Okay, so I don't know what I was thinking. Everyone kept talking about climbing Table Mountain, so I thought, "hey, why not? I went bungy jumping, didn't I?" However, only craziness is required for bungy jumping. To hike up a mountain, you actually need to be fit -- which I found out rather quickly that I am not. There is a possibility that MAYBE I could have done the easiest route; the group of volunteers that I went with didn't tell me that this was the third hardest. I was reminded of a hike I did in New Mexico long ago - I finished that one, but barely. This pic was taken when we first started out - notice that because I am taking the picture, I am already bringing up the rear. Plus, the steps don't look too intimidating in the picture, but I'm telling you that they got taller and taller. I hung in there for a while, but when I saw the sign that pointed me to the gondola route, I took it. It was still a nice 30 or so minute hike to the place where I could go down the mountain, so that was good enough for me.
I found the above pic on line. The red line shows the path of Platteklip Gorge, the trail I weakly attempted.
Below is a pic I took as I hiked the second trail.
Cape Town Time
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