Jan-Mar 2014 Rivers in Flood

Another photo of the Injisuthi River crossing. Here we made a chain to pass people along. Some of the anchor points on the human chain were touch and go as the flow in the river wasn't constant. The third guy from right plays Super 15 rugby - so we stuck him in the fastest flow. I was safely on the far left, being generally encouraging. The chain worked well. Several children aged 10 and under made it across safely.

There is another way round all of this, but once you've made the 15 minute walk in from the road to the river crossing, its hard to go back and take the long way round.

Stijn wrote: Once we had passed the first scramble, it started raining, so we decided to have lunch under a shallow overhang in the side of the gully. Needless to say, within 10 minutes the bone-dry gully had a river flowing down it. Within 30 minutes there were waterfalls cascading down the side walls (visible at the top of the image) and the gully was a raging torrent.

That's pretty hectic! I guess we often need a reminder of why these mountains are called the Dragon. I enjoyed that story

mnt_tiska wrote: Mnweni Baths Ghaz?

Not sure if you are making a joke or correcting me - please elaborate...

@mtn tiska I remember crossing this river with ST2 just down stream of your pic one february. The water was up to our waists and we had relatively full packs on, after an aborted attempt up Hiltons due to to much rain.

We started at a lower point and moved diagonally up against the flow of the river had to literally force each step, consolidate after a few, get our breath back for a few seconds and then carry on. Were it not for our hiking poles and my total fear of getting my camera gear wet, I think i would have gone swimming that day!

I vote Monks Cowl

Agreed.