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Plan is as following (plan may change). We are waiting for confirmation that there is snow on the Drakensberg and the Maluti's (eyewitness reports :Geek: ).

Drive down to Himeville on Friday (will be confirmed). Leave Himeville at 06h00-07h00 on Saturday morning, , enter Lesotho via Sani Pass , go via Sani Top (2,873m), Black Mountain, Thabana Ntlenyana (3,482m) and Mokhotlong (if weather permits we can see Mafadi - 3,450m highest point in South Africa almost due east).

From Mokhotlong the plan is to drive on the A1 to Butha-Buthe, and exit at either Caledonspoort or Ficksburg.

Proceed then to either Clarens or Bethlehem and sleep over in the Southern Free State on Saturday night. On Sunday morning we will meet again in Bethlehem a place like Wimpy and from there the Hilux convoy will drive back home.

As you see there is no date connected to this one, it is purely a do it as it happens adventure. So my advice is pack the necessary containers now and keep them ready. :thumbup:

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Heinrich,

Dit lyk baie goed!! As die naweek in Julie is sal ek dit moontlik kan saamry. :thumbup:
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Johan, ek reken dit sal mees waarskynlik Julie wees. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Heinrich, ons is beslis 'bok' my snowboard en ski's is al reeds gepak :thumbup:
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OOOOMS wrote:Heinrich, ons is beslis 'bok' my snowboard en ski's is al reeds gepak :thumbup:
Wiele. :clap: :clap: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Heinrich,

Gaan ons jou by die Thabazimbi naweek sien???
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JohanM wrote:Heinrich,

Gaan ons jou by die Thabazimbi naweek sien???
Ek gaan probeer om daar te wees.

Hierdie komende naweek skiet ek bietjie geweer in, want ek jag oor twee weke en ek het besluit ek moet my geweer se teleskoop skuif.... (stupid idee gewees). :think:

Hierdie trippie gaan redelik flexible wees (en kan julle waarborg dit is nie 3Julie nie, want dan jag ek).
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Heinrich,

Wat van ons gaan in by Buthe buthe en gaan dan op met die Thaleng Pass verby Oxbow tot bo by die Letsend Diamond myn. Van daar af draai ons in na die binneland toe en ry tot by Katse Dam. Jy gaan 4x4 van 'n leeftyd he in die sneeu en ook die dam kan sien.

Die ander opsie is om Van Sani af Thaba Tseka om te ry na Katse dam toe.
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Hoeveel dae praat ons van?
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Traveler wrote:Hoeveel dae praat ons van?
Kan gedoen word oor 'n naweek, hang natuurlik af van die sneew....

Andre julle is meer as welkom :thumbup:
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Solank ons nie "opgehou" word soos 'n trippie verlede jaar van Halfway Toyota nie.... :mrgreen:
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Vat dan net 'n ekstra bottel of 3 OB's saam :thumbup:
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OOOOMS wrote:Vat dan net 'n ekstra bottel od 3 OB's saam :thumbup:
Wat van die biltong en droe wors??
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OOOOMS wrote:Vat dan net 'n ekstra bottel od 3 OB's saam :thumbup:
Wat van die biltong en droe wors??
Johan - los dit by my...ek sal die goed mooooooooi oppas.... 8 ) 8 )
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Ek het nou nog nie in die sneeu gaan speel met my 'lux nie.
Is daar spesiale voorsorg wat 'n ou moet tref ?
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Joshua wrote:Ek het nou nog nie in die sneeu gaan speel met my 'lux nie.
Is daar spesiale voorsorg wat 'n ou moet tref ?
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Joshua wrote:Ek het nou nog nie in die sneeu gaan speel met my 'lux nie.
Is daar spesiale voorsorg wat 'n ou moet tref ?
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:thumbup: :thumbup: Schweet!!!
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Swambo se ons mag dalk ook gaan MITS julle belowe om die Mitsu te tou as ons gaan staan!
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Rampie wrote:Swambo se ons mag dalk ook gaan MITS julle belowe om die Mitsu te tou as ons gaan staan!
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Dit is belofte. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Ons sal so maak Johan. :mrgreen:
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Had a "meeting" about the weekend. And plans are starting to form.

Will share shortly. :thumbup:
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Its starting to get cold and there are reports of chances of snow about - hows the trip looking?
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A definite happening.

But looking towards July.
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I was seriously looking forward to this, BUT, I will not have them finances available after this lekker fix of injectors and dieselpump.

I've proposed that we schedule a trip to Katse the weekend of 24 September (which is long weekend).
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Traveler wrote: I've proposed that we schedule a trip to Katse the weekend of 24 September (which is long weekend).
I was actually hoping to get some snow experience with a lekker group that knows what they're doing. :mrgreen:
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Rampie wrote:
Traveler wrote: I've proposed that we schedule a trip to Katse the weekend of 24 September (which is long weekend).
I was actually hoping to get some snow experience with a lekker group that knows what they're doing. :mrgreen:
Andre byt vas, as daar baie sneew is, gaan ons :thumbup:
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OOOOMS wrote: Andre byt vas, as daar baie sneew is, gaan ons :thumbup:
Goed so, ma ek kanni saam jou ry nie, sal Ramkat te veel verlang! Netnou hijack ek dalk jou trok... :oops:
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Rampie wrote:
OOOOMS wrote: Andre byt vas, as daar baie sneew is, gaan ons :thumbup:
Goed so, ma ek kanni saam jou ry nie, sal Ramkat te veel verlang! Netnou hijack ek dalk jou trok... :oops:
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Het julle al julle trippie gedoen? Ek beplan ook so iets vir die naweek van die 31ste julie.

Gaan hier van Durbs af ry saam met 'n groep karre tot by Sani en daar oor slaap vir die aand, hulle gaan die sondag weer terug maar ek gaan alleen aan. Die plan is van daar af black mountain pass - Mokhotlong - Thaba-Tseka - Katse dam - Butha-Buthe - Fouriesburg en dan op gauteng toe.

Ek besluit nog waar om oor te bly en so aan. As enige iemand raad het sal ek dit waardeer en is dit ok om alleen te gaan, veilig en so aan?
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Ek het met van my kliente in Lesotho gepraat hulle se daar is al baie sneeu daar is n klient in Semongkong wat ek nie in die hande kry nie sal hom mail hy se altyd vir ons waar is lekke sneeu en hoe die paaie lyk .
As julle n datum het laat weet . Hier is n paar Hilux manne wat ek sal probeer ompraat om te gaan .
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Met my broer gesels in BHM, nog nie sneeu van hulle kant op die Maluti's nie.
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Klink my daar's nou 'n redelike spul- dis nou sneeu- op pad- so wanneer?
Sal vir Swamb's moet inprop in spesiale thermal suits, anders kan sy dalk chip en kraak as sy val.
Toe nou die manne wat al het en wat kan, maak plan asb
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het iemand al idee van hoe die snoei lyk ,en waar
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Jag daai week naby Warden, wonder hoe ver is dit van daar af?
Dink as ons die jagtrailer vol sneeu pak sal die vleis mos hou tot ons Sondagaand by die huis kom....
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