Shebeen Posted April 29, 2019 Share My highlight? I got my whole table at our Friday night carboload to Google what a Prince Albert is. Mighty proud of that. It may have affected the dessert order, though. See you all next year. you keep very innocent company! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brink Posted April 29, 2019 Share you keep very innocent company!Not any more. trail - er - park and DJR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted May 2, 2019 Share What a brilliant ride. Having fallen out of love with my gravel bike on the Amarider and back in love with it on the Karoo gravel grinder, the Swartberg was a honeymoon. Well not quite - it had some of the painful elements of marriage. I lost my electrolytes somewhere between the start and the first waterpoint where I would usually take 2 endurolyte capsules and drop a High 5 fizzer into my water bottle. So I knew that I was likely to start cramping after 5 hour or so. And sure enough - a third of the way up that fantastic mountain the first cramp bit. And they got progressively worse. I was reduced to walking, most frustrating because other than the fact that my legs were so intensely in spasm that I couldn't move for minutes at a time I was in good shape. No really!! Eventually got to the top and though the descent would be less of a strain. Wrong again - had to stop next to non plussed but gentle marshalls three or 4 times to let me moans fly out over the spectacular views. Limped in in 8:40 but I know I can and perhaps could have done 8 if I'd not lost my little tube of 'lytes. Thank you to Tania who generously gave me her last handful of little magnesium pills - they bought me half an hour. I will definitely be back next year. Ferro, DJR, @BigJohnSwan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted June 9, 2019 Share For those of us who are looking forward to next year. https://www.news24.com/Video/SouthAfrica/News/watch-snow-falls-on-swartberg-pass-as-cold-snap-hits-western-cape-20190607 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted June 9, 2019 Share Team DJR on the way back after the Knysna races a few years back. Same spot. Was in July I think. Skubarra, trail - er - park, Wayne pudding Mol and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted June 9, 2019 Share This was just below the Top, one zig zag down, on the Prince Albert side. In October if I remember right. My grandfather told (I always thought tallish) a story of how they once had a light dusting of snow on Christmas day. I never thought it possible until we had snow in early November one year (when the Wine 2 Whales got shortened)! In that place, you can never quite be sure what the weather will do. Edited June 9, 2019 by DJR Underachiever and Mamil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@BigJohnSwan Posted June 9, 2019 Share Check out the snowfall on 7th Sept 2018, not a good time of year to run a race over the pass ! DJR, Underachiever and Mamil 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted June 9, 2019 Share Such a magical place DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trail - er - park Posted June 13, 2019 Share Team DJR on the way back after the Knysna races a few years back. Same spot. Was in July I think. Manomanomanoman ..... great pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyboom Posted June 14, 2019 Share Was on my list to do next year but see its the same weekend as the 36One Challenge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@BigJohnSwan Posted June 14, 2019 Share Was on my list to do next year but see its the same weekend as the 36One Challenge! Yup. Can't be helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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