Beginners hike

So beginners hike headed of early in the morning of 11th Feb after spending a rather raucous night in the pub. We expcected a very wet weekend, so had many a plastic bag, poncho, drimac, anything waterproof
to keep our kit dry. Destination: Hebron near Carolina. The hike was supposed to be 8km on Sat and 9km on Sunday but due to unforseen circumstances, like getting lost, we decided that a 11km hike on Sat and a 6km hike on the Sunday would be far better, the extra 3km on the Sat being totally unplanned. We started hiking at 11 on Sat as the rain stopped (I wore my poncho for nothing). We reached the overnight huts at 4 after many a bundu-bashing and circle walking. Only one major incident happened, Ryan slipped on some rock and drenched his shoes and broken two ribs (though we didn't know this until after we got home). And the getting lost part, but that was all part of the experience. The major non incident of the trip was the complete lack of rain. Not a drop. A definite highlight was swimming above the 30m high Kolkrans water fall on a Sappi farm after the hike. I hope that everyone had a great time on the trip.

- Brigitta Annegarn