Sunday, February 24, 2008

Vylet na Kloofwater/Hike in Kloofwater

Dnes jsme konecne vyjeli na dlouho ocekavany vylet. Nevedela jsem kam ani jak dlouha bude tura, na coz jsem si uz konec koncu docela zvykla, vsechno je tak trochu prekvapeni a nic neni tak jak se napoprve zda. Tak jsem zabalila dva chleby, tri tatranky, nechala si zmrznout vodu pres noc, a taky naplasti, kdyby neco. Jasny sokolik, Vzdy pripraven! Vyjeli jsme v sedm tak jak jsme se domluvili a asi po hodine jizdy na severozapad, jsme dorazili do tabora, Kloofwater. Je to velikansky pozemek (tentokrat nevim rozlohu, ktery vlastni dve university z Johannesburgu.) Posilaji sem deti na skoleni a propujcujou zarizeni i jinym skupinam. My vyuzili jejich pruvodce Michaela and Sammyho a vysli do terenu. Zprvu to vypadalo ze pujdeme po travnate nahorni plosine ale asi po 30 min jsme dosli ke kanonu. Bylo to tam dole jako v zacarovanem lese. Sli jsme kolem potoka a prodirali se kolem padlych stromu, a krome sestupu a vystupu to nebylo moc narocne zato pohledy staly zato. Aloe rostly ze skal a taky tam rostly takovy cerveny houbicky, ve tvaru hvezdice ktere mely uprostred vlhke hnede kolecko, vypadaly jedovate, ale krasne. Sdilim je v sekci fotky, jak uz jste si jiste zvykli. Skalam zdar!

Today we set out on the long planned hike. As usualy we did not have exactly the perfect picture about where and for how long we were going so I pack like for a 5-6 hour tour, froze my water and packed some extra granola bars and bandaids. We left as planned at seven and after an hour we came to a camp/training center for two JoBurg universities, which also own the land, I think. We borrowed their tour guids Sammy and Michael. At first it looked like we will hike in like a plato/grasslands but after about 30 min we arrived at this beautiful gorge/canyon, we descended and took a trip along the brook on the bottomof teh canyon. It looked like in an enchanted forest, I was waiting for a fairy to fly around, no fairies, but weird star-like mushrooms with a brown wet middle were abundant. Aloe plants grew in the walls of the rocks. Except the climbing up and down which was pretty hardcore (for a Sunday hike) the walk in the canyon was just plain pleasant. Pics are posted under photos as you may have guessed.
Go climb!

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