Hikes by 1st Claremont Scouts
Jul 19 2026
On the 16-17th of May, myself, Oliver V, Oliver R, and Saskia embarked on an adventure through the mountain ranges surrounding Montagu. The hike was a physically challenging route. The route on day 1 was clearly marked which made following the path very easy, while the route on day 2 was very flooded and difficult …
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Jul 16 2025
My Discoverer Hike was more of a patrol adventure up the West Coast. We met at my house in the morning and set off to the !Khwa ttu Nature Reserve near Yzerfontein. We were dropped there and explored the San Heritage Museum. The museum was super interactive and interesting, and I’m really glad we could …
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Oct 03 2024
The hike started off with an uncharacteristically short stroll down to the first huts. There was much walking from all parties and much yapping from James about cuts and bulks and other pointless subjects. We were all very shocked when we found the accommodation, as we were expecting a barn with a bale of hay …
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Oct 03 2024
In the July holidays , I went with scouts on the Winter Cederberg. We hiked up the Cederberg mountains and we saw a lot of different things. Some of the hikes were hard for me because I can’t easily climb up a hill. We all slept in really nice rooms and took turns to cook …
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Oct 03 2024
It was a beautiful, sunny day and the weather was perfect. Julia, Oliver, Harry and Malaika were getting ready to go on a spectacular hike into Silvermine with a few stops at Muizenberg Cave and a few other peaks in the area. Malaika nervously checked her phone because Oliver Ringrose was running late. Unsurprising. He …
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Oct 03 2024
On the first day of the hike, we climbed up Kasteelspoort. The weather was extremely miserable that day, with the wind extremely strong. The wind was so strong that it made waterfalls flow upwards! On top of the mountain it started to rain. This was very unpleasant as the wind blew the rain horizontally into …
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Apr 04 2024
The day started off early as we started our journey up to Vlakkenberg Peak. The day was quite warm and the sun was beating down relentlessly. Many water breaks were needed. Along the way we encountered beautiful views surrounded by the mountains. There were not many trees around so we treasured any small bits of …
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Apr 04 2024
On the 21st of January, a brave few adventurous scouts, friends and parents of 1st Claremont set out on a quest of getting to Klassenkop without anyone dying. On the extremely dangerous journey up, the adventurers were met with many a challenge (e.g. Daniel’s choice of route and Daniel himself). Luckily everyone got up fine, …
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