The Magaliesberg Mountains are named after the Tswana chief Magali who ruled during the time white pioneers ventured into this part of the world for the first time. The Magaliesberg provides deep gullies and kloofs that run as much as 100 metres or 328 feet deep.
We had the opportunity to go kloofing which is a popular activity in South Africa. Kloof is an Afrikaans word meaning gorge or ravine. A kloofing trip involves hiking, climbing, sliding, jumping, swimming and falling.
I know it looks like we are just playing around in this picture but I was seriously scared for my life a few times during this kloofing trip. You can't see how high this rock wall is but many times we would have to stand flat against the rock and inch sideways to get across. Oh and we saw a poisonous boomslang snake on the rocks that jumped into the water with us!
We spent the night in tents and got to see a beautiful African sunset. Priceless.
In South Africa, one of the most important words you can learn is braai which means barbecue or roast. An important distinction between a braai and a barbecue in the States is the use of an open flame opposed to gas. This is a social custom that is taken very seriously by Trent who goes all out. For dinner, we had different kinds of meat (chicken, steak and boerewors), veg and garlic bread. Delicious.
I didn't really think I was afraid of heights until we climbed up and down huge boulders. Reminds me to give praise to God for His power and majesty that is displayed in creation!
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
Isaiah 40:21-23, 25
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