Klein Karoo's Anysberg mountain sleepover - brrrrr...friekkin brrrrr(lotsa pics)

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Fidel`s report, i`ve added some stuff.

Fidel, Frohan,Bus,Foerie-kop,Wannabe and moa.


Fidel:
I had been itching for a getaway to as far from the urban jungle and into nature as possible. Such a getaway would naturally have to involve bikes, roughing-it, seeing new places and sharing of the experience with mates over a few good doppe.

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Fidel:  The mission was to make the getting there, as testing and interesting as possible. Dirt roads through scenic places with frequent pit stops, was the goal, and many laughs and OBâ??s the outcome.

Fidel: Building up to the weekend, images of sitting around a large bushfire, dop in hand, in total darkness, kept on poping into my mind��you know, like those graphical flashbacks after a night at Teazers.


Fidel:  Thereâ??s just something magical about the dancing flames of a big camp fire, reflecting off natural objects such as trees and bush (this bushâ??s got nothing to do with the Teazers story) under open skies, that just touches deep within man and his primal instincts!

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Fidel: Anysberg was that place of choice, as I had been there before and slept over in a little shack, nestled in the mountains. I remembered it as being extremely remote and pristine in its beauty, and farâ?¦.far away, from all the complexities of life.

Fidel:  The last time Iâ??d been there was in summer, so I wasnâ??t really sure what to expect mid-winter, other thanâ?¦â?¦. it was gonna be colder than a witches tit.

My vision of adventure biking is to challenge ones body and mind, in different ways.

DS: Fidel is showing his challenge for body -- what he is all going to mix for that gluewine tonight  ;D
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DS: Fidels idea of challenge for the mind -- him and Bus smoking the cinamon sticks meant for the gluewine much later that night  :imaposer:

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Riding and sleeping in the mountains of the Klein Karoo in winter, was gonna be just such a challenge, never mind riding up the rocky trail to the hut in pitch darkness!

Yip, all the pit stops along the way resulted in us arriving there in total darkness!

DS: and here are the pitstops..... ;)

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DS: Rainbow just outside Villiersdorp

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DS: Robertson

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DS: Across the road at Sopranos

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DS: Montague

Last stop in civilization...Bus showing us how to stalk those hot farmer tannies come shopping at the OK.

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DS: All da boys enjoying the heated grips.....
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DS: Fidel reminding us again that front wheels on ponies only needed for a sharp direction change...

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DS: Getting to the gate was getting dark quickly...little did we know how long we still had to go( *&%$# Fidel knew...)

Fourie-kop trying his Kung Fu Pandal look

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DS: After Fidel did this i realised 2 things: why Iti`s prefer to kiss on the cheeck and why Muffy had such a smile when i fetched Fidel from home that morning... ;D
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...and Wannabe pulled out this seriously impressive snack display.....holding nothing back

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DS: Minutes later after going through the gate  and finishing another snack break nature put on the spectacular display just for us.
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Lets just say��� there where some interesting and some holknyping moments in the last hour of our trip, leading up to the hut.

DS: Arriving in total darkness the first obvious step was da fire.....tiredness took over and the fun just kept on going.....

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DS: Wannabe trying out his: rockstar leap off the stage into the crowd  :imaposer:

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.....looks like a Montague veld spietkop  ;D

DS: And then of course....how can Bus be around without a photo bomb...

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DS: We woke up the next morning in this amazing surrounding.....

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DS: Time for a brekkie....no one wanted to leave so things went as slow as possible

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DS: And then it was time to pack up and head back.....seeing where Fidel took us in darkness...

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DS: Bus demonstrating how cool he would look on a Beemer

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DS: Back at Soprano`s in Robertson....here we said our good bye`s, Bus,Frohan and Fourie-kop split from
and took another way home....

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DS: And so, Sunday came to an end with the sun giving us a lazy wink....and 6 wild dogs continued on their way home, each one with a song in their heats....and with huge smile, from ear to ear.

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Fidel:
Here my riding buddies stepped up to the challenge impressively. Not one bitched or complained, just all a bunch of easy going and adventurous manne. It was just, as Reverend Superjuice always says, â??its lekka when its lekkaâ??

Iâ??m also relieved to say that I came back with my virginity intact, even though the sleeping arrangements where tight!

Anyway, great bunch of guys, awesome surroundings and a befokde trippie.

As large as the Anysberg Reserve is, its hidden inland between Monatgue and Lainsburg. I only got to know about this place about two years ago, while Google erfing. What surprised me after going there the first time, was that not only is it massive and beautiful, but very few people seem to know about it!


DS: Manne, ek kan nie vir julle se hoe lekker dit was om agter julle te ry nie -- ek het nog nooit so baie gelag in my lewe nie en die trane het menigmaal geloop.

Fourie-kop:  ek gaan nog menigmaal in die toekoms met respek stories vertel van 'daai ou met die BM', couzzie, ek dink jy sal 90% van BM eienaars se koppe in skaamte laat sak waar ek jou nog net twee keer gesien ry het met daai groot perd en pad tyres. 

Soos Frohan tereg opgemerk het: "jy is so `n bevange ou, net jammer jy ry so `n k&# bike"  ;D

Natuurlik kan ek nie afsluit sonder die foto nie, het vinnig uitgewerk dit moes van die BM ou gekom het....
Fidel se ponie het so bietje moeg begin word

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Manne, ek kon net nie by al die foto`s uitkom nie -- sit asseblief nog by daar waar dit kort.
 
Julle holle is seker nogsteeds blou van die koue na daai stunt.............of so hoop ek  :imaposer:
 
A couple more..

Letting the DAWGS in
Ariving at night
BM riders sleep outside
Extreme wheelbarow downhill
Magic beauty of Anysberg
 

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Bus die vark het hom weer nie gedra nie
 

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Aah jislaaik it looks lekker
wish I could have joined you guys

cool pics. Looks like you guys had great fun ;D
 
;D ;D ;D ;D

It really looks like you guys had fun!


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Great report.

I've spent a weekend in the Anysberg reserve - and it is very beautiful.
Surprising that more people don't know about it.
 
Fidel said:
Eggsakedly.

Ya, he froze off his eggsak off...  :imaposer:

I will add some pics tonight, people.

Thanks to all, it really was a great trip!!!
 
Ja julle varke! :biggrin:

I hope you all froze your balls off >:D

Nice report and pics guys. I'm just soooooooo jelous. :drif:
 
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