12/13 October 2002
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Thirteen
members ( Keating’s, Ashton’s, Nyker’s, Harper’s, Mann’s, Adie’s and Mike
Kirby) attended the meet. Six of the
party arrived on Friday, set up camp and enjoyed a pleasant afternoon hike via
Fairy Glen viewing the clear spectre of the Amphitheatre. A beautiful relaxing evening was broken at
9.00 pm by a heavy storm resulting in some tent occupants getting wet. Saturday morning was again a beautiful
clear but indicating hot day. It did
not disappoint us?
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The remainder of the
party arrived, quickly erected their tents and leaving Arlene to look after the
site took off via Surprise Ridge to Cannibal Cave. The day was hot and after a pleasant stop in a cool forest two
of the party decided to return to see how Arlene was coping with her tent watching
duties. The hikers sweated up Surprise
Ridge to panaramic Berg views extending to Cathkin Peak. After a short break enjoying the vista the
party moved on to the cool shade of Cannibal Cave for lunch.
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The return route via
Lost Valley called for some uphill work to Castle Rocks where again we were
rewarded by a more extended view. Some
members found this hot going in the heat and took to sitting in the first
available stream.
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That evening all
enjoyed a sociable braai around the Keating caravan.
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A clear Sunday
morning again promised a hot day and it was decided to do a forest walk to Gudu
Falls. This offered some unexpected
diversions watching a group of Endurance Competitors abseiling down and then
prussicing up again while the meet leader spent some time looking for lost (?)
hikers. The party then returned via
Gudu Falls and Lockout Rock to lunch at the camp site.
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Warwick Keating