We started at 5:30 a.m. and it took us 13 hours. When we started it was still dark out. We hiked to Rhodes Memorial and were looking at the map, and then someone came out from Rhodes Memorial and started talking to us- my stomach dropped. He said a few things and then luckily turned away. We immediately hit the trail after that. Getting robbed in South Africa by gun point is a common occurrence and we were a bit shaken, so we were glad that nothing bad happened.
Climbing up Devil’s Peak while the sun was rising was spectacular! Cape Town below us was blanked by a cloud as far as the eye could see. After a little difficulty in the section called Knife’s edge, we made it up to the top of Devil’s Peak. First peak accomplished!
Then we hiked down to the contour trail and took that over the Platteklip Gorge to hike up Table Mountain. Unfortunately there is not a direct way to get from the top of Devils Peak to the top of Table Mountain. This was my second time doing Platteklip Gorge and it was just as grueling. When we made it to the top of Table Mountain, we were able to refill our water bottles at the Cable Car Cafe.
After a nice lunch with the entertainment of some dassies getting up close it was time to descend Table Mountain. We did so via India Venster, a dangerous route. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. There ended up being some tricky rock scrambling sections where you had to hold onto some chains.
It took us twice as long to descend Table Mountain than to hike up it due to how technical this trail was. We were relieved when we made it back to the Contour trail. Two peaks were done with one more to go, which was Lion’s Head.
After Table Mountain and Devils Peak we were pretty tired, so the start of Lion’s Head was a bit painful. But once we got going, it was fine. Getting to the top felt so good. We then relaxed and napped for about 40 minutes.
Coming back down my legs were a bit shaky, but it felt so good once we were done. We hiked all three peaks!!
For dinner, we stopped and got bunny chow at Sunrise Chip n Ranch, we needed a filling meal!
To celebrate Sara’s birthday coming up on Tuesday, we watched Despicable Me and then went to Boogie to dance the night away!
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