Hikes by 1st Claremont Scouts
Mar 24 2021
On the 6th of February 1st Claremont had one of their first hikes in over six months. It started at Rhodes Memorial and finally ended at the top parking lot at Kirstenbosch. It was a fun yet exhausting experience as most of us hadn’t exercised much over lockdown and weren’t as fit as we liked …
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Nov 04 2020
One of the requirements for my Discoverer was to organise a hike of at least 10km. It was my first time doing this. We started in the Constantia Nek parking lot early on a Sunday morning, and followed the jeep track up Table Mountain. We chose to take the steep stairs at the beginning of …
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Nov 04 2020
On the 12th of September Holly, Rozanna, Ryan and I hiked up Table Mountain via the jeep track to do a 10km hike. This was our first hike since lockdown, our first patrol hike of the year and our first hike without scouters, so it was a pretty big day. Since it was at least …
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There must be a cover page. Log your hike using traditional compass logging techniques. There should be no more than 15 compass points logged and no less than 10. Your log should include in a grid format: the compass direction you are travelling in; The distance you have travelled (rounded to the nearest 100m); comments …
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Please look here before you commence planning Your hike plan must be submitted to the TS at least 5 days before your hike. It must include: Cover page A description of your route. A map of your route, with the route clearly marked (Google Maps is NOT sufficient). Weather forecast. Which scouts will be attending. …
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Apr 08 2020
When I started planning by Springbok hike, I selected a nice route across the front of Sneeuberg. After the planning was mostly complete I had to scrap my first hike route. I was unable to get a permit because the area of the Cederberg I was planning to hike in was full. This all meant …
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Apr 08 2020
This was my first time caving… I thoroughly enjoyed going caving. It was interesting and provided me with an excuse to eat a delicious shop bought lunch (which I know everyone always likes). It was a boiling hot and sweaty day (just perfect). The hike up consisted of steps, steps, steps and more steps. When the …
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