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Unnamed road 7:08 Up and up and up (for 9km)The hut on the hill To infinity...And beyond... (below)

jnroux

Arangieskop 2010

Unnamed road 7:08

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Nov 12 2010, 07:11 PM

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jnroux
Somerset West, South Africa

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Dassieshoek, South Africa

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The Chris picked us up at about 5:30 and although Riana left our printed map at home, she guided us to Arangieskop (near Robertson) by brainpower alone (after we showed her which way "left" is). According to the GPS we reached a Unnamed road at 7:08 and in front of us we saw a very big kop glistering... in fact, Arangieskop was more of a mountain! Pottie and Linke was already at the hut, searching for the key. After a drive back to a spot with cellphone reception they inquired that the key was in the safe next to the braai area. The night we braai-ed for about 4 hours straight as the hikers arrived. We went to bed early-ish and during the night there were snoring, re-allocation of people and Linke scaring me in total darkness when, in stead of my head-light, I found a human head (her's) right next to our bed at 3am in the morning! Scary stuff...

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	5. And beyond... (below) Nov 14 2010, 09:22 AMDassieshoek, South Africa7 photos For the decent the hike was in some way broken down into various groups of people. In front, we formed a group of 5 formidable hikers: Riana & I, The Chris, Jaco Mmm and Ileana. The tail was bought in by the very patient Pottie... After about 5 minutes of down-hill and a story about the Boland...

	4. To infinity... Nov 14 2010, 08:49 AMDassieshoek, South Africa6 photos We started just after 8am the morning and reached the top of Arangieskop at 8:49! What an awesome view!

	3. The hut on the hill Nov 13 2010, 01:54 PMDassieshoek, South Africa4 photos We reached the beautiful stone hut, our base-camp before summiting the next morning, at about 14:00. I was surprised at how fancy the hut was... it had electricity, double bunk beds and even warm water if you made some fire under the "donkie." Most of us did not wait for the...

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