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Heading out on a little African Jeep adventure

AdamH said:
I applaud you for living your life and taking on this adventure. Too many times in life we pick the easy way or the way most others would support. Those adventures aren’t the ones you think about years down the road. It’s the decisions like this one right here that make you. Have an awesome time.

Additional note. A local guy has that same tent setup on his JKU and seems to love it. Has spent lots of time in it. Will be curious to hear your feedback.
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John N said:
I'm looking forward to hearing about this trip... Have a great time and be careful.
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IAFFCJ said:
SO AWESOME story blade trip all of them. :thumbsup::drool:
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spankrjs said:
Good luck, have fun, be careful :thumbsup::fingerscrossed::wave:
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Thanks fellas, I attempted to stay on-task yesterday to get the issue out. It was damn near impossible after this showed up.

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I couldn't help but take pictures even though I didn't have time to set up good lighting, so I just used a sunny spot on the floor and the midday too-harsh sun outside. It's hard to keep my hands off of it. The feel in my hand is absolutely incredible. The sheath is a work of leather art and the blade is basically beyond description. Will at Vulture sent me a series of pics of it being prepared on top of it all, just amazing. :headbang: Anyone looking for a really good blade, check this guy out. Wow.
 

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Very nice Eric. Have a great trip. Can't wait to see the pics. Now get back to your scheduled medicines in prep for the trip.
 
I wonder what those Africans think when carrying a bucket of water on their head and a bushel of bananas and a $60k Rubicon drives by.
 
It wasn't a 60k Rubicon when Dan got it, but I get what you're saying.

At the airport having a double Bookers to prep myself for a crapload of flying in the next 25 or so hours.

One duffel and a carry on. With Jeep parts inside.

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Realized my brother got me the perfect shirt for this trip a number of years ago on one of his trips to Africa for work.
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Onward!
 

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Let the adventure begin!!!!!!!!!! :bacon::bacon:

Have a great time, this will make these the "good ol' days" sometime at a future campfire :bow: :headbang:
 
Enjoy the trip of a lifetime! Can't wait to hear the stories!
 
Wifi on a long *** flight is second in coolness only to free Woodford :woot:
 
Not sure what Woodford is, but glad you have the WiFi. :wave:
 
Have fun. Get those flights out of the way so the real adventure can start.
 
The AMS-JNB flight SUCKED and the only reason it was livable was because everyone had their own row, it was that sparse.

Quick update, camped in the Jeep two nights, one near the airport and one in a nature Park near the border with Lesotho. Gorgeous here, beautiful weather, amazing views, trees and an incredible short hike. On to Lesotho today to the real mountains.
 

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So, you shipping that J truck home? that windshield and brow would be cool on a later model truck.

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I've been following along on Facebook but I'm crazy jealous! Amazing opportunity! Love it!!
 
Crazy! Those three pics look like they are local here!
 
Connectivity has been a bear and I have had to prioritize the work stuff, sorry.

We left the city asap and headed to a nature park for the first real night in South Africa. Nice hike with some great views and beautiful trees.

The next day we headed to Semonkong to camp on a river after an amazing drive into the mountains, gaining a lot of altitude. We camped and then hiked to the second highest waterfall in the world through a native village that was amazing to see up close.

After lunch we went toward Q'arachs Nek and found a wild campsite that was near a local bar (just a stone but really) but that had a pool table and a bunch of locals were partying. We bought a round of beers to take to the site to make dinner and then came back and partied with them until late. Super friendly and hilarious with tribal dancing to 2Pac and the couple who knew English asking lots of questions. Beers were under or at $1 per and large, so we had plenty of fun.

Today we headed into the mountains onto all dirt roads, heading for a national park in the SE corner of the country. We are paralleling the border in the Maloti mountains and found our campsite on top of one in an old gravel pit at 2119 meters elevation.

Amazing views of sunset and the clouds rolling over the mountains with some distant lightning.

No pic with the slow data connection, sorry. I tried...
 
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We are paralleling the border in the Maloti mountains and found our campsite on top of one in an old gravel pit at 2119 meters elevation.
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METRIC!?!?! Damn BW you're almost sounding Canadian!
 
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