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Climb on

Last year August 12th, 2014 changed my life. I broke my ankle severely while boulder training and for a time was worried that I would not be able to walk again. You can read more about it here.  I started…

TenAhead Day 3

We woke up relatively late, 08:30. Had a lovely breakfast then spent some slow time sitting next to the fire in the dining room chatting, drinking cups of tea and coffee. The wind was a little better than yesterday so…

TenAhead Day 2

The wind has been howling since the early dark morning hours. We planned on going horse riding today but decided to stay indoors with this ice cold wind blowing outside. It’s kind of cool not being readily able to communicate with…

TenAhead Day 1

I’ve been on this planet for 34 years today. I woke up early, opened the curtains to watch the sun illuminate the mountain landscape just outside our window. The lodge has thick stone walls making it quite soundproof. It’s a…

Esiweni Lodge – Nambiti Private Game Reserve

Esiweni Lodge – Nambiti Private Game Reserve, a set on Flickr. The mountains or the sea for our December holiday? I chose the mountains. We booked in at Esiweni Lodge which is in the Nambiti Private Game Reserve just outside…

My SA Tourism photo gig

Forgot to mention that in June I had a fantastic opportunity to work on a project for SA Tourism which involved being part of a film crew assigned to an American couple from New York. They were one of four…

Highs and lows

I had a fairly good week.  There were no lows, some highs and overall positiveness.  I published my website and have been getting some good feedback and support from friends and family. Last Friday was a work dinner/function and was…