Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 23, 2015 Share From Vince, who was in the meeting this morning with Deon, Sandra and Rob Vogel. Suffice to say that I have the sads. Will release more info as and when it happens. Hi GuysThe situation is way more complex than we imagined. We asked lots of questions. Here are some of the points that were explained to us.1. Cape Pine requested that the park be closed until logging is finished.2. Cape Pine has got a small window to harvest all the pines before its unusable so they have put all their resourses into Tokai.3. No-one is allowed into Tokai that includes Telkom, Sentec, Baboon watchers, runners , hikers, dog walkers etc and even some of the TMNP staff.4. All the massive Bluegums are going to come down and are unsafe at the moment.5. The slopes where the pines were have to stabilised .6. TMNP is putting in a claim of R36 mil to the government to remove aliens and stabilise the mountain and do an impact study of the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypot Posted March 23, 2015 Share I'm gutted... Like the forest...I see that there's rangers at all the entrances now all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko35s Posted March 23, 2015 Share 18 months? Eish - I'm feeling very depressed now! I miss Tokai! ReallyI know the feeling, from four Tokai rides a week to zero, some serious withdrawal going on here. Bloukrans and Eddy Gordo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellwarp Posted March 23, 2015 Share Really feel for the Tokai MTB community. Hang in there guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypot Posted March 23, 2015 Share My cycling has taken a big knock since the fire. I've even lost the motivation to go out on the road bike. No cycling since the Argus... Feel lost without Tokai Bloukrans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 23, 2015 Share it's a donkey punch to the nuts. Louzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpyDude Posted March 23, 2015 Share Guess its time to take our work back underground... or invest in a dirt jumper and hang at the bike park for the next 18 months.. plus petrol goes up R2 on wednesday.. car pool to paarl Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpyDude Posted March 23, 2015 Share This news kinda needs its own string.. dont you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 23, 2015 Share This news kinda needs its own string.. dont you think?See post nr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoLefty!! Posted March 23, 2015 Share From Vince, who was in the meeting this morning with Deon, Sandra and Rob Vogel. Suffice to say that I have the sads. Will release more info as and when it happens. Hi GuysThe situation is way more complex than we imagined. We asked lots of questions. Here are some of the points that were explained to us.1. Cape Pine requested that the park be closed until logging is finished.2. Cape Pine has got a small window to harvest all the pines before its unusable so they have put all their resourses into Tokai.3. No-one is allowed into Tokai that includes Telkom, Sentec, Baboon watchers, runners , hikers, dog walkers etc and even some of the TMNP staff.4. All the massive Bluegums are going to come down and are unsafe at the moment.5. The slopes where the pines were have to stabilised .6. TMNP is putting in a claim of R36 mil to the government to remove aliens and stabilise the mountain and do an impact study of the area. Its shorter than I expected for all the reasons I figured would be in play. rehab is going to take a long time and I'm guessing pine removal is going to be in stages. I hope the darn "we need the pines" flora huggers can get over this without incident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 23, 2015 Share Its shorter than I expected for all the reasons I figured would be in play. rehab is going to take a long time and I'm guessing pine removal is going to be in stages. I hope the darn "we need the pines" flora huggers can get over this without incidentThey're working 7 days a week, so I reckon it'll be in one fell swoop. If you'll excuse the pun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted March 23, 2015 Share From Vince, who was in the meeting this morning with Deon, Sandra and Rob Vogel. Suffice to say that I have the sads. Will release more info as and when it happens. Hi GuysThe situation is way more complex than we imagined. We asked lots of questions. Here are some of the points that were explained to us.1. Cape Pine requested that the park be closed until logging is finished.2. Cape Pine has got a small window to harvest all the pines before its unusable so they have put all their resourses into Tokai.3. No-one is allowed into Tokai that includes Telkom, Sentec, Baboon watchers, runners , hikers, dog walkers etc and even some of the TMNP staff.4. All the massive Bluegums are going to come down and are unsafe at the moment.5. The slopes where the pines were have to stabilised .6. TMNP is putting in a claim of R36 mil to the government to remove aliens and stabilise the mountain and do an impact study of the area.I read about that last week sometime!!But I am expecting it to take alot longer, as these departments wont get anything started anytime soon. GoLefty!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoLefty!! Posted March 23, 2015 Share They're working 7 days a week, so I reckon it'll be in one fell swoop. If you'll excuse the pun. I doubt the felling will start before Spring. If it does then National Parks are going to have to make funds available yesterday for the slope stabilisation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted March 23, 2015 Share ...............snip snip........... 6. TMNP is putting in a claim of R36 mil to the government to remove aliens and stabilise the mountain and do an impact study of the area. The only way I will happily wait for 18 months before going back there, is if I KNOW that SANParks is REALLY DOING the RIGHT THING for the CONSERVATION of the mountain. This is their chance to SHOW US that they can get it right FOR TOKAI. If they twiddle their thumbs and let the aliens take over and erosion run riot, it will destroy their credibility and I will support taking control of the mountain away from them! Meanwhile, I will support them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapsock Posted March 23, 2015 Share I doubt the felling will start before Spring. If it does then National Parks are going to have to make funds available yesterday for the slope stabilisationThey're already felling the lower forest between tokai and spaansgemat rd Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 23, 2015 Share I doubt the felling will start before Spring. If it does then National Parks are going to have to make funds available yesterday for the slope stabilisationerm, it's already going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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