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MAIN: Bruce Miller on Suicide (24), Cederberg Kloof, Magaliesberg. Photo MAURY BIRDWELL
INSET: Sun downers in the Magaliesberg. Photo DAMIEN SCHUMANN
He made it quite clear that he was not buying into
any authority from another obnoxious, self-styled expert in South African climbing
are also situated on one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World, and within walking distance of the city centre of the ‘best
city in the world’ as voted by Telegraph Travel, and also the best food city in the world as per Conde Nast.
and working in Kenya and one can only speculate as to where she contracted the virus that laid her so low. All the same, I have to commend her because throughout her convalescence she remained up-beat, friendly and as cheerful as one can expect, and was a real pleasure on the trip once she was up and going. However, she more than likely passed on the bug that nailed many of the group over the two weeks. Weather also played a minor role in disrupting the agenda. Wednesday 15 March was forecast for rain, so some of the Americans did a bit of MTB and some visited the penguins at Boulders. Some
The second unfortunate challenge
was illness, which felled so many of
the participants. The Americans blame
the water at Yellowwood of course, but Jenn Flemming, a very talented and bold climber with hard and run-out 5.13c (grade 31) trad climbs to her credit, arrived very ill and she lurked upstairs in Nick, my eldest son’s room, for the rst 48 hours, and then needed a few more days
to recover fully. She had been travelling
climbed on Table Mountain.
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