Scouting trips

I have been up in the mountains to check the condition of the trail. I would say 90 % of the routes that I scouted is acceptable, and I have contracted in some help to tackle the very bad bits of the 10 %.

Some of the highlights were:

• Seeing snow on the distant Swartberg and the nearer southern slopes of Craddock Peak whilst almost being blow off the mountain by some strong berg winds
• Running through forest and expecting a velociraptor to attack at any moment
• Spotting some magnificent proteas
• Running through the burnt sections of the mountain and thinking I had been teleported into a desert