"Climbed Duiwelskloof and then walked over to Afrikaskop. We then walked past the Old BTK berghut and down to the dam where we waded through the river. What a time to be alive." — Spaniel • Jul 18, 2020

"Finally submitted Haelkop (Guardian Peak) on my 3rd attempt. First attempt we got lost in long grass up Soysiesbos ravine. Second time I came back to navigate the Haelkop Step (section between the saddle and the 'Koppie' along the ridgeline to Haelkop). We did a circular route, bundu bashing and finding old paths down the Stellenboschberg side of the mountain. " — CraigBurnsStellenbosch • Jul 18, 2020

"Stefan Van Zyl and I walked up from the Dam to the Summit 3hours to 1862m on July 7th in the early morning . We then took out our speedfly wings and flew down in 3min. Makes it a pretty fast FKT of this peak. " — JJwallis • Jul 7, 2020

"Normally we ascent from the eSwatini (Swaziland changed its name) side from the little town of Belembu. However CoVid travel restrictions forced us to ascend from the South African (west) side. Cool winters morning, easy climb, stunning view." — Redshift3 • Jun 21, 2020

"We climbed the Helderberg, West Peak starting at Helderberg farm. It was quite a cool morning with mist covering Helderberg when we started climbing. The wind was blowing quite hard on the north side of the mountain but luckily most of the hike is on the south side. The cool weather made it a very nice hike. It is a beautiful time of the year to hike, because we had good rains so the fynbos were lush and we saw bountiful Proteas throughout our climb especially the last kilometer before you summit West Peak is just beautiful. We did not have much of a view when we sumitted because of the thick mist, but when we started making our way back the strong wind did start clearing out the lower mist/clouds which gave us spectacular views of Strand, Stellenbosch and False Bay. We took the 4x4 road on our way back, and made a slight "detour" when walking back to Helderberg Farm, but overall it is fairly easy to find the right paths. " — schalkburger • Jun 20, 2020