AdventuresInAbseiling

Molweni!

It's about time I post the photos from my daylong absailing (rappelling) adventure a couple weeks ago...

This has been one of my favorite days here...so much so, that I'd love to it again. The company picked us up from Kimberley House around 6:30 am, and we drove a little over an hour out into the country, near Paarl. There, we had breakfast and packed up our gear for the day. Then, we hopped in the back of a couple of pick-up trucks and headed up the mountain, which we would spend the day descending via ropes and harnesses (absailing) and what we coined "water hiking." It was the one of the most physically exhausting days, but it was a blast and completely worth the lack of sleep the night before, the sunburn, and the numerous "wilderpees." (figure that one out on your own...)

After the 2nd wall we descended (the one where you'll see I'm IN a waterfall), we did a bit of cliff jumping, as well. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of me doing this, but I didn't venture to the higher cliffs, so it wasn't quite as much of an adrenaline rush as it was for the daredevils who jumped from 11m. (I think the highest I jumped from was 5m.)

Anyway, let me know if you have any burning questions. This is all for now, but I could drone on about this day for awhile...


~On our first absail


~Near the top of our 2nd absail: the waterfall into the [ridiculously cold] pool below


~Going down the waterfall of our 2nd absail


~A view from above...me struggling down the waterfall


~The group going through a "safety rope" area (aka, uber-slippery area)


~What we dubbed "water hiking": trudging through water and over rocks all day


~Waiting to do our final absail


~getting ready for our last wall


~Cheesy pose as I start my descent


~last wall


~ Our last absail: the slipperiest and most mossy


~At the bottom: Gorgeous, yet precarious for absailing


~The view opposite the mossy wall


~Me and Ranice


~Me and my roommate, Viv


~View of the mountain range as we were leaving to go home