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The Milky Way Marathon Dark Zone
Running Under the Stars: The Milky Way Marathon 2025
  Swapping Stormy Cape Town for the Freezing Karoo We left Cape Town early on Saturday, 28 June 2025, in pouring rain—one of those relentless winter downpours that feels like it’s soaking...
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13 Peaks Completing Suther Peak
Su(ff)ther Peak and Chapman's Peak: Wet Bums and a Whole Lot of Adventure
13 Peaks Challenge Cape Town           Hiking Peak 6 and 7 of the 13 Peaks Challenge, 21–22 June 2025 Peak 5 Behind; Peak 6 Ahead When you sign up for Cape Town’s legendary 13 Peaks...
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13 peaks challenge peak 5 Klein Leeukoppie
Drenched on Little Lion’s Head: When Rain and Wrong Turns Rule Your 13 Peaks Adventure
        The Best-Laid Plans (Drenched in Reality) Monday 16 June dawned grey and moody—typical Cape Town winter weather. It was meant to be leg 3 of our 13 Peaks Challenge. For Peaks...
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Signal Hill 13 Peaks
Chased by Wind, Guided by Numbers: The first 4 peaks of the 13 Peaks Challenge
We began our 13 Peaks Challenge on Friday the 13th at 15:31 under a windless Cape Town sky. With mysterious coincidences, brutal wind, and an unexpected rescue, here’s how our first...
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Running the 2025 Slave Route Challenge: Why South Africans Must Stand with Palestine
A powerful reflection on Cape Town’s iconic Slave Route Challenge and the urgent moral parallels between South Africa’s legacy of slavery and Palestine’s struggle for freedom. Bo-Kaap’s...
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Take Back Our Mountain: The Fight to Reclaim Table Mountain’s Trails
Over 200 runners showed up to reclaim the trail from Long Beach to Scarborough, a clear message: safety in numbers.
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HIkers on 16 Mile Beach
The Strandveld Hiking Trail
Strandveld Hiking Trail | Easy 2-Day Hike in West Coast National Park
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Cape Crusade 2025 Trail Run Day 1 Start of Race
The Cape Crusade 2025
An unforgettable weekend of running, adventure, and camaraderie with friends and fellow Crusaders.
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Swart Tobie Hiking Trail Map
The Ultimate Guide to the Swart Tobie Trail
The Swart Tobie Trail is a rare find in South Africa’s hiking landscape — a 5-day wilderness slackpacking trail that traces sea, sand, and soul through the private farmlands of the...
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The Swart Tobie Hiking Trail
Experience the Swart Tobie Trail: 4 days on foot across the rugged beauty of the West Coast. A soulful, slow hike through silence, sea, and legacy.
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'And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.'
John Muir

ABOUT ME

I'm Gabiba. Welcome to the first day of the rest of my hikes ... and runs.

My first hike was a terrifying trip up Lions Head in 2009. Back then there were no staples at the chains section and no-one bothered to tell me there was an easier route up. 

But it was only in 2012 that hiking went from a casual to serious past-time. 

I mention this because I was/am still, sometimes, terrified of heights.

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