There is no dignified way to come off a mountain in the dark, with a howling gale gusting up to 60km/h, on a perilously steep descent with uncertain footing, fighting your way through chest-high fynbos.
Your mode of perambulation is like an 18-month-old late-walking baby, who stands up for the first time, and lurches from place to place, on the very edge of balance, yet miraculously remains upright.
So the VWS Trail challenge for 2018 has been and gone. Thank you to everybody who turned out on the day and ran with us.
By Kylie Paul – a VWS Marshall’s perspective Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed the day had finally come. And what a day it was! Driving to base
By Jon Meinking – a trail runner & VWS photographer’s perspective There’s something special about being on a mountain at sunrise. Perhaps it’s the promise
WHEN: June 5, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm WHERE: Café Roux Noordhoek COST: R250 We asked for your support, and you brought it.
Rocktail Bush Camp & Harvey World Travel Competition Over the past weeks the VWS has been promoting the sales of raffles for a fantastic prize,
Originally published: Times Live (2018/01/10), Article by: Dan Meyer Photo – VWS firefighters Peter Wynne, Gill Ritchie, Kelly Vlieghe and Debby Hall (by Dan Meyer)
When American postdoctoral student and volunteer firefighter Jen Fill’s kit and uniform were stolen out of the boot of her car in Stellenbosch earlier in
The Cape Aflame Project, a citizen-led initiative born of the March 2015 Muizenberg wildfire that ravaged the Central Section of Table Mountain National Park (TMNP),