Tseketseke pass

Is Tseketseke Pass any better these days?

I've done Tseke Pass before and after the great flood of Noah (one of those times was up and down on the same day). I also walked the lower section shortly before the flood on a trip up Pyramid, and we also walked along there in August this year on the recent VE trip. From my observation it was the lower section of the pass that changed, from the hut up until about S28.99275 E29.16159. There used to be a track of sorts along there, particularly leaving the hut, which worked its way through the bush (thick at times) and generally on the true left side of the boulder bed. Now the section leaving the hut is a very broad boulder flood plain, which gradually narrows. Basically now its a lot of boulder hopping, and some of the boulders can be loose and unstable. The upper section of the pass remained relatively unaffected as far as I can remember since at the point mentioned above, a track takes you up on the grass sloped on the true right of the valley. On my last visit to the area I also noticed a track I had not seen before on the true left of the valley, roughly in this section.

There is now a waterfall which has to be clambered up at about S28.99257 E29.16664 - I don't think this was the case before the flood. It can be bypassed on the bushy slopes.

If you are fine with boulder hopping then you will probably be fine on Tseke. In my opinion the pass is not difficult even in its current form. And some of the very unstable stuff that was around directly after the flood has probably settled down more now. I would say passes like Ifidi, Xeni and Ships Prow present more of a challenge.