Lesotho Eastern Cape Epic 2013

[Mambat]

Nice one Mambat!  :laughing4:

How the 16 fractures coming along?  eepwall:

:ricky: Route looks an awesome one! We're doing Eastern Cape, Baviaans, De Hel etc later this year and Lesotho the year after. Did anyone map your Lesotho route? :dousing:

That would be me.....

PM me your email address and I will gladly forward you all the mapped routes.
Healing slowly thanks, gonna be a loooooong (poetic licensed used here!)road to recovery!

Cheers

Mambat

 

[stan1975]

Thanks Mambat,

PM sent

 

[Psteyn]

Ok you fother muckers. The closing argument.....

 

[Psteyn]

All 3 bottles made it to the top and boy how's the veiw. If you have taken part in the neverending debate of what bike to buy. See that twisty going down in the back. K T M 950 S Country My chinas.  We could smell the border post.

 

[Psteyn]

Pantjie on the KLR. is inly pushing down on the outside foot peg cause at that stage he still had one.  :imaposer:  As we got through the post and quite a nice ride down,(video to follow), we picked up the pace to Matatiele. I saw the KLR pull over and Pantjie with head down and hands on chest. I turned rount and caught up, only once his head gear came off, he could talk. Slow left hander at 100kph outside footpeg broke clean off. KLR's is a very tuff bike but funny shit breaks off.

 

[fireblade]

Pete, a couple of pics of the 3 hours of twisty's that I missed?? Please, I was after all in Queenstown for your Mitas and not just my Heidenwhat?

 

[Psteyn]

Said goodbye at Matat after lunch at Golf culb. Headed for Mcclear to find my brother from another mother on his HGS (heavy geen sand)  Great nite of Skuim koppies and fillet steak. Off tho Willowmore at then Doodles for a double trip ender.

 

[Psteyn]

It was hi speed stuff, on the go-pro.

 

[Psteyn]

This is what 100 Horse power does to a Mitas and X-ring in 4000km.

 

[Psteyn]

vluit vluit my storie is uit...

 

[RedDust]

Great ride report and photographs.
I can remember walking up Ongeluksnek in the late 1960's and would not enjoyed riding up it now, so great ride!

 

[Wayne Duck]

Thanks for the write up and photos!

 

[Mambat]

My photos to add to the stellar RR..... sadly only a couple of days worth  :'(

Travelling shots ....

 

[Mambat]

I have to add how proud I am of my old man, Pete Snr!
He is pushing 70 and rode a 800 km day in 40 plus heat (with several hundred of those on gnarly Eastern Cape dirt)
and without a Camelbak  :thumleft:

 

[Mambat]

On the move shots....

 

[Mambat]

You can even meerkat on a KTM!

 

[Mambat]

At the top of Tarka Pass...

 

[Mambat]

To quote Two Stroke Dan..... " A 990 throws rocks like a metalstorm weapon!"

Evidence of the damage a 990 can do when following as the official cameraman  >

PSteyn............ I owe you a mirror  :

 

[Mambat]

Fireblade settling his nerves at the bottom of the Tarka pass... 

 

[Mambat]

Some very pretty KTM shots.............bare with me