Hiking

Over the course of my time in Cape Town I had the opportunity to hike two mountains, Lions head and Table. I hiked Lions Head first, which was a great hike, short, sweet, but plenty difficult. Being unprepared as I usually am, I ended up hiking barefoot. It was grand fun! Near the top you are forced to scale virtually sheer rock walls with the assistance of chain’s hanging off the mountain. At the top I enjoyed a few glasses of wine before heading back down.

I also climbed Table mountain which overlooks all of Cape Town (both of them did, but Table mountain is far more impressive). It was actually a lot more difficult hike than I was expecting. Since we started at roughly sea level we covered ~1km of vertical over the course of the 3km hike. Alas, the entire vertical was bunched into brief little spurts. It was virtually flat or straight up. None the less it was a great time! Alas, our view was ruined when we got to the top. The table cloth // giant layer of fog covered the top of the mountain when we got to the top. We, alas, could see nothing of the city below.