Khulus

Are you refering to the peak which I refer to as The Auditor or the one I refer to as the Witness? (always fun naming unnamed peaks!)



The auditor (based on my review of a map and seeing it from the top of Bannerman Pass) is definately a khulu.



That peak I refered to above as the Witness doesn't seem to be a peak (according to what it looks like on Google Earth, but I have never seen it from the escarpment), so in my mind I would say it isnt a khulu, but without seeing it, I can't conclusively comment.

Which specific peak are you refering to?

another peak i have just come across is 2km inland from the Long Wall and Giants Cave, its on the SA border, right at the bottom of the EKZNW map (approx 29¤20'40"S, 29¤26'30"E). It isn't within 30 minutes waking range of the nearest peak by normal speed standards (presumably the long wall being the closest peak), and there are about 7 contour lines between it and the long wall (the border obscures the contour lines on the map, so i'm not sure of the exact number). Its near the Lekhoaba river, so presumable it would take on that name. If it is a Khulu it will be in the top 30 highest. Have you come across it and what do you think?

the map shows the auditor at 3188, i know popple is 3331m and actually thinking about it, it is plausible that it is much higher than 3188. I agree it looks like nothing in photos but in reality i think it looks pretty impressive (or more correctly described as daunting, i'll climb it some day)...

Ok it would make sense for that to be Lotheni peak, with it being slightly north of giants i didn't think to look at anything from lotheni. Although the EKZNW maps show that giants pass is the border between the reserves which puts giants castle peak in lotheni...

Cool, so thats what it looks like, not the most impressive looking peak.

The peak that must be the most awesome to stand on the top of has to be the Trojan Wall, if I am correct it is the highest point on the escarpment edge, I look forward to conquering it some time.

My long-term plan is to conquer 100 khulus, and considering that I have no real plans to try the 2 Eastern Cape Peaks (maybe I'll do Ben McD some time, the pics of it always look cool), and I don't plan on doing many Free State Peaks (probably only the Namahadi Ridge area, but its also not high on my priority list), I pretty much plan to cover all Khulu's between Beacon Buttress and Knuckles. 172 peaks less 22 not in KZN less 22 rock climbing peaks leaves me with 128 to choose from. I plan to do all peaks in SA that are over 3300m and may also try the 3400m peaks in Lesotho (Thaba Ntlenyana and Makheka are high on my list)...

I have been checking over the Didima khulus after Tony Marshal and I had difficulty finding Mahout on the recent GT. My analysis of the area has found the following:

Khulus that I can't find and am therefore removing from the list

- Mahout 3109m
- Leopard 3109m (possibly the peak that is at the top of Xeni Pass, but I am imagining that this is Xeni Peak)

Khulus that are not on Mulsh's list

- 3286m peak east of Pampiring, by convention it should be called Eastmans Peak as that would come from the name of the nearest river, but considering that peak has nothing to do with the Eastman's ridge this would be a misleading name. Maybe Pampiring II is suitable
- 3001m Organ Pipes Peak, it meets the special inclusion of peaks named on a map
- 3167m peak between Tseketseke Peak and Cleft Peak, the nearest river is Tseke, so maybe Molareng works for this one as that is its Lesotho river.

I plan to put up a new updated khulu list soon...