“ALL THAT AN OBSTACLE DOES WITH BRAVE MEN IS, NOT TO FRIGHTEN THEM, BUT TO CHALLENGE THEM.”
WOODROW WILSON
Mashai Pass
Garden Castle Reserve
Drakensberg
A few days ago I returned from the magnificent Garden Castle Reserve in the Southern Drakensberg. I had it all, daily thunderstorms, gale force winds and snow in the middle of November! Above all, I had a magnificently beautiful and wild wilderness all to myself.
The Mashai Pass route which eventually leads to the Rhino Peak is one of the most popular walks at Garden Castle Reserve. The path sometimes looks like a traffic jam on a national highway! Be it as it may, it is a beautiful route up to the escarpment and well worth the effort. And effort it does take as there is a continual altitude gain all the way to the top of the escarpment and from there to the summit of Rhino Peak.
So, let us take a photographic journey up this magical valley.
Dust off your hiking boots and go and visit an extraordinary beautiful place. And remember, Mashai Pass is not the only route to walk in that wild wilderness.
We as hikers, explorers, and adventurers have the absolute duty to respect and protect our Wildernesses. Nobody else will do it for us. Take ownership!
The End.
Safe Hiking.
References and Acknowledgements
From the book – From my notebook
Photos: ©Willem Pelser
Compiled by: Willem Pelser
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