don't ask.....us just being silly!
abi's end of year concert at die wingerd, also her last
concert for die wingerd. she looked beautiful!
grade 1 orientation morning at de hoop, they didn't need to
wear their school uniform, BUT abi was so excited and just had to wear hers.
end of november a few of us rock chicks went to montagu for a camping and climbing weekend. it was sooooo much fun, awesome friends, stunning place.
day ONE....
a interesting day out - cactus scratch, top rope fall no 1, top rope fall for pose no 2, eina lead fall, gear left up on route, me stuck on top of the route while the medics attend to the patient, leader gets stuck on route - comes down, knot then left in end of rope - pulled through quickdraw - gets stuck, most gear is now on legoland rock face, now what to do, ingrid saving the day, then a swim to relax & then our adventure continued......wrong turn....wrong kloof, land up at a couple of 30's, comtemplated on maybe trying, hahahaha & then a hike back to the "correct" kloof, cannot cross the river & decide to try a 15 @ supertubes, we had an awesome human sandbag, aka....elisa, dave firsts attempt at lead, wind starts to pump, dave can't hear us & only being 3m up, ingrid then saves the day again & then the hike back to the car, back at camp & the first thingy on we do is..........open a damn beer
day TWO....
waking up early, overcast and a few rain drops, a hangover or 2, but we are determined that we will climb, first we all need coffee and breakfast, elisa starts her famous coffee on the gas stove, leaves me with the responsibility of looking after the coffee while she steps away for a few minutes, me trying to take coffee pot/cup off gas stove...gets stuck...coffee all over the counter and on me, matches are now drenched in coffee, ask around for some matches, 2nd attempt and we have our coffee, breakfast is a mix (including xmas cake, yum) and sharing as some of our stuff was stolen, also donating food to some other ladies whose food was stolen, gear packed and ready to go climb, a walk down to the steeple to start our climbing, i did my first lead in montagu......a SEVEN, hahahahaha, so photo attempt no 2 for the weekend from the top......me climbing up, securing myself, slings to short to actually take pics, ingrids slings get sent up, i drop one, hahahaha, but staying up for now, me asking the ladies down below if i can drop the rope....they say yes.....me letting rope drop, then i am told nooooooooo wrong end....oooops.....miscommunication, ingrid needing to lead the easy route again so that we have the rope up, me then going down as photo spot was not working, cheryl leading gospel express...bolt 8...(after 3 falls!), ingrid then to bolt 8.....then coming down, the rest of us top roping till bolt 8, ingrid then attempting again and getting to bolt 9....awesomeness....cheryl then back up and finishing the route.....HELL YEAH!!!! well done ladies!!!! a few then top roping the route again till the end, then the walk back to the car, a small welcoming party of baboons back at the car and then to camp to pack up, one quick beer, a few laughs, a relocation of a tent, a shower and then back on the road (for a few of us), some lucky ones got to stay for another night. great weekend, great fun, great friends! thanks all!!! will be posting pics soon, hopefully!
i was lucky enough to experience another 2 photoshoots, see below :-)
myself and otto will be doing a climbing road trip in dec/jan.
we are wanting to be gone for about 10 days. first four days of the road trips accommodation as been booked at nuwerus, rooiberg, cederburg. from there we are wanting to go to de pakhuys, rocklands and then to de bos, montagu.
i am super excited!
