgende 2 km ry ons oor hierdie masiewe rots wat van 674 na 695 meter klim en dan weer na 658 meter daal. Al wat nou oorbly is die laast paar kilometer huis toe.<o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek voltooi die 92 km in 5:55. Heel te vrede met ‘n dag se goeie oefening en wonderlike “mountain biking”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Trans Augrabies Dag 3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek slaap weer lekker en word deur my wekker wakker gemaak. Ek beplan om na die wedren deur te ry Victoria Wes toe om ‘n dag by Martin en Helene Marais van Nooitgedacht, te kuier, so ek begin met die oppak proses voor en na ontbyt. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die laaste skof is in die vorm van ‘n tydtoets en ons spring twee=twee weg. My tyd is 09:17. Die eerste gedeelte is die teenoorgeselde van die vorige dag met ‘n ekstra stukkie Klipspringer in. Die Maanrots is baie styler van hierdie kant wat ‘n stukkie stoot noodsaaklik maak. Anderkant gaan dit lekker en ek laat die deelnemer saam met wie ek begin het, agter. Ons gaan oor ‘n stukkie dienspad en dan is dit die Klipspringer. Die ekstra gedeelte is baie soos gister syne met lekker gladde veld paadjies en baie klipperige gedeeltes. Ek geniet die uitdaging terdee en gaan by ‘n hele aantal ander deelnemers verby. Daar is ook ‘n paar ander vinnige manne wat by my verby kom. Die eerste 15 km neem 1:15 om te voltooi. Ons gaan oor na ‘n goeie “jeep track” en dan ‘n entjie op die dienspad voordat ons weer op ‘n “jeep tack” die veld in gelei word. Die pad klim gelydelik en ek sukkel weer met my ketting wat aan die binnekant van die groot rat afglip en dan tussen die spekke vas geknyp word. Na ‘n gesukkel. Kry ek hom uit en trap ‘n stylerrige bult uit. Hierna vloei die roete lekker deur die veld met ‘n goeie mengsel van op en af, harde veld pad en sand kolle. Op 18 km stop ek by die enigste waterpunt van die dag. Ek vul al my “voorrade” aan en laat maak ook my waterbottel vol. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Nou is dit voet in die hoek tot by die einde. Die volgende 2 km is teen ‘n gelydelike helling en my spoed wissel so tussen 12-18 kpu. Daarna verander die helling en ek tel spoed op. Hierdie terrein duur voort tot op 33 km. Nou betree ons plaasgrond en ry vir die volgende 6 km tussen tafeldruif wingerde deur. Na 2 km deur die veld tussen twee plase kom ons by die Pecanneut plantasie vir die volgende 4 km. Nog so ‘n entjie deur die plaasgrond en dan is ons weer in die park. Eers met ‘n veld paadjie en dan is ons op die laaste dienspad kamp toe. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die dag eindig op 49 km en na 3:17 in die saal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Samevatting. Dit was voorwaar een van die aangenaamste bergfites wedrenne wat ek in ‘n lank tyd aan deel geneem het. ‘n Biejie korter as die Tankwa Trek, maar in graad van uitdaging en genot, beslis op dieselfde vlak. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Totale: afstand 222 km; tyd 14:44; klim 3,015 meter. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3lJo6-82tWhp_U93j4KvDPbd-omqjw2GZNbgf2y-swsyoguf9bL0tDnv64MtagPPYgHqzfdsKO-8llKloBvZnldJtQTYs4bmCCdrKbGtUpwgWp_0T_BHGjFn33yWE3GNCaRTyLubQkhLxphKuzh6suIwyPfbZzj0gM9--VbwZ0umNqAlmpwsZwizaA/s2880/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%2017.29.49.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3lJo6-82tWhp_U93j4KvDPbd-omqjw2GZNbgf2y-swsyoguf9bL0tDnv64MtagPPYgHqzfdsKO-8llKloBvZnldJtQTYs4bmCCdrKbGtUpwgWp_0T_BHGjFn33yWE3GNCaRTyLubQkhLxphKuzh6suIwyPfbZzj0gM9--VbwZ0umNqAlmpwsZwizaA/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-18%20at%2017.29.49.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Ek neem aan borge respekteer die deudringends vermoeë van enige 70-jarige person wat 36ONE kilometer in 36.1 uur wil ry en dat daar ook darem ook nie te veel van ons sal wees nie. Wel ek is een van hulle en laat nie so ‘n geleentheid maklik verby gaan nie, dus is ek in vir 2023 se 36ONE op 12 Mei 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Johann de Buyn was ook van plan om te ry, maar sukkel nog mt sy skouer nadat hy die derde laaste dag op die Epic geval het. Ek het toe besluit om vir Danie Kotze te vra of hy nie wil saam gaan nie, dan kan hy sommer as ondersteunings bestuurder optree. Ons vertrk dus Donderdag 11 Mei so net na 10:00 uit die Kaap. Dit is trietserig en nat! Die weervoorspelling vir Oudtshoorn lyk ook nie te belowend nie, alhoewel die reënval liggies gaan wees en die minimum temperatuur darem net 9 grade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ons het so net voor 18:00 in Oudtshoorn aangekom en na ‘n pizza redelik vroeg in die bed gekom. Ek het vir ons ontbyt van eiers, spek, sampioene en brood voorgesit en daarna is ons na Kleinplasie om te registreer. Hier loop ek ‘n paar ou vriende raak wat ook vanjaar weer gaan deelneem. Ons eet middag ete by Beans about Coffee en gaan rus dan in afwagting van die wegspring. Dit reën heel oggend redelik deurdringend, maar hou so elke nou en dan op vir so ‘n paar minute. Die hoop beskaam nie! Ons vertrek net na 14:00 na Kleinplsie toe vir die wegspring. Dit reën dit nie meer nie en die vooruitsigte vir goeie weer redelik goed. Die wolk sit hoog en lyk nie dreigend nie. Die vraag is natuurlik, wat het al die reën aan die pad oppervlakte gedoen?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> So net voor 15:00 begin ons naderstaan vir die wegspring. Op hierdie staium lyk die weer goed. Bewolk, maar geen reën nie. Die eerste paar kilometer is maar altyd redelik rustig. Alhoewel dit nie reën nie, is die pad redelik nat. Op 6.5 kilometer draai ons regs net voor Buffelsdrift Game lodge. Nou klim ons vir 10.5 kilometer. Op 18.5 kilometer draai ons weer regs in die rigting van Dysseldorp. So elke nou en dan val daar ‘n paar druppels, maar die lug lyk redelik oop vorentoe en die pad is nie te modderig nie. Ek en die ryer langs my begin gesels en dit blyk dat hy Pieter Jansen van Rensburg van Parys is, maar hy het ook ‘n plek op Oubaai. Ons ry ‘n ruk saam en gesels baie lekker. Op ‘n kol verloor ons mekaaar, maar ons paaie sou nog ‘n paar keer voor die einde weer kruis. Ons is albei nimmer einders! Op kilometer 26 draai ons regs op ‘n plaaspad. Ons is weereens gelukkig aangesien die oppervlakte sanderig is en dus redelik ferm is, wat ry omstandighede baie bevoordeel. Na 31 kilometer kruis ons die De Rust/Oudtshoorn pad. Ons is nog steeds op goeie plaaspaaie. Op kilometer 34.5 sluit ons weer by ‘n distrikspad aan, wat na ‘n verdere 1.5 kilometer wes draai en op 44 kilometer weer suid wes. Die roete neem ons kruis en dwars oor die Klein Karoo! Op 55 kilometer klim ons op die pad wat ons deur die Hotomskloof neem en na waterpunt 1 wat ons na 55 kilometer bereik. Ek is nou al 2:53 aan die gang, ‘n hele 22 minute langer as verlede jaar. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die weer het tot nou goed gehou en baie belowend gelyk met groot oop kolle in die lug. Na 3 minute rol die wiele weer. Intussen het daar ‘n redelike sterk suid wester opgekom en die vlae wapper in die lug en daar val ‘n swaar reëbui! . Ons klim weer vir so 3 kilometer, waarna die pad links draai, wat reg teen die wind sal wees. Gelukkig is ons nou teen die regterkant van die hang en waai die wind bo-oor ons en die reën het opgehou. Toe ons bo kom, is daar, wonder bo wonder, nie veel meer van die wind oor nie. Op 71.5 kilometer draai ons links op die Heimersrivier pad. Van hier tot net voor Louvain is dit ‘n geval van rooi ligte wat oor ‘n bult verdwyn en wanneer ons by die bopunt kom, sien ons weer die rooi ligte, maar nou hoër. So hou dit aan tot op 95 kilometer, waar ons regs draai Louvain toe. Op 98 kilometer word ons afgelei op ‘n “single track” om ons onder deur die R62 te neem. Aanvanklik gaan dit goed, maar hoe later, hoe kwater! Die pad raak al meer modderig. Teen die tyd wat ek by Louvain aan kom klink my ratte vreeslik. Gelukkig is daar ‘n tuinslang, maar ons moet in ‘n tou staan om ‘n beurt te kry om ons fietse skoon te spuit. Verder word ons in gelig dat die volgende 7 kilometer nog erger is! Ek het nou 101 kilometer ge ry en is al 6:58 aan die gang, 45 minute langer as verlede jaar. Die nat toestande het darem sekerlik iets daarmee te doen. Dit is waterpunt 2 en kontrole punt 1 en ek kry vir Danie hier. Ek neem ‘n ekstra warm baadjie, ruil handskoene en neem my spaar battery uit die sakkies wat hy vir my bring. Na 34 minute en twee koppies sampioen sop, pak ek die volgende skof aan. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOJb_dTwZzN_tO4decVNMZWpsTrsZBKw-om88WLgew3Iy6rsKnxbhcCxsgd00y4rTWZnh8EJQdAXl_UUmSm7QKuLVbgfiSRbLxEgUFzBXUvXbQ30Y2biMmJHL1ewfTZki59qPdsYXalGD_fMULJWxZjs8mGQ5gWPFRs4DKcmkqFuBJP67CsxD4wF4zA/s2953/2023%20360ne%20Louvain%20gal%203-63.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="2953" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOJb_dTwZzN_tO4decVNMZWpsTrsZBKw-om88WLgew3Iy6rsKnxbhcCxsgd00y4rTWZnh8EJQdAXl_UUmSm7QKuLVbgfiSRbLxEgUFzBXUvXbQ30Y2biMmJHL1ewfTZki59qPdsYXalGD_fMULJWxZjs8mGQ5gWPFRs4DKcmkqFuBJP67CsxD4wF4zA/s320/2023%20360ne%20Louvain%20gal%203-63.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Aanvanklik is die pad nie so slegs as wat ek verwag het nie, maar op 116 kilometer moet ons deur ‘n geploegde land gaan waar die modder so dik is dat ek my fiets ‘n ent moet sleep aangesien die wiel te dik gekoek is van die modder. Ons kruis die R62 op 125 kilometer en daal deur die Paardekloof af na die Heimerrivier pad en waterpunt 3 op 134 kilometer. Na ‘n paar glasies Coke en stukkies piesang brood, val ek weer in die pad na 9 minute. Ek sien weer vir Pieter Jansen van Rensburg hier. Ons ry nou met ‘n baie rowwe plaaspad om vorentoe by die Heimersrivier pad aan te sluit. Ons gaan, onder andere, deur ‘n stroompie. Alhoewel ek sien van die ouens trek hulle sokkie uit en stap deur, het ek my nog nooit deur ‘n water stroompie laat terug hou nie en ek besluit om deur te ry. Ongelukkig loop die stroompie in die middel ‘n bietjie sterker as waarvoor ek gereed was! Ek verloor my balans en land in die water. Gelukkig is net my bene en handskoene nat. My reën baadjie het sy werk gedoen en my lyf is nie nat nie. Met die val het ek my knie gestamp en ek kan hom nou voel. Weereens is die geluk aan my kant en ek kan sonder te veel pyn aan ry. Die Heimersriveir pad van hier tot by Zebra is nie juis veel anders as die deel wat ons vroeër gery het nie. Dit weereens ‘n geval van bult op en bult af en gewoonlik is die volgende bult hoër. Die weer is goed en ek kan selfs die maan sien, so dit lyk belowend vir die res van die wedren. Op 142 kilometer word ons weer oor plaaspaaie en langs die treinspoor, onder deur die R62 geneem. Dit is minder modderig hier as tydens die vorige episode! Daar was een jaar ‘n waterpunt net nadat ons oor ‘n rivier so ‘n paar kilometer na Zebra is, maar hulle het duidelik besluit dat dit nie nodig was nie. Ek moet maar voort sukkel tot by kilometer 155 waar ons waterpunt 4 kry. Hier stop ek vir 7 minute. Alhoewel ek nou al 1:04 agter verlede jaar se tyd is, voel ek heel goed. Dit bly nog steeds ‘n geval van op en af met ‘n paar afdaendes wat skrik vir niks. Iets wat in die donker ekstra gevaarlik is, maar ek oorleef dit. My hande en voete is nog klam, maar my bene is droog. Ek ry meeste van die tyd op my eie. So elke nou en dan kom daar ‘n paar ryers by my verby. Op 162 kilometer begin ons om in die Kandelaarsrivier vallei af te daal en op 171 kilometer sluit ons by die R328 aan. Nou is dit teerpad tot by waterpunt 5, wat ook kontrole punt 2 is. Ek arriveer hier na 177.74 kilometer en 11:43 se ry. My lig het begin rooi wys en ek ruil dus batterye en gooi die ou battery in die boks met spaar klere wat ek hierna toe laat stuur het. Ek gebruik nie enige van die klere nie, wat seker ‘n tegniese fout was, want daar was nog ‘n lekker warm baadjie in die boks. Ek rus lekker, eet pasta en drink koffie omdat die Milo op is! Na 34 minute val ek weer in die pad. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Van Volmoed af klim ons konstant vir die volgende 25 kilometer. Daar is so hier en daar ‘n afdraend, maar die meeste van die tyd gaan die pad op. Dit sluit ‘n aaneenlopnede klim van 5 kilometer gevolg deur een van 3 kilometer. Na 200 kilometer in jou bene, is dit redelik moordend. Na, wat soos ‘n ewigheid voel, kom ons by waterpunt 6 aan. Ek moet sê ek het gedink die waterpunt kom nooit. Teen 38 kilometer na Volmoed, is dit nogal ‘n lang “stoot”! Ek vertoef vir 8 minute. Elke bult word darem gewoonilk gevolg deur ‘n afdraend en ons daal geleidelik totdat ons die Gouritsrivier kruis. Van hier af is daar weer ‘n baie geleidelike klim oor ‘n afstand van 18 kilometer! Ons klim van 110 meter tot by 230 meter. So die gradiënt is nie moeilik nie, maar meendoenloos! Dan is daar nog so ‘n paar “knoppe” tot by waterpunt 7, net voor die begin van Rooiberg. Na 7 minute is ek weer aan die gang. Ek meet gewoonlik my rite met my Garmin 830 en met my Fenix 6. By die waterpunte neem ek dan die tyd wanneer ek daar aan kom en weer wanneer ek vertrek. Ek het skynbaar die “stop” knoppie van die Fenix 6 gedruk toe ek vertrek het in plaas van “lap”! Dus hou Fenix 6 se rit hier op! Ons kry nou te doen met die die meeste modder sedert vroeg gister aand. Dit is so erg dat ek moet stop om die meeste af te krap en ook ‘n stok by my hou om so in die ry die modder van my bande af te krap. ‘n Baie modderige 5 kilometer, bring ons aan die voet van Rooiberg. My pas wissel so tussen 3.5 en 6 kpu. Dit neem my 1:15 om die 6 kilometer tot bo op die pas af te lê. Ek het selfs so ver gegaan om ‘n paar stukkies te stoot! Daar is deesdae ‘n “onoffisiële“ waterpunt aan die bopunt. Ek vertoef nie lank nie en durf die pad af aan. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHoKrngVM-dcXdcnvrld-4AHN0XKbJGxTuHZk982IiP1JH9PduUbmTdRLWqnWfpvdgDOmGI_7cWORGZWtqKBTsjFLQ8-TxPhAyul2Iy3ScBqn35DzehGalqeorzO1NtvibhZyN1cb9oYyDEUWiCh2Vm198_O7KIkdk76BxYBE2Yzipq5S1MChDaLVuQ/s2953/2023%20360ne%20Rooiberg%20haarnaald%20gal%204-58.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="2953" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHoKrngVM-dcXdcnvrld-4AHN0XKbJGxTuHZk982IiP1JH9PduUbmTdRLWqnWfpvdgDOmGI_7cWORGZWtqKBTsjFLQ8-TxPhAyul2Iy3ScBqn35DzehGalqeorzO1NtvibhZyN1cb9oYyDEUWiCh2Vm198_O7KIkdk76BxYBE2Yzipq5S1MChDaLVuQ/s320/2023%20360ne%20Rooiberg%20haarnaald%20gal%204-58.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br />Daar is aan die pad gewerk en baie van die rowwe gedeeltes is heelwat beter as vorige jare. Ek moet ook sê dat my hande en gewrigte heel wat beter gevoel het toe ons weer op gelykke grond gekom het. Die stuk tussen die voet van die pas en die Calitzdorp Spa pad is ook minder sinkplaat. Na die “drag” Calitzdorp toe, arriveer ek daar na 282 kilometer en 21:16 uur in die saal. Danie is weer hier en ek gee my lig en reën baadjie vir hom. Hy het egter my sakkie met droëklere en by Louvain vergeet, so ek het geen ander keuse nie as om aan te gaan met wat ek aan het. Ek is darem nie meer nat nie, maar alles is klam. Na 24 minute durf ek die laaste skof aan. Pieter Jansen van Rensburg kom hier aan net toe ek vertrek.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Nadat ek so ‘n rukkie aan die gang was, kom ek tot die besef dat ek in die donker gaan klaar maak en dus my lig nodig gaan hé. Ek skakel vir Danie en vra hom om my op die Calitzdorp dam pad te kry en my lig vir my te bring. Hy kry my na so 5 kilometer. Dit reën nie, maar die lug is klam en ek besluit, wyslik, om ook weer my reënbaadjie te neem. Oor die volgende 25 kilometer klim ons van 253 meter tot by 657 meter, met baie min verligting, dus 16 meter per kilometer se klim. Enige iets oor 10 begin styl raak en 16, na 290 kilometer is moordend! Verder is die pad modderig, met ander woorde ek kan nie opstaan om te trap nie, want dan gly my agterwiel. Dit as gevolg van ‘n konstante gedrup! Dit reën nie hard nie, maar dit hou ook nie op nie! Ek besef dat ek baie gelukkig is dat ek weer my reënbaadjie by Danie geneem het. Indien ek dit nie gedoen het nie, sou ek nie die wedren kon voltooi nie as gevolg van hypertermia veroorsaak sou word deur die reën en koue! Ek het na my 4de 36ONE vir Sue gesê sy moet my skiet indien ek die wedren weer ry. Nou is ek jammer sy het dit nie gedoen nie! Daar kom ‘n ryer by my verby en ek sê vir ek dink ons moet Maandag ‘n sielkundige gaan sien. Geen normale mens onderwerp jou, vrywillig, aan sulke marteling nie. Ek het die begeerte gehad om 10 te doen, maar vanaand besluit ek 9 is genoeg. Dit neem my 3:26 om die 25 kilometer af te lê. Op 312 kilometer kry ek die tweede laaste waterpunt. Ek kla hier oor my nat handskoene en Carl Heroldt bied my ‘n paar handskone aan wat iemand die vorige aand by Louvain vergeet het. Hulle is nie baie dik nie en ook nie waterdig nie, maar het “inners” en is droog! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84nsh2B4r6Ogyl4t-ME_1BHw2uK8JpI7gERYreasdNSzIZmwm0AuLFAkQl7vz8TPgNRWzwy2BDlAu9XngIzZaS2vZ8tP70HhnWzBywmqEQyE6QJ7Qb3B-_HLLjylRKMaVsZEvwE3reBV_EsDO5-gu7F7CFUiWa6lIdY2xY3ILp96mSvvMB_h5UEP1gg/s2953/2023%2036one%20Popeliers%20gal%205-80.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="2953" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84nsh2B4r6Ogyl4t-ME_1BHw2uK8JpI7gERYreasdNSzIZmwm0AuLFAkQl7vz8TPgNRWzwy2BDlAu9XngIzZaS2vZ8tP70HhnWzBywmqEQyE6QJ7Qb3B-_HLLjylRKMaVsZEvwE3reBV_EsDO5-gu7F7CFUiWa6lIdY2xY3ILp96mSvvMB_h5UEP1gg/s320/2023%2036one%20Popeliers%20gal%205-80.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die waterpunt was in die verlede bo-op die volgende bult en ek het gewonder hoekom dit geskuif is. Net na die waterpunt draai ek links op die Kruisriveir pad. Om die draai kry ek drie bakkies in die pad. Ek word gestop en hulle wys my hoe die rivier lyk. Hy loop so sterk dat ek nie eers my fiets daar deur gestoot sal kry nie! Nog twee deelnemers daag op en ons word op die bakkie gelaai en kruis die rivier so. Anderkant word obs afgelaai en ry op ons eie aan. Daar is nou nog twee klimme voor ons regs draai by die Swartberg Natuur Reservaat. Ek het die stuk van die afdraai tot by die begin van die Lategansvlei pad die afgelope paar jaar nog altyd lekker gery en vanjaar is geen uitsondering nie. Ek ry soos ‘n maniak deur die poort en handhaaf ‘n spoed van so 20 en 30 kpu, aangedryf deur suiwer adrienalien, want van energie is daar nie meer veel sprake nie. Al wat ek nou aan dink is die links draai op die teer pad, want dan is daar net 6 kilometer oor huis toe. Ek dryf voort en kort voor lank draai ek links. Die teer pad het nie veel van ‘n skouer nie, en ek moet elke keer links op die grond ry wanneer ek ‘n motor hoor aan kom. Gelukkig is die oppervalkte lekker gelyk. Daar is so ‘n klein bultjie en dan ‘n afdraend, links verby die hospital en die weermag tot op die einde van die dorp waar ek regs draai verby Langenhoven Hoër na die lig onder in die pad wat die indraai na Kleinplasie aandui. Na 28:48:44 kom ek by die eindstreep aan. Dit was voorwaar ‘n ontbering! Ek is dan ook die 3de 70-jarige wat klaar maak! Die teverdenheid en genoegdoening van die vermoeë om so ‘n moeilik wedren klaar te maak, is onbeskryflik. Ek het al ‘n paar keer gesê daar is niks lekker aan die ry van die 36ONE nie, al wat lekker is, is die feit dat jy kan sê jy het deurgedruk. Ek dink nie ek was al ooit in my lewe so na aan opgee soos vandag nie!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0eop2DSJhAmeX17cEje6JRdccy3M2OW9hSBvmQRkieSy7qq0rKhz46FKSO97gcasWa-Icqtn1_ryDSrbxgQYQ7lg9aGTSxHQqxGXdw3E8yL8MSnWe9vw89J-S-q6d2Ue3JSQ_mtShAaJoNjOKk2fwK3Hof5jLw2uwZXGf675XlJ7jbsKzR7eWKHuJ4Q/s2953/2023%2036one%20Einde!%20gal%206-178.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="2953" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0eop2DSJhAmeX17cEje6JRdccy3M2OW9hSBvmQRkieSy7qq0rKhz46FKSO97gcasWa-Icqtn1_ryDSrbxgQYQ7lg9aGTSxHQqxGXdw3E8yL8MSnWe9vw89J-S-q6d2Ue3JSQ_mtShAaJoNjOKk2fwK3Hof5jLw2uwZXGf675XlJ7jbsKzR7eWKHuJ4Q/s320/2023%2036one%20Einde!%20gal%206-178.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ebxX1Ql81ToDEfowSIK8q0MABK5_PYZ1muunjbTxVPeQFNugQLpQsEwDEbGl9M85RJnsdC3jCivnLd-v8sQNHdoiZdXG8lCvseKbgnq2F0QjSiLyij76a40mgZjtkVpokLdX4UFwi8a2H-59W2Q0liCjU803Qx08Tc6c_xFs_bc3l1D4zygL52T8iw/s2953/2023%2036one%20Einde%20met%20Danie%20gal%206-177.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="2953" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ebxX1Ql81ToDEfowSIK8q0MABK5_PYZ1muunjbTxVPeQFNugQLpQsEwDEbGl9M85RJnsdC3jCivnLd-v8sQNHdoiZdXG8lCvseKbgnq2F0QjSiLyij76a40mgZjtkVpokLdX4UFwi8a2H-59W2Q0liCjU803Qx08Tc6c_xFs_bc3l1D4zygL52T8iw/s320/2023%2036one%20Einde%20met%20Danie%20gal%206-177.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Sue het my toe nie na 4 geskied nie en Sondagoggend, na ‘n gespek met Fred van Zyl en die manne van Dryland word ek oortuig om wel nommer 10 in 2024 aan te pak! “Some people are suckers for punishment”! Ek merk ook op dat Pieter Jansen van Rensburg wel klaar gemaak het. Die ou doring!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5w9DKtUvTrbZgogzmhOK9H88Falw_zGoAfNPFiFBRHSZh7eVyCsPc_xviD5NLZEyMxaSLskTrEito1LfE-omwiw4pFt8g_CYygZE0Weg8uIhG9cZn-zORLfOX5f1ZaSCI4QyfuQvBnn5SN_OQh2w0BZbXglXAHvY-4PWs0G7cFL1Ia2HPc_S24Yqsfw/s2953/2023%2036one%20Prys%20uitdeling%20gal%208-32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="2953" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5w9DKtUvTrbZgogzmhOK9H88Falw_zGoAfNPFiFBRHSZh7eVyCsPc_xviD5NLZEyMxaSLskTrEito1LfE-omwiw4pFt8g_CYygZE0Weg8uIhG9cZn-zORLfOX5f1ZaSCI4QyfuQvBnn5SN_OQh2w0BZbXglXAHvY-4PWs0G7cFL1Ia2HPc_S24Yqsfw/s320/2023%2036one%20Prys%20uitdeling%20gal%208-32.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Welgedaan Pieter!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQdnN6WMIExfEpGdg5nSgjvNCII8iXTgNevuaCvJ3xnCZK7-9cKUHAhFABJIE8LBVYP4L26iHEXT2c0rWULOcwIdxNBrPMtmj45M4gwWmFv5DckvsbKQJvjaweDSZpXW1DEwd0R8D02yCLlEGWdtsWold2VDi8IvGyPpDE4FRZeicSy59ZMAIMF7onA/s2953/2023%20360ne%20Parys%20by%20einde%20gal%208-39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2953" data-original-width="2953" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQdnN6WMIExfEpGdg5nSgjvNCII8iXTgNevuaCvJ3xnCZK7-9cKUHAhFABJIE8LBVYP4L26iHEXT2c0rWULOcwIdxNBrPMtmj45M4gwWmFv5DckvsbKQJvjaweDSZpXW1DEwd0R8D02yCLlEGWdtsWold2VDi8IvGyPpDE4FRZeicSy59ZMAIMF7onA/s320/2023%20360ne%20Parys%20by%20einde%20gal%208-39.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-74049199889271507632023-04-27T11:41:00.005+02:002023-04-27T13:49:56.500+02:00Erioca SA Hero<p> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Saterdag 22 April 2023 was weer tyd vir Erioca SA. Erioca gaan daaroor om die gees van die Tour ‘d France van die vroeë jare vas te vang deur met ‘n staalfiets, wat voor 1990 vervaardig is, op ‘n grondpad te ry, sonder enige bystand van derde partye. Vanjaar het twee opsies gehad. 40-70 km en jy kon enige tyd tussen 07:00 en 10:00 begin. Langs die pad was daar drie verversings stasies waar jy allehande versnapings kon kry, insluitende alkohol! Die tweede opsie, wat vir die meer ernstige deelnemers en manne en vroue bedoel was, was oor 170 km Noord Ooste van Montagu. Hier was daar vier waterpunte, een waar daar twee keer gestop sou word en ook geen alkohol beskikbaar nie. Ek het hierdie opsie gekies. Ons spring 05:00 weg! Ek het al in Desember 2022 ingeskryf en my verblyf is gedurende Februarie gefinaliseer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek het beplan om so teen 15:00 op Vrydag 21 April te ry. Ek kry egter ‘n WhatsApp boodskap op die Erioca groep oor iemand wat ‘n geleentheid Montagu toe soek. Ek bied aan om een person te help en kry dus vir Kai Pringle 14:00 by Eden on Big Bay. Ons gesels lekker tydens die rit Montagu toe en kom so 17:00 daar aan. Nadat ek geregistreer het, meld ek by my gasheer en vrou vir die naweek aan. Leon, my broer se seun, is ook hier en ons eet die aand by ‘n restaurant in die dorp.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdo2JpLreRvf7_mdcRuSOIbPSVJbELx31diulpy9nm_xqRNqYfAVw9oBUtNktr1p6S_b1RWIN_8stKnZy7sI86azn90bYGbDzXal82tAAqQBtoAJUybyvwNO9HVFdIBR1JEcOuyp_JN3L96VubNb5bkdiB3wmCcyCxYHxkewOVqDLqzxVS6QuiOdKM5A/s640/2023%20Erioca%20nommer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdo2JpLreRvf7_mdcRuSOIbPSVJbELx31diulpy9nm_xqRNqYfAVw9oBUtNktr1p6S_b1RWIN_8stKnZy7sI86azn90bYGbDzXal82tAAqQBtoAJUybyvwNO9HVFdIBR1JEcOuyp_JN3L96VubNb5bkdiB3wmCcyCxYHxkewOVqDLqzxVS6QuiOdKM5A/s320/2023%20Erioca%20nommer.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2xwx5u8OlS_YMd7QP_5OXb8jh6JYwYLlnnTcybPGPbKJDaRSuBQMyMhznPevNBu1_DDAGVXFZ6A2HAVn68gA3s-9MdntputtD11pN5V_6W9Lr-PRzg8nMBu5y1xvuk6t8Fx-YHbBfnVJWMxO8_p5ZpckBSgdf8brikAdFEZWt9wk-VZouwheOhE_pQ/s2500/2023%20Begin%201%20TB_230422_EROICA_0128%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2xwx5u8OlS_YMd7QP_5OXb8jh6JYwYLlnnTcybPGPbKJDaRSuBQMyMhznPevNBu1_DDAGVXFZ6A2HAVn68gA3s-9MdntputtD11pN5V_6W9Lr-PRzg8nMBu5y1xvuk6t8Fx-YHbBfnVJWMxO8_p5ZpckBSgdf8brikAdFEZWt9wk-VZouwheOhE_pQ/s320/2023%20Begin%201%20TB_230422_EROICA_0128%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7pDXLTl7swOIO0_8ZsGw5GBeMEGqbCW6j28T1rl_5Cud_4vW6Qoh0HApioKm4DnaiyEK74ggRSLVQvca_Nx2nwo4LTxozXgXMHto-wmcgIeuCyLXQ06eZajlv6kg4BBFg2DCVt5Fnq1adkVfgm4L03ZUt-l1PNhLAtxepL89p01rHBwS1x1h3i8nAQ/s2500/2023%20Begin%20TB_230422_EROICA_0135%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7pDXLTl7swOIO0_8ZsGw5GBeMEGqbCW6j28T1rl_5Cud_4vW6Qoh0HApioKm4DnaiyEK74ggRSLVQvca_Nx2nwo4LTxozXgXMHto-wmcgIeuCyLXQ06eZajlv6kg4BBFg2DCVt5Fnq1adkVfgm4L03ZUt-l1PNhLAtxepL89p01rHBwS1x1h3i8nAQ/s320/2023%20Begin%20TB_230422_EROICA_0135%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die foto hierbo is ek saam met Chris Bradley wat van Southampton in Engeland gekom het vir Erioca!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ek het ‘n paar keer getwyfel oor die wysheid om 170 km te ry en veral om 05:00, wanneer dit nog pik donker is, te begin. Die weer het ook nie te wonderlik gelyk nie, alhoewel die moontlikheid van reën, volgens die weer voorspelling, hier na die einde van die week redelik afgeneem het. Ek het myself egter voorberei vir lae temperature. Gedurende die nag het ek ‘n paar keer wakker geword met die klank van reën druppels op die dak gehoor. My wekker het 03:45 afgegaan, want ons moes 04:30 by die wegspring wees. Ek het vining by die deur uit geloer en gesien die grond is nat, maar dit reën nie. Ek is net na 04:15 by die voordeur uit en “verwelkom” met ‘n paar verdwaalde druppels. Gelukkig niks ernstig nie. “Race briefing” het eers 05:05 plaasgevind aangesien daar ‘n paar manne was wat verslaap het. Ons kom 05:12 aan die gang. Die eerste paar kilometer is “neutraal” en wanneer die wedren begin is die pas heel rustig. Almal spaar hulle kragte vir die 170 km wat voorlê. Ons is so tussen 20 en 30, waarvan seker die helfte “garvel” fietse is. Hulle ry dieselfde roete as ons en hulle wedren staan as Nova bekend. Hulle het ook ‘n paar Strava seksies waar hulle tyd gemeet word. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Na 4.3km draai ons links op ‘n grondpad, in die rigting van Oubergpas. Dit reën nou liggies, maar darem nie so dat ek deurnat raak nie. Die temperatuur is 10 grade Celius. Dit is nog steeds donker en ek ry maar versigtig in die lig van my koplig om seker te maak ek slaan nie ‘n klip en kry ‘n papwiel nie. Die grootste probleem met die staalfiets op die grond pad is die moontlikheid van papwiele, veral as gevolg van die dun wiele wat maklik deurstamp. Op die probleem te adreseer, het ek my wiele kliphard gepomp, met die gevolg dat die rit redelik stamperig is. My pas is rustig en heelwat deelnemers kom by my verdy. Na 14 km begin ons Oubergpas klim. Dit begin nou lig raak en ek kan my lig afskakel. Teen die tyd wat ons bo uit kom, is die al heel lig, maar daar is geen sig van ‘n son nie. Dit is bewolk. Gelukkig het dit opgehou reën en die weer is eintlik idiaal vir fietsry, veral indien jy reg aangetrek is. Ek is dankbaar vir die warm handskoene en twee baadtjies wat ek aan het. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die afdraendes is op Erioca vir my die “moeilikste”. Ek moet baie versigtig wees om nie ‘n klip teen ‘n spoed te slaan nie, want dit sal onmiddellik ‘n papwiel tot gevolg hé. Waar ek met my bergfiets teen 40 kpu bult af sal gaan, beperk ek myself nou tot so 20-30 kpu!. Ek bereik waterpunt 1 na 2:45 en is redelik ver agter in die groep van deelnemers. My gemiddelde spoed is 12 kpu. Teen die pas gaan ek eers na donker klaar maak! Hier kry ek koffie en ‘n boerewors rol. Ek spandeer so 13 minute hier en val dan weer in die pad. Die pad is nou redelik gelyk, wat help dat ek ‘n beter pas handhaaf, maar die oppervlakte is rof en daar is ook ‘n paar sanderige driffies waar die dunwiele deur gestoot moet word. Dit neem my 2:25 tot by waterpunt 2. Die afstand was 44 km, dus ‘n gemiddelde spoed van 18 kpu. Dit lyk darem of ek voor donker gaan klaar maak! Ek drink weer koffie en eet van die verversings wat beskikbaar is. Ek vertoef 12 minute.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Van so ‘n entjie voor waterpunt 2 en tot by 3 is die pad in ‘n uitstekende toestand. Die oppervlakte is lekker glad, daar is geen bulte nie en ook baie min klippe. Die gevolg is dat ek ‘n besonder goeie pas handhaaf. Ek gaan ook by ‘n hele aantal deelnemers verby. Ek handhaaf ‘n pas van so tussen 20-30 kpu. Na 7 uur in die saal en 112 km, kom ek by waterpunt 3 aan. My gemiddelde spoed oor die 35 km was 23 kpu. Nou lyk ‘n ligdag einde al hoe meer ‘n werklikheid! Ek word hartlik ontvang deur Johan, ‘n prokureur van Johannesburg, wat deeltyds hier boer. Kry weer koffie en ook ‘n vetkoek met “mince” en ‘n pannekoek. Die gasvryheid maak die moeilik om weg te kom en ek val na 17 minute weer in die pad. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXll2MxBRF1nniZoOO8o-X_RR9YrleADm-mzGnk12DRqL96vg0JJfaUd_CThbyiu2mnEeRHqYNvc4rpxxiK5wPqQ5MVgiJpW79KWfiDwPC3vXIBPaidibK7RCC3VDiC_nqs6VamxRsnwNo7NAidcFaF-KFnBfIteGkwAtDdF836GtSyFbQ8RqbVZwLw/s2500/2023%20tussen%203%20en%204%20TB_230422_EROICA_1259%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXll2MxBRF1nniZoOO8o-X_RR9YrleADm-mzGnk12DRqL96vg0JJfaUd_CThbyiu2mnEeRHqYNvc4rpxxiK5wPqQ5MVgiJpW79KWfiDwPC3vXIBPaidibK7RCC3VDiC_nqs6VamxRsnwNo7NAidcFaF-KFnBfIteGkwAtDdF836GtSyFbQ8RqbVZwLw/s320/2023%20tussen%203%20en%204%20TB_230422_EROICA_1259%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die pad oppervlakte het aansienlik verswak en is nou baie stamperig en vol los klippe, so ek moet versigtig ry. Na 16 km sluit ek weer aan by die pad, waarmee ons vanoggend uit gekom het, maar nou in die teenoorgestelde rigting, aan. Waar die pad tussen waterpunt 2 en 3 lekker gelyk was, is die gedeelte redelik op en af, maar gelukkig is die klimme nie te ernsitg nie. Dit neem my 1:23 om die 26 km tussen waterpunt 3 en 4 af te lê, ‘n gemiddelde spoed van net onder 18 kpu. My gemiddelde spoed vir die dag staan nou op 15.9 kpu. Heelwat beter as die 12 kpu van 6 urr gelede! Waterpunt 1 en 4 is op dieselfde plek. Hier kry ek weer koffie en hoeder kerrie en rys! My stop neem 16 minute in beslag.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWM5ZFU6A_n2aNClAhtkjKwmeoFh9C1dATTuQxQpLHWNnafCuQudgBoiEC_gbXgAVN2gCPwAB6x_v0q3tuTYi73lumv1w1z6y1KghSAUsfNzVl-XV2nysLn07OogpDGtuz1tMwA-hhzDDaR_Xq37x2K-ceIQ7viWOnUFq4yo4LQnJc6B8RpgAWjIPyg/s2500/2023%20Oppad%20Ouberg%20toe%20TB_230422_EROICA_1526%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWM5ZFU6A_n2aNClAhtkjKwmeoFh9C1dATTuQxQpLHWNnafCuQudgBoiEC_gbXgAVN2gCPwAB6x_v0q3tuTYi73lumv1w1z6y1KghSAUsfNzVl-XV2nysLn07OogpDGtuz1tMwA-hhzDDaR_Xq37x2K-ceIQ7viWOnUFq4yo4LQnJc6B8RpgAWjIPyg/s320/2023%20Oppad%20Ouberg%20toe%20TB_230422_EROICA_1526%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJARGFmmm_HdSvMr_Tqo1VfrKYAJzQ8rKMsCsHpKDmPi1AhWZYrqDF5OY0R_KrLd4LXmi0msDVZIWd_VviwQhmhN7y9h26pUJ_xqavwnbEFJOnyQzKBhY5EoQ2ztgDypFspo8V1oxVotGDxG6D7J_SKSLyyx2tY6qFzCGwqPI8iBN18IbHo2FQvxJ9A/s2500/2023%20Oppad%20Ouberg%20terug%201%20TB_230422_EROICA_1557%20copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJARGFmmm_HdSvMr_Tqo1VfrKYAJzQ8rKMsCsHpKDmPi1AhWZYrqDF5OY0R_KrLd4LXmi0msDVZIWd_VviwQhmhN7y9h26pUJ_xqavwnbEFJOnyQzKBhY5EoQ2ztgDypFspo8V1oxVotGDxG6D7J_SKSLyyx2tY6qFzCGwqPI8iBN18IbHo2FQvxJ9A/s320/2023%20Oppad%20Ouberg%20terug%201%20TB_230422_EROICA_1557%20copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Nou net die laaste 33 km huis toe, maar dit sluit Oubergpas af in. Op was moeilik, maar ek moes dit maar net uit “grind”. Af gaan ook moeilik wees, want dit is baie klipperig en ek wil nie nou ‘n papwiel kry nie! Dit gaan maar moeilik, maar ek kry dit darem reg om so 20-30 kpu te handhaaf, behalwe vir die verspoelde dele waar ek baie stadig ry. Ek moet heeltyd rem en dit plaas baie druk op my hande en polse. Ek is dankbaar toe ek na ‘n half uur weer op gelyk pad kom. Tydens die 2019 Freedom Challenge het ons ook hier afgekom en toe het ek meer as 20 driffies van hier tot by Montagu getel. Die res van die pad is redelik gelyk en meesal afdraend tot net voor Montagu, waar daar ‘n paar kort bultjies is. Die oppervlakte is ook baie klipperig en ek moet hard konsentreer om seker te maak ek slaan nie ‘n klip en kry ‘n papwiel nie. Dit sal nogal ‘n “tragedie” wees om op hierdie stadium met ‘n papwiel te sukkel! Die laaste 4 km is weer teer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Na 10:40 in die sal, kom ek weer by De Bos aan na. Totale afstand 172 km. My verbassing was groot toe ek in kennis gestel word dat ek die eerste staalfiets is. Ek het regtig nie gedink ek is eerste nie en my doel was net om klaar te maak en, indien moontlik, sonder enige papwiele. Dit het ek dan ook reg gekry. Stan Engelbrecht, die onganiseerder, was byderhand en neem ‘n “in pompto” video van die “wenner”! Ek moes later agter kom dat hulle ‘n fout gemaak het en dat ek eintlim tweede gekom, maar “so what”, ek het my doel bereik. Erioca gaan nie oor wie gewen het nie, maar om klaar te maak! Dit was ‘n baie suksesvolle dag op me 32 jaar oue Le Jeune waarmee ek al 32 Argusse voltooi het. Ek wonder of vandag se fietse dit sal kan doen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2qSLvRvsNpXz0IKb7PNwif65rHOreloKIVp29uPTCKlAVu7k5AF5pIRhSvA9MbaaBzpBOu88-fmNoW17Rl3FUffsrwKsqXh9fZpXet68XITmphBSGHVJj45ONURm5F1L-klv5HVU84f3dRH_DgXLZq1j9qYzi08hoJg9Eg8GkgETFG5Pf0J9bm04aw/s2016/2023%20Erioca%20einde%20IMG_1489%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2qSLvRvsNpXz0IKb7PNwif65rHOreloKIVp29uPTCKlAVu7k5AF5pIRhSvA9MbaaBzpBOu88-fmNoW17Rl3FUffsrwKsqXh9fZpXet68XITmphBSGHVJj45ONURm5F1L-klv5HVU84f3dRH_DgXLZq1j9qYzi08hoJg9Eg8GkgETFG5Pf0J9bm04aw/s320/2023%20Erioca%20einde%20IMG_1489%20copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJfnrrQidDSQScOtN5jMIQRaacCWtXpMkWZfWrmxOPGI_NkO40LLBOR4lea4f9lMbh2agdxMwaCms_vHUSGQvI_tyviyXx-JAHXr73E91JAESK_J3hybJmZHghtGCHCtLyBB2jHRJqe6DZxlTlD65bLOFdRxZCLuAOyS0O90mmkKUc6Xf362tpFbkVA/s2880/Screenshot%202023-04-27%20at%2011.37.09.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJfnrrQidDSQScOtN5jMIQRaacCWtXpMkWZfWrmxOPGI_NkO40LLBOR4lea4f9lMbh2agdxMwaCms_vHUSGQvI_tyviyXx-JAHXr73E91JAESK_J3hybJmZHghtGCHCtLyBB2jHRJqe6DZxlTlD65bLOFdRxZCLuAOyS0O90mmkKUc6Xf362tpFbkVA/s320/Screenshot%202023-04-27%20at%2011.37.09.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXLYQDlGRpUUqbJgg_FUx-XjbSxWMg98ivN9cKvMWFRQkDVXvNj3qpUFqSoQRP1TzxanZ4FK71sy8PSN1B6Nzt3EhQag39wJtpHEdjVHEFh6fJVWNajApgtrewmHShJHFHtXDRYfteGbU09AgE3PQpi9_gCu99rfWOCHb3tx1KCdRgxfVfavKOya6Rg/s2880/Screenshot%202023-04-27%20at%2011.37.15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXLYQDlGRpUUqbJgg_FUx-XjbSxWMg98ivN9cKvMWFRQkDVXvNj3qpUFqSoQRP1TzxanZ4FK71sy8PSN1B6Nzt3EhQag39wJtpHEdjVHEFh6fJVWNajApgtrewmHShJHFHtXDRYfteGbU09AgE3PQpi9_gCu99rfWOCHb3tx1KCdRgxfVfavKOya6Rg/s320/Screenshot%202023-04-27%20at%2011.37.15.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjgoucEiLfztDy5TyfulCNNiBtdsOV6z69mjgEwSkQPa2Fw52iJ-p2o7T77-D7L6ht68ONJOXHO7ePsMsBZHpYugpc-XrEeeXKVJzEe35Lliaiw-MdvrY0-lgd_ZO1U7lD5aS7lfe4CsN80nRioADGv2ubd5UK_Af_cc9QLt9g01O-0963jLpg5R94g/s2880/Screenshot%202023-04-27%20at%2011.37.28.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjgoucEiLfztDy5TyfulCNNiBtdsOV6z69mjgEwSkQPa2Fw52iJ-p2o7T77-D7L6ht68ONJOXHO7ePsMsBZHpYugpc-XrEeeXKVJzEe35Lliaiw-MdvrY0-lgd_ZO1U7lD5aS7lfe4CsN80nRioADGv2ubd5UK_Af_cc9QLt9g01O-0963jLpg5R94g/s320/Screenshot%202023-04-27%20at%2011.37.28.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br />Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-81506296038395389532023-03-12T15:37:00.005+02:002023-03-18T16:36:08.014+02:00CTCT nommer 32<p>Sondag 12 Maart en tyd vir my 32ste toer. Die vorbereiding het geod afgeloop en die weer lyk baie goed. Die wekker gaan 04:30 af en ek val 05:20 in doe pad stad toe. Meeste van die straat ligte tussen Bloubergstrand en Paarden Eiland is af, wat dit moelik maak om te sien waar ek ry, maar ek maak dit en kom 06:30 by die begin aan. Ek moet 'n bietjie vir die C-groep soek, maar kry dit en nou moet ons vir 07:00 wag. Die groepe spring met 3 minutes gapings weg. 06:50 gaan die krag af! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTo4AqKfF4ULbDF3Z55pXGlZCibopf7ct1BLpUDQiYIYeaRku6BpWl4tuurHsjotRi4p0v5_BUp0uLFprgNMJZyt5dLPu5k6q-9JsgwZkFEicafow28GIhxCFfvFaWLX0ciJScjima9DkCiJoDcNiaxZpUJD9Pm5U08BFRePh93ApH9CpMtX28EXI5Q/s640/2023%20Begin%20IMG_1423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTo4AqKfF4ULbDF3Z55pXGlZCibopf7ct1BLpUDQiYIYeaRku6BpWl4tuurHsjotRi4p0v5_BUp0uLFprgNMJZyt5dLPu5k6q-9JsgwZkFEicafow28GIhxCFfvFaWLX0ciJScjima9DkCiJoDcNiaxZpUJD9Pm5U08BFRePh93ApH9CpMtX28EXI5Q/s320/2023%20Begin%20IMG_1423.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Dit kom eers 5 minute later weer aan en ons spring dus 07:03 weg. Ons word ook nie offisieël afgetel nie, ons hou sommer asn met ry toe ons oor die begin streep ry!<p></p><p>Daar is 'n ligte Suid Oos, maar nie so dat dit ernstige probleme skep nie. Die groot ding van die wedren is om die regte tyd in die regte bondel te wees. Almal ry maar hulle eie pas teen Oostelike Boulevard uit. Anderkant af tel ons vinnig spoed olp en dan klim ons weer voor Ikeys verby. Van Pricess Anneweg tot by die begin van die Edinburghrylaan klim, is die pas weer warm want die is bult af. Ek ry Edinburghrylaan op teen my eie pas, wat stadiger as sekere ryers is, maar darem ook vinniger as hele klomp ander. Anderkant af laat waai ons weer, maar aan die begin van die M5 is ek op my eie, wat nie goed is nie. Na 'n ruk kom daar 'n grpeo verby en ek kry dit reg om by hulle aan te hak tot onder by die Westlake afdraai. Deur Muizenberg, St James, Kalkbaai en Vishoek bly ek in bondels. Die samestelling wissel, maar ons ry teen 'n goeie pas. So gaan dit deur Glen Cairn tot in Simonstad. In die dae toe ek onder 3 uur gery het, was dit altyd my mikpunt om tot by Jubilee Square in Simonstad in minder as 60 minutes te ry. Nou neem dit my 1:20! Die jare stap aan. </p><p><br /></p><p>Deur Simonstad, verby Boulders en dan begin Smitswikelbaai se klim. Die klim is nie te styl nie en die gradiënt by redelik konstant. Ek bly gedurig in die omgewing van dieselfde ryers en ry selfs vir 'n paar weg teen die laaste gedeelte, wat 'n bietjie styler is. Anderkant af tel die spoed weer goed op, maar die pad oppervlekte is hier redelik ongelyk, so ons moet mooi kop hou. Die pas is goed en die roete loop redelik op en af van hier tot by die begin van Chapmans Peak. Die "ops" is egter redelik kort en nie te styl nie, met die uitsondering van die Slankopweg wat langer is, maar ook nie te styl nie. Ons ry sonder enige voorvalle en met ouens wat lekker saamwerk tot aan die voet van Chapmans Peak se eerste klim. </p><p><br /></p><p>Chapmans Peak se eerste deel is net meer as 1.23 kilometer lank met 58 meter se klim. Dan volg 'n klein afdaend, gevolg deur die eintlike klim van 352 meter oor 2 kilometer. Ek ken nou al die bult goed en weet hoe om die regte pas te handhaaf. Dit neem my so 11 minute om die 2 kilometer af te lê. Ek is nou al vir 3 uur aan die gang en sal my stert moet roer indien ek my mikpunt van 3:55 wil haal. Daar is nog 27 kilometer oor en ek moet dit in 55 minute aflê, met Suikerbossie langs die pad. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviPxATTK1nDbXJadgOke8FKnZHSweuuHbtYTHjwVN1OTFNQmvqS68WTVJRfKxaqbnUz25_1ZwtSOd3fSgp-H50KkZSETwxOWIQpkGJo6165mRiixntJC8COAw28nxJouoYzRQPNBwFNg2uLvLbRFbs-tpxx3eACOZCyaTHkXlcAYovyUfU5TWE2QT0g/s3648/2023%20Suikerbossie%20de8e79c103ce4%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviPxATTK1nDbXJadgOke8FKnZHSweuuHbtYTHjwVN1OTFNQmvqS68WTVJRfKxaqbnUz25_1ZwtSOd3fSgp-H50KkZSETwxOWIQpkGJo6165mRiixntJC8COAw28nxJouoYzRQPNBwFNg2uLvLbRFbs-tpxx3eACOZCyaTHkXlcAYovyUfU5TWE2QT0g/s320/2023%20Suikerbossie%20de8e79c103ce4%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Chapmans Peak af is altyd vinnig en dan deur Houtbaai en aan na Suikerbossie. Die klim is ook ongeveer 124 meter oor 1.78 kilometer. Die een kry ek in 10 minute gedoen. Nou is dit voet in die hoek, huis toe. Na die Twaalf Apostels Hotel vorm daar 'n redelike groep, maar ons ry net teen 28-29 kpu en idt is te stadig indien ek onder 4:00 wil klaar maak. Na 'n rukkie tel die momentum darem op en ry so teen 32-34. Deur Bakoven, Kampsbaai en deur Clifton. Onder in Beachweg regs en nou deurdruk eindstreep toe. My tyd lyk goed en ek hoef my nie te ooreis om my mikpunt te haal nie. Ons ry nou so teen 37-39 kpu en ek hou maklik by. Deur eindstreep toe in 'n tyd van 3:53, 'n hele twee minute beter as my mikpount van 3:55.</p><p>My offisiële tyd was 3:52:26 en ek iendig 4,724 uit 17,972 wat klaar gemaak het en 6de in die 75-79 ouderdoms groep.</p><p>So eindig nog 'n suksesvolle CTCT. Ek wonder hoeveel sal ek nog kan byvoeg!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1pVlf3qCXAvfO2QnLstRfOhpg28xstGW4ODKDZQqgVWoENJp63eDkdAcQGbP4eHL4H7dtSY9CDAe2MncWWpe9gKRiGwH5m0n7hCdUnLBEy3f_cPDwK27LI1_4COSpIZRxrmrJdbHP7X5K9T49x7Nczm2koFzrYJna8UWIfJmzo4LC0D9YgkhAZTvhg/s3696/2023%20Einde%20a295d16a2ecf4%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3696" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1pVlf3qCXAvfO2QnLstRfOhpg28xstGW4ODKDZQqgVWoENJp63eDkdAcQGbP4eHL4H7dtSY9CDAe2MncWWpe9gKRiGwH5m0n7hCdUnLBEy3f_cPDwK27LI1_4COSpIZRxrmrJdbHP7X5K9T49x7Nczm2koFzrYJna8UWIfJmzo4LC0D9YgkhAZTvhg/s320/2023%20Einde%20a295d16a2ecf4%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj553xzjXMpOxzDSDAgiLkboDfcnyY-qFPFGt0X8RukKBZf92sHpKPN1JGMgyexefDMgPNFRkoKivTrEgDp3TZRJ6OSL04SYtExcILH9iHUNJP8qF8elJLI6_d-MxjhWHqVk0mPTP3KlrC250fmcPqqNW0XULgipltSoCGljHxzkbNpU_Cw-Lqaq8tzKA/s640/2023%2030%20toere%20trui%20IMG_1429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJWndVYRpPmNAriPFPODX1jMSap-fNb1VlQhUCr0EQbo8KzrBPH-GzE7dsvrRaZ-xJAFXB2iUu51zpFEJmUG-oRFDqZnxZg7XZdKwV3hykfEteaMikaQNOxguZxrehuCFBtER_tJmS_k1azVvmXMocqjN_TO1gmQcnSKdEcQ9tJb9a3_ekXAUiRUt4Q/s320/2023%20Dag%204%20Begin%20IMG_1411.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US">Vir een of ander rede het ek dit weer reggekry om in die C Groep te beland. Die wiele begin 06:52 rol. Vir die eerste 1.5 km volg ons dieselfde pad uit as al die vorige kere. Dan draai ons links en volg die roete van ‘n vorige keer se “Prolog” in ‘n suid oostelike rigting van Kaleo. Na ‘n aanvanklike “jeep track” tot by die teerpad, waar daar ‘n oponthoud is om oor ‘n A-raam te kom, ry ons al langs die pad om ‘n lekker “single track”. Ooe die grootpad en teen die bult uit. Na ‘n rukkie is Johann de Bruyn, wat agter my in ons groep weggespring het, agter my. Hy deel my weereens die “goeie nuus” deel dat my agterwiel besig is om pap te word! Ek hou stil en pomp maar weer en maak seker dat die wiel lekker styf is! Ons is nou meesal op “single tracks” en die pas is goed. Ons kruis weer die grootpad volg ‘n stukkie van Saterdag se roete en dan al teen ‘n heining af in ‘n noord oostelike rigting. Die pad oppervlakte is goed, my agerwiel hou en ons “laatwaai”! Die eerste waterpunt is op 24 km. Ek gebruik die geleentheid om my agterwiel met ‘n voetpad pomp lekker hard te pomp, gryp ‘n galsie of twee Coke, maak my waterbottel vol gen val weer in die pad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US">N a’n entjie op ‘n distrikspad, draai ons weer af op “single tracks” deur die veld en dan weer teen ‘n rant uit. Die roete is redelik tegnies en die pas verslap aansienlik. Party van die deelnemers sukkel maar om momentum te behou teen die tegniese gedeeltes bult op. Ek kry dit darem reg om aan die gang te bly en ry lekker. Dit lyk darem of my agterwiel probleem opgelos is. Ons ry om ‘n redelik groot koppie en sluit aan by ‘n gedeelte wat ons Donderdag tydens die ”Prolog`” gery het. Op 42 km is daar weer ‘n waterpunt. Na ‘n kort stop, rol die wiele weer. Ons ry onder andere ook by die styl damwal, waar ‘n paar mense Donderdag geval het, af. Dit word gevolg lekker “Single tracks” en ‘n lekker uitdagende afdraende, waardeur ek, stadig maar sonder enige probleme, navigeer. Die pas is lekker hoog en die einde kom nou vining nader. Oor nog ‘n paar bultjies en dan by die swemgat verby einde toe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US">55 km in 4:02 met 831 meter se klim en so eindig nog ‘n Tankwa Trek. Dit was voorwaar ‘n besondere naweek en ek het die uitdagings wat die roete aan ons gestel het werlik geniet. Totale tyd was 21:12:23 oor 270.09 km met 4,987 meter se klim.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBKAtVBdHtY_vv6vb0fjQ3tqqbtpHip6yNhTN9nkkC4UUqiiRsxEjnButtsKIwDxQppEFFPwZjiAexNhx8UfJjzqCVJ5AwOPEI7N8ToE1gSSVxUTCZUylQgw-WBZQ20ckudb8kXJkgrhMIhmQyDPI5k0Ez29m6ZnCb4GHJNu5RL44-sEG-67Vsf_Xzw/s1024/2023%20dag%204%20Einde%20JB%20PHOTO-2023-02-12-11-02-39.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBKAtVBdHtY_vv6vb0fjQ3tqqbtpHip6yNhTN9nkkC4UUqiiRsxEjnButtsKIwDxQppEFFPwZjiAexNhx8UfJjzqCVJ5AwOPEI7N8ToE1gSSVxUTCZUylQgw-WBZQ20ckudb8kXJkgrhMIhmQyDPI5k0Ez29m6ZnCb4GHJNu5RL44-sEG-67Vsf_Xzw/s320/2023%20dag%204%20Einde%20JB%20PHOTO-2023-02-12-11-02-39.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCzq1Dxn_jUCClP4ZB0px5QzF-SIIoJYxWXC9uO2QHrPqwW39rUvQWWe1yiABV3Vye8Qr3C5Bsm9dOKOryybKVHUcQtybHEN9oLIwPEvSiS-Ss3EvYQ508atEJVkGqQtxuLwl_Qz8WwmIXiiJW6mcITlEXk-_hFooPD5qX4168aZ4nuIsb0r0XK88ag/s960/2023%20Dag%204%20na%20einde%20PHOTO-2023-02-14-17-44-33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCzq1Dxn_jUCClP4ZB0px5QzF-SIIoJYxWXC9uO2QHrPqwW39rUvQWWe1yiABV3Vye8Qr3C5Bsm9dOKOryybKVHUcQtybHEN9oLIwPEvSiS-Ss3EvYQ508atEJVkGqQtxuLwl_Qz8WwmIXiiJW6mcITlEXk-_hFooPD5qX4168aZ4nuIsb0r0XK88ag/s320/2023%20Dag%204%20na%20einde%20PHOTO-2023-02-14-17-44-33.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJiY3qSopZcZvTDg-HJ8_BH2RyYVtHJNa-WWM7VsEhyCJzJuIsh4mRblIiF-I_lihXk5kB40mIA-T9yMa_5S47zZSoC9ttiAxmzTL4E6VFxFTfYJKvbMG1GEdL_FassIM0Ti_aEvPYllSw-2tPi9ROjpOwBGgMPzCTSDjDgo-RT8q4ynkPwIt47VjfA/s2880/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.11.12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJiY3qSopZcZvTDg-HJ8_BH2RyYVtHJNa-WWM7VsEhyCJzJuIsh4mRblIiF-I_lihXk5kB40mIA-T9yMa_5S47zZSoC9ttiAxmzTL4E6VFxFTfYJKvbMG1GEdL_FassIM0Ti_aEvPYllSw-2tPi9ROjpOwBGgMPzCTSDjDgo-RT8q4ynkPwIt47VjfA/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.11.12.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqEQdLCDK8WFWDETnOZzGY0hCWap2sWtclPopDpOY8Exjgdbbzdol2bZAoJRiYlKpf6B9amJYqWfgiyWU_EV97qEI3tEA_IxGCxdTs1JbuhUJLbjKLXn5a9VNvTRT4sRLdb3n8snD2QpnRN8rviHfWVjYTFtyzoNmNXVgDzzouKmfV8STpGa7Gj6Fkw/s2880/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.11.05.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqEQdLCDK8WFWDETnOZzGY0hCWap2sWtclPopDpOY8Exjgdbbzdol2bZAoJRiYlKpf6B9amJYqWfgiyWU_EV97qEI3tEA_IxGCxdTs1JbuhUJLbjKLXn5a9VNvTRT4sRLdb3n8snD2QpnRN8rviHfWVjYTFtyzoNmNXVgDzzouKmfV8STpGa7Gj6Fkw/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.11.05.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RTZwSZ9Xa8fODQ1UENEtaj3hg_MxNYUazN0Zt9DC6Q3DmnJWMJnAi2wZrTGpVaUON5LufczQ42n5DKgpURrFpwI4c34XG8nz8Xc2KI239uJ6ugwHcj670mIJdiwxzys1z7C6ib_0mpOcdJofwfgES7DmrP_0Orjc4afZ4lmjZmiN29Iu0H5HUVmdfw/s2880/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.10.58.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RTZwSZ9Xa8fODQ1UENEtaj3hg_MxNYUazN0Zt9DC6Q3DmnJWMJnAi2wZrTGpVaUON5LufczQ42n5DKgpURrFpwI4c34XG8nz8Xc2KI239uJ6ugwHcj670mIJdiwxzys1z7C6ib_0mpOcdJofwfgES7DmrP_0Orjc4afZ4lmjZmiN29Iu0H5HUVmdfw/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.10.58.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-39423471389921245862023-02-14T18:21:00.018+02:002023-02-28T10:25:31.970+02:00Tankwa Trek Dag 3<p> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Ek is opgegradeer na Groep C! Ek verkies eintlik om in die laaste groep weg te spring want dan weet ek ten misted at ek beter as almal gedoen het wat na my klaar maak. Nou is dit ‘n geval van dat almal wat binne 8 minute na my klaar maak, beter as ek gedoen het. Die gaping tussen die groepe is 8 minute.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Ons kom 06:51 aan die gang. Ons volg dieselfde pad as gister tot by die begin van die Witzenberg valllei. Hier draai ons egter nou links om met die ou Gydopas af te ry. Johann de Bruyn, wat In Groep D weggespring omdat hy die vorige dag vir Egbert gewag het, haal my aan die begin van die pas, na 51 minute se ry, in. Dele van die pas is redelik rof end it is ‘n goeie vervanging vir Du Toits Drop waar osn in die verlede af gegaan het. Die het egter verspole en is nog nie weer reggemaak nie. Onder is daar ‘n verpligte “portage” om onder deur die teerpad te gaan. Dit word gevolg deur ‘n paar kilometer deur boorde voordat ons die heuwels Oos van Prins Alfred Hamlet aandurf. ‘n Deelnemer, wat by my verby kom, lig my in dat my agterwiel papperig is. Ek hou stil en pomp hom styf en ry aan. Dit is na 1:33 se ry en 25 km. Na 2:14 (35 km) kom ek by waterpunt 1 aan. Ek toets die wiel en hy is nog styf. Nadat ek iets gedrink het en waterbottel vol gemaak het, ry ek verder. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die roete van waterpunt 1 tot 2 is redelik op en af met geen lang klimme nie, maar ‘n paar kort en veeleisende bultjies. Die oppervlakte is ook baie klipperig end it is moeilik om ‘n goeie pas te handhaaf. Op 54 km (3:55) kom ek by waterpunt 2. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrj6eAoQH4qPIBivu0IkSjmmWwysvGlcee4gNkP2vJ9Uc9X9kv1W_-F9CBrjHlDUyjrVEnpurPCqxidY_6J_Mb4afSMC5FB5_Ffv6f7OVzwQk506NrX7NayaA3D85v-ZumJ7-OOKeyyshV-nmFb1iV1nvvVm4SAwsuWSdIwy4kBDTpJVTO_A03UqUbVg/s640/Dag%203%20Waterpunt%202%20IMG_1406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrj6eAoQH4qPIBivu0IkSjmmWwysvGlcee4gNkP2vJ9Uc9X9kv1W_-F9CBrjHlDUyjrVEnpurPCqxidY_6J_Mb4afSMC5FB5_Ffv6f7OVzwQk506NrX7NayaA3D85v-ZumJ7-OOKeyyshV-nmFb1iV1nvvVm4SAwsuWSdIwy4kBDTpJVTO_A03UqUbVg/s320/Dag%203%20Waterpunt%202%20IMG_1406.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><br />Die wiel hou nog! Hierna begin die erstige klimme van die dag. Ons klim oor die volgende 20 km van 733 meter na 1,801 meter en dit neem my bykans 3 uur! ‘n gemiddelde spoed van net 6.67 kpu. Die eerste 3 km na die begin van die Ou Wapad neem 12 minute. Die maksimum temperatuur wat ek op my Garmin gesien het, was 46.5 grade Celsius. Dit is warm! Die Ou Wapad is 4 km lank en ons klim 260 meter gedurende die volgende 30 minute. </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit27wmM-BGusS6noaOXkW1_ZvH1tJYUTfhZ2tx97qp1gINbvzjfRxwxCPi8-6NQiSVmt5O62sORfpVgGDv2-H8j1OmfJ7hr5rPgoKwvUw3yhtXWF03JxfykVnaZGJuCEzBfgwLknBcxBqyZ3HIdmvMDIDQLcBz6EyrGkSdlL6GAMcuN4qAnE4r0NI6vw/s640/2023%20Dag%203%20Ouwapd%201%20IMG_1407.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit27wmM-BGusS6noaOXkW1_ZvH1tJYUTfhZ2tx97qp1gINbvzjfRxwxCPi8-6NQiSVmt5O62sORfpVgGDv2-H8j1OmfJ7hr5rPgoKwvUw3yhtXWF03JxfykVnaZGJuCEzBfgwLknBcxBqyZ3HIdmvMDIDQLcBz6EyrGkSdlL6GAMcuN4qAnE4r0NI6vw/s320/2023%20Dag%203%20Ouwapd%201%20IMG_1407.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Dit word gevolg deur ‘n redelike “bedeesde” stuk van 5 km waartydens ons 20 meter klim tot by waterpunt 3. Nadat ek weer ‘n paar glasies Coke gedrink eh ten my waterbottel vol ys en water gemaak het, pak ek die Merino Monster! <o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Die Monster is ongeveer 9 km lank en ons klim bykans 1,000 meter. Die gemiddelde gradient is so tussen 8 en 12% maar daar was ‘n paar keer wat ek 18 en selfs eenkeer 21% gesien het. Gelukkig trek daar ‘n windjie en die temperatuur het afgekom na so ongeveer 38 grade Celsius. Op 68 km moet ek vir die eerste keer stil hou om my agterwiel te pomp. Die “ordeal” deur voort vir die res van die pad boontoe en ek stop vyf keer om die wiel te pomp. Ek ry die laaste 500 meter op ‘n baie pap wiel! Ten spyte van die stoppe vir die wiel, kry ek dit reg om heeltyd te trap en nooit te stoot nie. Die gevolg is dat ek heelwat deelnemers verby gaan, wat dan weer by my verby kom wanneer ek vir die wiel moet stop. Bo gekom, besluit ek om nie ‘n kans te vat en net die wiel te pomp, maar om ook “sealant” in te sit. Johan Breunissen neem ‘n video bamn my toe en by die waterpunt aan kom. Nadat ek, my waterbottel en my agterwiel na omgesien is, pak ek die tog af aan.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNw7sRBl5DcYV-scEtX-rP183QSkNT-aCV4lB1qa66mv0q7FHxiR4f9dK8n0DqDOOK0Biy2l1NKrJp5WXP131mbSm7vKI-cXX01oDYQ0W_wEZt9kqi8jOFkW4G8hqGrjHbLwXqV3fHcgmYxMdVvsz0CPGPW1Am3W4tfWaxlN1o-8xtLVAd1qKEEW-xg/s640/2023%20Dag%203%20Merino%20se%20begin%20IMG_1410.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNw7sRBl5DcYV-scEtX-rP183QSkNT-aCV4lB1qa66mv0q7FHxiR4f9dK8n0DqDOOK0Biy2l1NKrJp5WXP131mbSm7vKI-cXX01oDYQ0W_wEZt9kqi8jOFkW4G8hqGrjHbLwXqV3fHcgmYxMdVvsz0CPGPW1Am3W4tfWaxlN1o-8xtLVAd1qKEEW-xg/s320/2023%20Dag%203%20Merino%20se%20begin%20IMG_1410.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_qI2x6cuU1DqTcNZO2OTqb0SeyKBLj9jJvLlnJcG69ERwyT7I_kkf2FXdXnmTZsF-lkpoZp9VAuWQj0-mnc9_FODhNwOpsJnHFsg_DDC6tcd3ao2GpVCQzbceg5pRhtWiA7CWBnpHnTvgxyMP8eW1XP0bOFTtMzza3DqZWMum-PXP2Tw4rkzauJJQQ/s640/2023%20Dag%203%20%20Merino%20na%20eerste%20draai%20IMG_1409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_qI2x6cuU1DqTcNZO2OTqb0SeyKBLj9jJvLlnJcG69ERwyT7I_kkf2FXdXnmTZsF-lkpoZp9VAuWQj0-mnc9_FODhNwOpsJnHFsg_DDC6tcd3ao2GpVCQzbceg5pRhtWiA7CWBnpHnTvgxyMP8eW1XP0bOFTtMzza3DqZWMum-PXP2Tw4rkzauJJQQ/s320/2023%20Dag%203%20%20Merino%20na%20eerste%20draai%20IMG_1409.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxLpEiPyzQBHQAHMSzN-Ow5P8H6ifVeWd6JFyYnYhl5dEQu5G_u1ORs0BTIMgKN5VsmVPjAjI0TgZWorF1oVw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Merino Monster op is ‘n kwaai klim. Merino Monster, anderkant af, is baie rof en styl. Ons daal 800 metyer in 6 km en die grootste gedeelte van die pad is baie rof en baie styl. Jy moet voorwaar jy ry ken om momentum te behou en nie te val nie. Dit is ‘n geval van ‘n goeie balans tussen spoed en versigtig wees! Dit neem my 40 minute on onder te kom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Van hier toe by die einde, nog 15 km, is nie moeilik nie, maar na so ‘n lang dag is die pad maar lank! Daar is nog so ‘n laaste bultjie op 93 km tussen proteas en rotse deur, maar op hierdie stadium is ek nie meer lus vir sukkel nie! Die vermoeienis veroorsaak ook foute en ek en my fiets verlaat mekaar met nog so 500 meter na die einde oor. Gelukkig het ek dit sien kom en nie te hard geval nie.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Na 98 km en 8:34 in die saal met 2,134 meter se klim, bereik ek die einde. Die afsny punt vir die dag is 9:00, so ek maak dit darem met nog so 26 minute oor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Nu4Qyj6xRCHUnjU25_qMlAibKDLM5EN4pu9-q7nc477M56FkWAkf54MVP3yISbIE8mc7Wh5GmoD7epUDCp6lxU6Hh6lBaRrlbZJqe2qWiVE2CxF83ltCfIFdFF5ihQ89zfwd8uvCMB6Hq7E8gKVYhiJF8leCr0LfgSUxnkk9_IqEt3tuXA2Qc6pKzQ/s2880/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.01.13.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Nu4Qyj6xRCHUnjU25_qMlAibKDLM5EN4pu9-q7nc477M56FkWAkf54MVP3yISbIE8mc7Wh5GmoD7epUDCp6lxU6Hh6lBaRrlbZJqe2qWiVE2CxF83ltCfIFdFF5ihQ89zfwd8uvCMB6Hq7E8gKVYhiJF8leCr0LfgSUxnkk9_IqEt3tuXA2Qc6pKzQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.01.13.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbmhW4FStnxugIuXtievnxl9m2Hg5wlrN4bs84wsOfkAIQAsHcZTHLBLjFCjnNJY-jcI7eGsTFkbwXjuzbLJyOoHPl9ViifVFX0SL36vBo9aPnrgSCRwK2LC5S697H4QbAEc2_mQFyfeQtLMqRy13KagXHIpHj_RYLoFnJjtiVmoQbJa6Zckb6M0Ycw/s2880/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.01.20.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbmhW4FStnxugIuXtievnxl9m2Hg5wlrN4bs84wsOfkAIQAsHcZTHLBLjFCjnNJY-jcI7eGsTFkbwXjuzbLJyOoHPl9ViifVFX0SL36vBo9aPnrgSCRwK2LC5S697H4QbAEc2_mQFyfeQtLMqRy13KagXHIpHj_RYLoFnJjtiVmoQbJa6Zckb6M0Ycw/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.01.20.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2Dem5ITqqyLSuj21-mXemCKaEg0ierYYqODfG2XvxcmOfWsrPXp9SfGgs_a7kxnMQ6zsPMkdlvpQwpQkrQjd1nyD1jx4Nr4HNBdyvhL3rWO1aU4I93YaTEPHE1k66_Kya17KlorYnKeOonHcLQd-axbgB61zxXf6I6wnYwBPYQS6O-dzExo9oA397A/s2880/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.01.26.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2Dem5ITqqyLSuj21-mXemCKaEg0ierYYqODfG2XvxcmOfWsrPXp9SfGgs_a7kxnMQ6zsPMkdlvpQwpQkrQjd1nyD1jx4Nr4HNBdyvhL3rWO1aU4I93YaTEPHE1k66_Kya17KlorYnKeOonHcLQd-axbgB61zxXf6I6wnYwBPYQS6O-dzExo9oA397A/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2022.01.26.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><p></p>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646889940719106944.post-25261612810859373592023-02-14T18:21:00.017+02:002023-02-21T14:35:35.723+02:00Tankwa Trek Dag 2<p> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">Ek het nie baie lekker geslaap nie met baie onderbrekings en die toilet lig wat van die een kant en die maan van die ander kant in ons tent skuin. Ontbyt is vanaf 05:00 en ek gaan eet net voor 06:00. Ek spring weer in D weg en ons kom net voor 07:00 aan die gang. </span></p><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">Almal wat stadig is is in die groep en ons bly redelik naby mekaar. Ons volg jeep tracks aan die Weste kant van Kaleo tot by die teerpad. Daar neem hulle ons met ’n baie lae “culvert” onderdeur die pad. Dan volg ons weer ’n jeep track teen die hang van die berg. Ons gaan onderdeur die teerpad na die Witzenberg vallei en ry met die ou wapad. Dit is redelik rof met ’n paar lekker styl gedeeltes. Bo gaan ons oor die teerpad en dan weer anderkant af met die “single en jeep tracks” wat basies die ou wapad volg. Onder in die vallei draai ons regs op die Hanekoms se “single tracks”. Ons ry lekker met ’n paar lekker afdraendes wat gereeld gevolg word deur opdraendes. Alles is egter rybaar. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">Na 26 km bereik ons die eerste waterpunt. Ek drink ’n paar koppies Coke en eet ’n halwe piesang terwyl iemand my waterbottel vol ys en water maak. Net na die waterpunt is daar ’n rouwe jeep track teen die heuvel uit. Bo gekom draai ons links om die volgende klomp “single tracks” van die Hanekoms te volg. Dit is baie rof, baie tegnies met ’n paar kwaai kort klimme wat my verplig om af te klim en te stoot. Dit is egter ’n goeie uitdaging vir ons tegniese vermoëns en baie vervullend. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">Na omtrent 15 km sluit ons by ’n goeie distriks pad aan en handhaaf ons ’n goeie pas. Ons word afgely na ’n “jeep track” langs die rivier en deur vrugteboorde. Dit eindig met ’n kort en uitdagende klim na waterpunt 2 op 48 km. Ek gaan weer vir die standaard koppies Coke en piesang. Ek neem ook ’n blokkie fudge en vul weer my waterbottel met ys en water.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">Hierdie waterpunt word gevolg deur ’n lang geleidelike klim deur ’n denne plantasie. Wanneer ons uit die plantasie kom, gaan ons oor na ’n “jeep track” wat teen die kant van die berg op en af kronkel. Elke keer wanneer ek dink ons is nou bo, volg daar nog ’n klimmetjie. Na wat soos ’n ewegheid gevoel het, begin ons daal. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bjY-g8Osxu96eLzT_gApTU-Ry4A0uoZjbPdPJJ_mm5I2PlrawYEArB9aeAyaBhd2dMTNMQEzTuBgXs8qbAPRklt3VLCsCLtftSCMuf1QYwMPCMYkgNcvxAnGkbjfLz6uHVPxoyJgAO11Q1DEcsZK3hh7FKiUzMH9ATjADXABzYLcqdl6dzSv0XNILg/s640/2023%20Dag%202%20Tulbagh%202%20IMG_1405.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bjY-g8Osxu96eLzT_gApTU-Ry4A0uoZjbPdPJJ_mm5I2PlrawYEArB9aeAyaBhd2dMTNMQEzTuBgXs8qbAPRklt3VLCsCLtftSCMuf1QYwMPCMYkgNcvxAnGkbjfLz6uHVPxoyJgAO11Q1DEcsZK3hh7FKiUzMH9ATjADXABzYLcqdl6dzSv0XNILg/s320/2023%20Dag%202%20Tulbagh%202%20IMG_1405.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2se7uGs_KRZ8BMT-spnD9aKC8r9-qhHD-40himJuMhql_n-aBFpz-HbcdJjqOEnxEPJ3v5mLDqcJtu1kmRHUAOPrSI0tdIidveGXPmRRavwMeVuQqaoP7LqzLh73hu3v3Pr5VJ7f0cj_R7-ruXn0EH65WOKIfLP0b_p1TD-Wd-Z3X465ITsORoZ5Mw/s640/2023%20Dag%202%20Tulbagh%201%20IMG_1404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2se7uGs_KRZ8BMT-spnD9aKC8r9-qhHD-40himJuMhql_n-aBFpz-HbcdJjqOEnxEPJ3v5mLDqcJtu1kmRHUAOPrSI0tdIidveGXPmRRavwMeVuQqaoP7LqzLh73hu3v3Pr5VJ7f0cj_R7-ruXn0EH65WOKIfLP0b_p1TD-Wd-Z3X465ITsORoZ5Mw/s320/2023%20Dag%202%20Tulbagh%201%20IMG_1404.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Die pad is baie rof en ek moet mooi konsentreer om my balans te behou. Ons begin nou in die Witzenberg vallei afdaal. Hier het hulde ’n baie interessante “feature” ingebring deur die roete deur ’n natuurlik gat in ’n rots te laat loop. Dit word gevolg deur ’n rouwe plaaspad en dan deur ’n bos waar waterpunt 3 in die verlede was, na die teerpad. Na 5 km op die pad word ons weer met plaaspaadjies omgelei na waterpunt 4. Ek volg die gewone prosedure en val gou weer in die pad. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFkgwfj_F2IciB8FF9PcBZKPMUGi4GB38zEIxWo-xxGgrfSkognEygHSANyWhn5giEnldurTcfhi25CseWzl-W5JDJFlNsd7OReZkolUjA9CMFS-RvUO9iASe1esCvQH3gYTEE0QbVKNhS1rRV0EnR-58ZjSLubhTXap07aWAWLOUz8A-F0_rDY0plA/s2953/2023%20Hole%20in%20the%20Rock%20_6_J3682%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="2953" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFkgwfj_F2IciB8FF9PcBZKPMUGi4GB38zEIxWo-xxGgrfSkognEygHSANyWhn5giEnldurTcfhi25CseWzl-W5JDJFlNsd7OReZkolUjA9CMFS-RvUO9iASe1esCvQH3gYTEE0QbVKNhS1rRV0EnR-58ZjSLubhTXap07aWAWLOUz8A-F0_rDY0plA/s320/2023%20Hole%20in%20the%20Rock%20_6_J3682%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6UBzxwZhzqEJ0e-v1g7FBDRKk1FnHdut3Yz3hN0OjrHt5tQrjHdJuSvCX_b_AiZ3QI_GThgStqvr00cjg9COw1CuiBXXqI0w7qTRKZ8u0yvP8NxIUd2mtzXoTQGP5FOcn0goVxEmF5F5q8hqP2jCGg0Bw-cxvrREVV5jw_2SVlE2w0pQZRDsPYwfzw/s2953/2023%20Hole%20in%20the%20Rock%20DJI_0783%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1659" data-original-width="2953" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6UBzxwZhzqEJ0e-v1g7FBDRKk1FnHdut3Yz3hN0OjrHt5tQrjHdJuSvCX_b_AiZ3QI_GThgStqvr00cjg9COw1CuiBXXqI0w7qTRKZ8u0yvP8NxIUd2mtzXoTQGP5FOcn0goVxEmF5F5q8hqP2jCGg0Bw-cxvrREVV5jw_2SVlE2w0pQZRDsPYwfzw/s320/2023%20Hole%20in%20the%20Rock%20DJI_0783%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNT5W1atOwHXkjDqzbWRMlCpFzpKnPffc9pSi31DZteTK7AV0pJ0jfrxfs_-17q2uQEzoTiT2HckBvjbGnOXr7rUuRV3rSlRWfZYfUEgW2SF_r6xCeklnMWOt1khWcuqLFiLGKStZSpyK0L3HMw7OKonu6jtbXHfoRkAusFHZM5pmF9X7hXfDKPN3fQ/s2953/2023%20Hole%20in%20the%20Rock%20FAN52729%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="2953" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNT5W1atOwHXkjDqzbWRMlCpFzpKnPffc9pSi31DZteTK7AV0pJ0jfrxfs_-17q2uQEzoTiT2HckBvjbGnOXr7rUuRV3rSlRWfZYfUEgW2SF_r6xCeklnMWOt1khWcuqLFiLGKStZSpyK0L3HMw7OKonu6jtbXHfoRkAusFHZM5pmF9X7hXfDKPN3fQ/s320/2023%20Hole%20in%20the%20Rock%20FAN52729%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">Ons gaan weer met ’n “culvert” onderdeur die teerpad en pak die ou wapad waar ons vroeër afgekom het, in die teenoorgestelde rigting aan. Die is maar ’n “grind” maar die einde is in sig en ek moet deurdruk. Ons ry nou alles wat ons vanoggend gery, maar net anders om! Die temperatuur het sedert ons die teerpad bereik het nog nie onder 43 grade Celsius gedaal nie. Gelukkig was die maksimum net 45! Dit kon erger gewees het. Na 75 km kom ons by waterpunt 4, wat in ’n plantasie is, aan. Ek stop net vir die nodige en val weer in die pad. Nou is die einde behoorlik in sig.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">Ek het al vantevore die “jeep track” wat ons gebruik op ’n elektroniese kaart gesien en gedink dit is ’n pad wat mens kan ry. Nou weet ek! Daar is egter 'n paar elktroniese hekke waardeur mens sal moet kom indien jy dit op 'n ander geleentheid wil ry. Ons gaan weer met die lage “culvert” onderdeur die pad en dan is dit voet in die hoek einde toe. Die pad deur die rotse net bo die swemgat bly besonders en is ook redelik uitdagend. Daar is gelukkig geen verdere uitdagings en ek bereik die einde sonder enige probleem. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">Ek voltooi die 87:97 km in 6:46:51 met 1,621 meter se klim.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mwYkCLGts59Y-9FQ-oRGF8uwIg1G8WRUzEIs-VIBdkp5ZB23oEp33Zv3S0wjgFyVITd1Lr_1RfyQ6qYGeptKBw0gF59XzT0q0RFAnd_tW5vo5OVBfGLIiPGZrr9twSInt6bPHSh-PmWllm5d4ojwM2urrjBqphTCtpOds9wx4QzZj-Vhtdjeu3fpuQ/s2880/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2020.33.58.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mwYkCLGts59Y-9FQ-oRGF8uwIg1G8WRUzEIs-VIBdkp5ZB23oEp33Zv3S0wjgFyVITd1Lr_1RfyQ6qYGeptKBw0gF59XzT0q0RFAnd_tW5vo5OVBfGLIiPGZrr9twSInt6bPHSh-PmWllm5d4ojwM2urrjBqphTCtpOds9wx4QzZj-Vhtdjeu3fpuQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2020.33.58.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUJs6pE6h_5KBLi09NySTU01-st1iUL-P7lDoTk1kNbpu2Bj7mCO34SyrFmNhjqNt2rHJG5PREsnFrh9do9Fi4PkgEJi-_bq4AHOBtdHoQFfddODU8Y7RhfFxeXGS3RTwQyDYtFhSAhip8V6KlqUg9DuKYlclX2H7i_pTOL5aV41NrzQOFdTE2njIFw/s2880/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2020.34.04.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUJs6pE6h_5KBLi09NySTU01-st1iUL-P7lDoTk1kNbpu2Bj7mCO34SyrFmNhjqNt2rHJG5PREsnFrh9do9Fi4PkgEJi-_bq4AHOBtdHoQFfddODU8Y7RhfFxeXGS3RTwQyDYtFhSAhip8V6KlqUg9DuKYlclX2H7i_pTOL5aV41NrzQOFdTE2njIFw/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2020.34.04.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LvKKv3KKpNdHD4AFyJXAKPPzwIa6odgtPxvOpSh_tkkEu6ymIjeaL_9Rr6jUzS3qsi-2L6TxLdRtFd13qJN82mF5x4kEUQKvrkfh9GpnW8XlEC7-SmqlpA99mPeDWCSN7RZWlXcxzgTmWXhq7oehFnL0SEy7hCZqFQl630afC7s525gvBIibmw_3Og/s2880/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2020.34.15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LvKKv3KKpNdHD4AFyJXAKPPzwIa6odgtPxvOpSh_tkkEu6ymIjeaL_9Rr6jUzS3qsi-2L6TxLdRtFd13qJN82mF5x4kEUQKvrkfh9GpnW8XlEC7-SmqlpA99mPeDWCSN7RZWlXcxzgTmWXhq7oehFnL0SEy7hCZqFQl630afC7s525gvBIibmw_3Og/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-14%20at%2020.34.15.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div>Philip Erasmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469092420436554191noreply@blogger.com0