Stairway to Heaven - Riding the Makhondjwa Mountains

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[member=8559]trevo[/member] lending a helping hand.....again

 

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Golden hour.... 8)

 

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My favourite pic of the trip, taken by [member=4453]Just Blip It![/member] 

 

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On the way back to Mountain Aloe Den, Mark took us up a seriously steep climb to a beautiful lookout point. I made a mistake at the foot of the climb and lost momentum. No way to get going again so only option was to turn around on the steep slope and start again. I lost my footing while turning the bike around and dropped the bike in a big hole. I drained all my energy to try and get it out.  atch:

 

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Meanwhile [member=8559]trevo[/member] hit a rock on the way up and had a nasty fall

 

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From what I can make out, the guys held each other and looked at flowers while I was down at the foot of the climb, struggling to get my bike upright  eepwall: eepwall:

 

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By the time I had my bike upright  again, the guys were on their way back down the mountain

 

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The last few km to Mountain Aloe Den was ridden in thick fog

 

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It started raining soon after our arrival back at Mountain Aloe. A decision was made to cancel the next day's ride. Colon had some urgent business to attend to in JHB, Mark's bike was overheating because of the holed radiator and the weather prediction for the next day was looking bleak....

We made our way to the kitchen where Mark cooked up a storm. We had a few beers, a few good laughs and overdosed on meat  :3some:

 

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Colon left at around 2am on Sunday morning. The rest of us Had breakfast in Barberton before heading home