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Extreme Sports Africa: Abseil Table Mountain

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A minor wrench had been thrown in our Cape Town itinerary when we learned our scheduled shark dive would have to be cancelled. Apparently the Great Whites, the seven gill cow sharks and other species all mysteriously vanished from False Bay three weeks prior and had yet to return en masse. We were to patiently await word from Simon’s Town about whether the boat would head out at all before we left for Kruger National Park the next week.

We had precious few days remaining in the Western Cape, and we were determined to make the most of them. The previous night, giddy on Pinotage, we had thrown around the idea of abseiling Table Mountain if we found some free time over the weekend. As it turned out, we now had an entire day at our disposal, so in a moment of “carpe diem!” we decided today was the day we conquer the world’s highest commercial abseil.

The only caveat was the “Table Cloth” had rolled over the mountain just that morning, which often halts all operations on the mountain. Always the optimist, Rufio made a call to Abseil Africa, the sole abseiling operator on Table Mountain. We were informed that the guides had gone up that morning and given the all clear, so long as we could get there before the weather took a turn for the worse.

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