‘The Stone Sentinel’ is beckoning… 6, 962 meters… 11 days to trek… -30 degrees at the summit… The 1st adventure of 2013 begins, today! Feb 1st and boy am I ready! Continuing my quest to conquer the Seven Summits, I move onto number 3 on my bucket list, Mount Aconcagua of South America. Standing 6,962m, [...]
Things to Do this Christmas
Christmas. A time for giving, and blessing and having quality time with your family and loved ones. It’s this time of year that gets people feeling all ‘soft and fuzzy’ and wishing to give an extra helping hand or extend some goodwill towards fellow man. December is a magical time where children dream of Santa [...]
Marathon Madness Training Schedule
Like I said in my previous post: Marathon Madness (read it here) I will keep you updated on my progress/training schedule building up to race day. I have been training for the past few months, but will only post my weekly updates for the month of October. I started off with daily runs, slowly building up to [...]
Marathon Madness!
So the old saying goes, ‘all roads lead to Rome!’ But in the new millennium, a number of people have rephrased the statement to “All roads lead to America”! I’m not entirely sure if I agree with this statement but America is exactly where my next challenge takes me. I plan to conquer one of [...]
Mount Elbrus expedition
Final arrangements are being made by Dream World Adventures for the Mt. Elbrus expedition! ‘Team Elbrus’ consists of myself, Christo Moller from Durban, Marisa Caroto and Erika Schwable from Hoedspruit, Heidi Marques and Eldaline Botha from Johannesburg, Deborah Dragone from Cape Town, and Rose Gardner, the group leader …
Vasco Da Gama Yacht Race 2012, from Maputo to Durban
After returning on Saturday 21st April from a whirlwind trip to Machu Piccau in Peru, I started packing for Maputo on the 25th of April, getting ready to take part in the Vasco Da Gama Yacht Race from Maputo to Durban, organised by the Royal Natal Yacht Club …
From the highlands of Peru to the lowlands of the Amazon basin
After leaving the Hotel Monasterio, I climbed on board the Hiram Bingham luxury train that would take me from Cuzco to Machu Picchu. After leaving the station of Poroy, we descended to the plateau of Anta (Pampa de Anta), passing patchwork crops of quinoa, corn, potatoes, and beans …
An awesome end to 2011 for Indlela
“We received a call from Durban Child Welfare in December. They like to use Fairhavens over the Christmas period for ‘emergencies’ and as two of our children were adopted in early December, we had some space that would be left open. Over the Christmas period we had two children abandoned with no place to stay [...]





