While we had planned on going shark diving today, Unreal Dives (which, given their current performance, I would NOT recommend), said they "never received a re-schedule" after the "inclement weather" the previous day, even though we did, which is total bullcrap. We woke up at 5am to be picked up by them, and of course, no one came. We are currently "re-scheduled" for tomorrow, lets see how that goes...
So, we were already up, and since we had planned on doing this at some point, we decided to climb Table Mountain, taking the "easy" trail. Ohhh how funny that was...
To prepare, we wanted to bring a lunch with us. We went to this little cafe, and for just over 4 bucks (or 30 rand) I bought a half-sandwich of grilled veggies, berry sauce, and goat cheese. Without a doubt, the most amazing sandwich i've had in the past month (very similar to Wisey's, for those of you in DC). Kaitlin thought it would be good to bring a Quiche on the climb to eat at the top... oh so wrong, so very very wrong. I'll get back to the Quiche later...
We took a cab to the base of the mountain (which has a cable car for those tourists who aren't feeling as adventurous, are lazy, or are clearly smarter than we were), and got out towards the easy trail. We looked up to about 1100 meters of path and rock (3000+ feet or so, I think, I'm going to grow to hate metric...).
About 300 meters up we slowly started to regret the climb (it was tough as hell!), even though we had a few people pass us (who had clearly either climbed this before or were incredibly avid hikers).
As I made my way up, I started to smell a strange sent from my backpack, the very same backpack where Kaitlin decided to stuff her Quiche... and of course, the box had sprung a small leak. Her quiche came with a salad, which was sitting in her bag My bag, now firmly scented of tasty vegetables, grew heavier with the thought of having to clean it out. Luckily, I had about 700 meters left to make fun of Kaitlin for bringing a Quiche on a mountain climb, which inspired many-a-fun joke and song.
(To the theme of The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
On the Mountain, this Mighty Mountain, Kaitlin eats a Quiche
Or even better: A salad and a quiche are sitting in a backpack. The quiche manages to squirm his way over to the salad and says "Phew, boy, it sure is hot in here!" to which the salad replies "OH MY GOD A TALKING QUICHE!"
So, after having a few bites of her delicious quiche, we continued (and finally) made our way up the mountain. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it was so amazingly rewarding once we got the top and walked around. The views were breathtaking, and we could see everything in a nice 360 degree view.
We cable car'd it down (we were exhausted!) and took it easy the rest of the day, grabbing a small and nice italian dinner and chilling at our hostel and internet cafe.
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