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Vergelegen Route Update (You will need the cobham ezemvelo geomap to understand)

This was my last reserve in the berg I had not visited and what a gem.  Four of us hiked up to the base of the pass along the Mlahlangubo omkhulu river and back along the ridge on its southern flank 03/11/2013.  It was a great hike and made quite easy by a recent burn in the area (everything is now green again but the grass is short) .  The map is a bit misleading so be warned, below are the route updates.

1. The C2 junction does not branch off through the forest as shown on the map but skirts around it to the south.  If you go South around the small forest, to get onto the ridge you need to bash for a 150-200m to a neck of sorts about 0.5km up the ridge.  Much easier is to skirt around the north of the forest where a good path leads to the afore mentioned neck. 
2. From here there is no path up the ridge we looked for it both on the way up and down with no success.  There are what seems to be small sections of it here and there but nothing of real substance.  We took the only visible path that contours from the neck up the valley (much higher than shown on the map) and joins the maps path about half way up the valley.  From the join it also crosses the river which is not indicated on the map.  What a magic valley! great pools and gentle gradient all the way up.  
3. About a km before C6 there path disspaears again and we just made our own way to C7 and had lunch.  Bewarned, despite the whole area being burnt we could not find the contour path here in either direction, so instead of heading to the plumpudding ridge we hiked back down the ridge we were already on (intermittent path but great easy walking) back to C2

It's time to get hiking, and the best way to do so if you are unsure of your fitness or gear is to start with the Club's day hikes.  Check our Fixture List to see what is available.

If you are considering joining the Club but would like to try out a few hikes first, you are welcome participate as a visitor.  Please always contact the leader several days in advance of the fixture to check for space, make arrangements for sharing lifts, and to get more details about where to meet.

Congratulations to our winners: Barry Stapleton, Errol Douwes and Elaine Bushell

1st place: Rock Arch - Sethlabathebe by Barry Stapleton

2nd place: Rainbow Gorge by Errol Douwes

3rd place: Dusk overlooking the Column and Pyramid by Elaine Bushell

Thank you for the entertaining and critical evaluation of the entries by members of the Bluff Camera Club.  We look forward to our 2014 MBC calendar!