We chat about days 2 & 3 of the recent Ben 10 Eco Challenge which includes Dawid se Kop, The Castle Vulture Colony, Jouberts Pass and the Otto du Plessis Pass.

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A chat about Day 1 of the Ben 10 Eco Challenge 2022.

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We chat about the final day of the recent Wild Coast V3 Tour, and the soty of how the Ben 10 Eco Challenge was born and its evolution.

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We chat about the 4th & 5th days of the Ben 10 Eco Challenge Tour which took place in September.

*Apologies for the quality of the sound at the start (due to some interference with the antenna)

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We chat about Day 2 of the Ben 10 V3 Tour.

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A chat about day 1 of Ben 10 v3 tour.

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Naude's Nek Pass in the news

News of a bakkie that drove down a cliff off Naude's Nek Pass last week reached us quite quickly. We were contacted by Die Burger newspaper for our opinion on how dangerous the pass was, but we assured them that the pass was really not dangerous at all in fair weather. It appears that the 71 year old driver had plenty of experience and was driving carefully. The vehicle behind him, who was videoing the trip, stated that there were no brake lights or skid marks - the vehicle simply missed the turn and went straight over the cliff, falling some 100m and killing both occupants. It is our opinion that the driver more than likely had a heart attack or brain aneurism. Further information indicates that the incident did not occur on the pass itself, but on a side road leading to a farm. Our condolences to the family.

Wilderness National Park

This newsletter was produced from our mobile office at Wilderness National Park - a place of natural beauty and tranquility. It is here that we find the inspiration to create new tours, fresh innovative concepts and recharge our 'mojo' batteries. It was at this very campsite back in 2012 that the first concept of Mountain Passes South Africa germinated - almost by accident.

The purchase of a GoPro video camera was where it all started. Idle minds are not necessarily a bad thing, as a thorough exploration of the User Guide prompted me to try out various ideas how I could maximise on the rather large sum of money laid out on the device.

Hiking, diving, climbing, and mountain bike videos were all quite disappointing, so onto the car it went and with surprisingly good results. I then wondered what I could film from the car and that's where the Eureka moment arrived. Nearby Whites Road was the first pass that I experimented with and here we are seven years later and the tally now stands at 888.

At the time I envisioned a compact website featuring just the Cape's best passes, but that idea was soon scrapped when people started asking about Sani Pass, Long Tom Pass and other major passes all over South Africa. The concept was amended and redesigned to cope with this bigger vision.

So the inevitable question is "What will we do when we have all 1100 passes filmed and documented"?

The reality is that early passes need to be refilmed and the work and progress never stops.

A chat covering the final stages of the Ben 10 Eco Challenge v2 Tour.

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A chat about Day 2 of the Ben 10 Eco Challenge V2 Tour.

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A recap of the first day of the Ben 10 Eco Challenge V2 Tour.

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