Jul 10 2024
For my personal challenge I wanted to hike the 3 Peaks: Devil’s Peak, Mclear’s Beacon and Lion’s Head, all in one weekend. We started at 6:30 on Saturday 23 March at the parking lot for the Saddle on Tafelberg Road. I hiked with my Dad and my godmother Kate. When we started it was dark …
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Apr 04 2024
On Friday the 15th of March Malika, Tristan, James and I went to Groot Winterhoek for James’ springbok hike. The first day of the hike we were hiking up a valley to Groot Kliphuis. There were lots of prickly and spiky bushes and branches that scratched everyone’s legs. We arrived at the beginning of the …
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Apr 04 2024
In the recent January holidays, a group of us went on Jame’s Springbok camp at Delheim Estate, Stellenbosch. The two patrols were originally called The Lizards and The Snakes; and we then changed them to “Pronutro” and “LWeetworths” (with a silent ‘L’ : ). After arriving at Delheim and unpacking, we ate our packed lunch …
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Jul 18 2023
Kestrels Company Termly Report Term 2 of 2023 was very eventful for the Kestrels Company. Many business ventures were pursued , including James’ First Class hike, Juliet’s Discoverer community service, a patrol meeting, a massive profit margin resultant of a badge frenzy, a very wet patrol camp, and an overall 2nd Place in Moscip finish. …
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Jul 18 2023
The Boks Patrol Camp Day 1 of the amazing camp We arrived at the scout hall on a nice early morning and packed the car and headed off, location goedgedacht farm. We overestimated the drive and ended up getting there early and finishing camp setup about 2 hours early. We decided to start building our …
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Apr 19 2023
Community Service Beach Cleanup organised by James
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Apr 19 2023
James organises assistance for the Ladles of Love Soup Kitchen
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Dec 28 2021
The course taught us how to survive in the wild and build shelters. We learned the four basic needs of survival, how to start a fire with flint and steel, different ways to start a fire without matches, the things you need in a small and big survival kit, how to build a weatherproof shelter, …
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