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Thanks Dirk, looking forward to you sending me a PM sometime telling me you want to come down to KZN to do a ride (y) (y) (y)

Thanks Rob No issue with the CRF, just not really suited to this kind of riding.

Thanks (y) The pass is on private property in the Swartberg area.

Last pic of the happy bunch

And finally back down the pass, which was a piece of cake going down

We took a nice meandering route back, lots of free riding, not following any set track, riding up and down hills wherever it looked interesting and getting to some great view sites Thanks to @trevorwb for plunging in and helping fix a number of punctures on the trip, even though his bike has...

Sunday morning we left the lodge fairly early, PHJ had to drive back to Pretoria and Dacquiri had to get to the airport for his flight back to Cape Town Our friendly lodge dogs enjoying the morning sun

At one stage we were following the river down the valley and came across some amazing Bushman paintings

At some stage I spotted a steep hill leading to what looked like a saddle at the top, so we took off up the hill and made it all the way to the top. getting up wasn't too hard, but riding down again looked pretty daunting. Adding to the challenge was the fact that my back brake wasn't working...

The next day was spent exploring the valleys and mountains in the area, with no set tracks or routes to follow. We just rode in whatever direction looked the most interesting. It was an awesome day of riding

Thamatu Lodge is a great place to use as a base in the area. It is pretty basic, but well equipped with bedding, hot showers, eating utensils and stove to cook on. Even towels were provided. You do need to take your own food.

We reached the Chinese shop at Sehlabathebe at around lunch time, where re-fueled. I only put in 2litres here, which in fact was the last petrol I put in for the rest of the trip. After a brief visit to the shebeen to buy beers we headed to Thamatu Lodge, which would be our base for the next 2...

From the top of the pass we had the rest of the day to get to our overnight accommodation at Thamatu lodge, which is about 20km North of Sehlabathebe. However we couldn't dawdle too much, because I knew that there would be an afternoon thunderstorm. The riding was awesome, but thanks to the...

@trevorwb and @PHJ

The last steep rocky section of the pass was quite eroded by the recent heavy rains and some of us struggled. Others like @PHJ and @trevorwb took it in their stride