The Rim of Africa Mountain Passage is a grand idea painted large on the grand canvas of the Cape Fold Mountains. At its heart is the dream of creating biodiversity conservation corridors and tourism linkages from the northern Cederberg in South Africa’s Western Cape province, to the Outeniqua mountains of the Southern Cape. I was privileged to be one of the mega trailists who walked the inaugural first 120km stage from Pakhuis Pass to the Koue Bokkeveld mountains.
Over 8 days we literally walked the western rim of the escarpment, taking in majestic and awe-inspiring landscapes and experiencing the utter silence of these mountains. Two days and about 40km short of our objective, a cold front that had been dogging our steps for days finally chased us down the mountain. It was an epic – a walk of no ordinary proportion, as the organisers had aptly described it.
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Ralph Pina is a co-founder of ecoAfrica.com
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Wow what an experience this must have been for you, I can’t even think of walking that amount of km’s but here you all did it I take my hat off to you.