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What happens if things go bad? – Important, please read and comment.
November is getting closer & the attrition rate is low for the Traverse attempt. I want to discuss some very important issues and make sure that all entrants and watchers are clear. I have it on good authority that someone recently went into a gear shop & told the staff there that they were going to make an attempt at the Traverse record, wanting to know what kind of gear to take along. I may have my wires crossed but this worries me. If someone doesn’t have a handle on what gear the Tra… Continue
Posted on 11th September 2008 at 9:50am — 4 Comments
Gear and goodies: what to take & what to ditch?
I thought it might be useful to start a new thread on gear. Stijn made a comment that based on his attempt he is going to take a bigger pack and more stuff. Based on my attempt I am going to try to go lighter; I didn't really enjoy trying to run up those ridges with 15kg pack. Let's share opinions. First, I am not going to take a tent. I don't intend to be sleeping long enough to justify it. I will, however upgrade my bivvy bag. I used a R400 bivvy from K-Way with a published waterhead of 3000m… Continue
Posted on 24th June 2008 at 11:20am — 3 Comments
Getting MCSA involved
Hi all This is an email I sent to members of MCSA KZN Section: Hi all As you may know (the rescue team certainly does!), myself and a few friends challenged Gavin Raubenheimer’s record for the Grand Traverse in April. Our dramatic rescue by our esteemed colleagues (and the resultant front page newspaper reports) stimulated a fair bit of interest in the challenge. The result of this interest is that there will be a “race” on the 8th November 2008 from the car park at Sentinel to the police pos… Continue
Posted on 19th June 2008 at 3:29pm — 2 Comments
Full Report and Lessons Learned
Gavin & Lawrie Raubenheimer's record still stands. Hind sight is 20/20 & we should’ve seen the signs. The first indicator that things might not be going according to plan was when the Yellowbrick tracking device was confiscated by SARS and we were told it might take up to 6 weeks to have it released. We debated putting off the attempt until May but realized it would be far too cold & our sponsors were expecting us to make the attempt on the stated dates. Fortunately, thanks to some… Continue
Posted on 30th April 2008 at 9:45am — 6 Comments
Home sweet home
Well...that was interesting. Not quite what we expected but still... We're safe, we're home. A little (lot) disappointed but very grateful to all for the rescue. I've rescued others from teh mountains on a few occasions and the gratitude is always plain to see. This time I felt it for myself. When you see the faces of the MCSA rescue team (even the ugly ones) the feeling is indescribable. Thanks MCSA & SAAF. My laptop has died a terrible death but as soon as I can I will post a full postmor… Continue
Posted on 23rd April 2008 at 9:50am — 2 Comments
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