Mountain Odyssey in Southern Africa
Author : David Coulson
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 33,66 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN :
Author : David Coulson
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 33,66 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN :
Author : Brent Lea
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780921102991
After a bout with cancer Brent Lea was forced to reassess his priorities in life. One of his long-held visions was to spend an extended period of time in the Canadian Rockies, backpacking up valleys and over passes. To this end he took a three month leave of absence from his job, and accompanied by the ghost of Bill Peyto, lived out his dream. The ultimate in wilderness travel in western Canada. He immersed himself in the mountains, covering over 450 km in four national and two provincial parks, crossing 17 alpine passes and hiking past more than 65 backcountry lakes. Brent Lea's beautifully written account will appeal to anyone who has hiked in the mountains. Read about the time when Off to the right, in some willow shin-tangle, a bear stood watching us, unprovoked but getting more curious by the second. With the adrenaline coursing through my body, I couldn't decide whether I should grab the camera or grab the bear spray, so I did neither; I just let my senses take in the event. He observes that, Wandering around in the warm tangerine glow of the setting sun remains one of the most poignant memories of that summer. We felt so removed from the trappings of civilization; we were alone, there were no other hikers in this valley. The ancient fire-killed trees stood as silent sentinels against a darkening sky that was busy ushering in the first stars. He also relates the less appealing experiences of the backcountry when Satan's minions hovered above the camp, darkening the sky, or so it seemed, crawling over our packs and flying at our faces with voracious intensity.
Author : Philip Braithwaite
Publisher : ShieldCrest
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 30,13 MB
Release : 2023-02-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1915657237
This book will transport the reader through a sixteen year adventure that we as a family experienced, with all its trials and tribulations. How we learnt to live with and work alongside and try to understand apartheid and all the different cultures and customs of the people of South Africa, up to and past its transformation into democracy. Our interests, hobbies, activities and passions are described and journeys and travel are detailed with relevant history. Our love of the fauna and flora and wildlife are expressed as are passions for the railways and preservation. But above all is our love of this country- its wide diversity, cultures, customs and people. Phil and Helen Braithwaite.
Author : Rodney Moffett
Publisher : UJ Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1928424457
This bibliography includes scientific articles on the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands published between 1808 and 2019. Although focussing on material appearing in accredited journals, there is such a wealth of information in the form of unpublished, yet traceable, reports, documents, presentations and dissertations, these are also included. The bibliography has two parts – a complete list arranged alphabetically, and the same references arranged in 33 different disciplines. These range from Palaeobotany with 17 entries, to Rock Art with 502 entries.
Author : Maxwell Leigh
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 1986
Category : South Africa
ISBN :
Author : Marian Elsden
Publisher : Modus Associates Limited
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 12,82 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Travel
ISBN : 095624274X
This extra-special eBook is a great introduction to a wonderful travel destination. This first volume covers the coastline from Cape Town to Durban and includes the famed Garden Route. There is so much to see and do along this coast that you may never get to explore inland areas - but you can always come back another time for that. The guide is written in a pleasing, informative style with masses of information about the places along this 1,500 mile coast. As with other EZE Travel titles you won’t find details of accommodation – the internet is a far better search mechanism to find the right hotels for you. Likewise there are no out-of-date lists of bars and restaurants – in reallity, there are so many to choose from that it would be invidious to list just a few. It is however full of information on places to visit, things to see and do - from sky-diving to whale-watching and much, much more! Contributors include local municipalities and their tourist offices as well as South Africans who actually use this area as part of their playground - so it is full of reliable, useful and authoritative information. This guide doesn’t just cover the well known places but explores the Klein Karoo with its ostrich farms, winelands and Cango Caves as well as other lesser known areas along the route. Altogether it is a great introduction to a truly stupendous travel destination. Each attraction listed includes images and location maps which show clearly which other sights or places are located in the immediate vicinity - together with details on nearest Tube stations and, where appropriate, attraction opening times and dates.All in all, a very worthwhile publication.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1084 pages
File Size : 20,77 MB
Release : 1986
Category : South Africa
ISBN :
Author : Rodney Moffett
Publisher : UJ Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 23,2 MB
Release : 2023-04-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1776434137
This Scientific Bibliography of the “Far Northern Drakensberg” is a continuation by the Afromontane Research Unit of the University of the Free State (ARU) to document published and other similar works on the mountains of the summer rainfall area of South Africa. It follows “A Scientific Bibliography of the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands” which was published in 2020 (Moffett 2020), and which covered the area between the North-Eastern Cape and the North-Eastern Free State. The current work extends this northward by including articles and publications dating back to 1875 (E.Cohen, on the Lydenburg goldfields) reaching as far as the Wolkberg and Woodbush near Tzaneen in Limpopo Province. Figure 1 shows the boundary of the area covered, and although referred to as the Far Northern Drakensberg in this work, it is identical to that described as the LMEE, Limpopo, Mpumalanga & Eswatini Escarpment by Clarke et al (2022). Although slightly separate from the “lower” escarpment, the mountainous Barberton and adjacent Eswatini area, as well as the Leolo Mountains in eastern Sekhukhuneland are also included. Details on how the boundary in figure 1 was determined are given in Clark et al (2022). Bibliographies on two further ranges in the summer rainfall area, viz. the Magaliesberg in Gauteng province and the Soutpansberg in Limpopo province are to be the subject of future compilations.
Author : Duncan Souchon
Publisher : Struik Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 24,5 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN :
A must-have for all outdoor and mountaineering enthusiasts packed with comprehensive historical insights from a European and African perspective
Author : John Bradley
Publisher : Modern Overland
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release : 2011-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1609870670
Explores the region's history, culture, and wildlife and offers advice on where to eat and stay and what to see.