“Weekend Trails in the Western Cape” covers 24 two-day hiking trails in the Western Cape — most of which are within a two-hour drive from Cape Town. [...]
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 Slingsby’s range of hiking maps are the best you will find, detailing plenty of hikes, and offering plenty of additional information, adding to your safety and enjoyment of each area. [...]  “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” by Christopher McDougall is a truly entertaining and compelling read – a must for all runners! I think it’s fair to say that this one book has done more for the minimalist running phenomenon than any other single thing. [...] My trail running friend lent me this inspirational book. Lynn Hill began climbing when she was 14. In 1994, she established herself as a climbing legend by being the first person to complete a free ascent of El Capitan’s Nose: 910m of granite! I particularly enjoyed her descriptions of the different climbing styles she [...]  After enjoying my copy of “Common Wild Flowers of Table Mountain” by Hugh Clarke & Bruce Mackenzie so much, I went in search of a slightly more complete guide that would cover the greater fynbos region. “Field Guide to Fynbos” by John Manning contains descriptions and color photographs of more than 1150 species of wild flowers. [...]  This awesome little paperback field-guide is focussed on the more obvious flowering fynbos on Table Mountain. The book is color-coded: the edge of the pages is colored according to the predominent color of the flower in question, making it easy to flip through and identify flowers you come across. [...] |
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