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"After Mont Aux Source I am of to Namahadi. I camped on top on the way back ,and went back to the parking the following morning .It rained almost most of the night. I have been informed that it was 26km but I have walked 32km.
" — williamhugo • Apr 30, 2021
"Irfaan and I came up with this idea after a couple beers at a wedding. Very happy that we managed to get out there. Slept in the building at Sentinel Car Park.
Warning: The road to the car park is terrible at the moment. We went in a Freelander, and it was touch and go.
We summited Namahadi, and came back over Mont-Aux-Sources. Lovely day out in the mountains." — harrymaarsingh • Apr 26, 2021
"We hired a guide and a spot x to assist us to find Namahadi Peak. Needless to say money wasted. The guide told us it wasn't far so we only took 1 waterbottle each. When we came to the point that the guide indicated to be Namahadi I realized that this doesn't come close to the images on the web. We checked the coordinates on my phone and realized still a long way to go... Google maps kept on forwarding the pin point once we reach it. Unfortunately we had to turn around because we then already walked 8 km without water so on return it would be 16km. There are no water on that side only the river 3000+ meters down. Daylight also caught up with us. Back home when we tracked the route we legalized we were only 1.1 km away from Namahadi. So disappointing but valuable lessons learnt. We'll be back! " — annarethafourie1 • Apr 26, 2021
"An exciting summit for someone starting out on Trad Climbing.
The route we took was the Standard Route with Mcleod's Variation. It starts with a 15m D grade rock climb up a river gully at the first rock band. We found this pitch very tricky as there was limited placement for protective gear and the gully was turned into a wet small stream. There is a solid single point belay ring to attach to at the top.
Thereafter we deviate right off the Standard Route up Mcleod's Variation which goes up a 10m Chimney at the top rock band after which the summit is reached.
I really enjoyed the chimney. There were 5 solid point to place gear. If you have large cams you will find placement for them but I managed to place gear in the following order: 1 narrow sling in a cracked rock, 2 sling on a fist sized chock-stone, 3 piton in a hole on the right hand side, 4 a permanently wedged piton on the right, 5 broad 120 sling around a large chock-stone finishing off on two permanent belay point anchors on the top.
I'd recommend if you're a beginner at trad like I am to attempt the route in dry conditions at least 2 days after a light rain in order to get up the first pitch ok.
" — CraigBurnsStellenbosch • Oct 4, 2020