Soul of the Rising Sun: Jan-Mar 2016

09 Feb 2016 21:55 #66985 by intrepid
To help people, here is a quick check-list for submitting entries.

1. you meet the minimum criteria as a participant
2. your photo meets all the general and theme-specific criteria
3. your entry has a creative and original title
4. your entry has a story behind the photo
5. you have uploaded the photo in the relevant album, with the title
6. you have announced your entry on the relevant thread, together with the title, the story behind the shot, a link to the picture in the gallery, as well as a copy of the photo embedded into the post.

Please do take note of the full rules still:
www.vertical-endeavour.com/blog/23-general/this-site/236-governing-rules-for-essence-of-the-dragon.html

Take nothing but litter, leave nothing but a cleaner Drakensberg.
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10 Feb 2016 07:18 - 10 Feb 2016 09:30 #66986 by ghaznavid
My entry: Sehonghong Sunrise



The story: Myself and AndrewR were on a 3 day hike at Vergelegen, only to find that Sehonghong Cave was flooded. We had no tents and didn't want to go down to Nhlangeni Cave, so we opted to bivy in a cubbyhole and get an early start the next day. Setting off at 4:50AM, we were rewarded with this view!

www.vertical-endeavour.com/gallery/drakensberg/featured-images/soul-of-the-rising-sun-jan-mar-2016/sehonghong-sunrise-1272.html

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Last edit: 10 Feb 2016 09:30 by ghaznavid. Reason: Happy now Smurf ;-)
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10 Feb 2016 09:25 - 10 Feb 2016 09:34 #66988 by Smurfatefrog
I know men are generally not the best at reading rules, manuals etc, but sheesh guys you're shaming us!

Three people have entered so far:
One uploaded 3 entries
One uploaded 1 an entry but didn't post in this thread
One posted in this thread but didn't post a link to the gallery yeah Ghaz
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10 Feb 2016 18:53 - 10 Feb 2016 23:50 #66990 by Richard Hunt
Eishhh, these men!! :silly: well thanks Smurfatefrog for waking us up!! Here is my photo of a sunrise near Mkhomazi Pass, taken on day 10 of a GT. Its not often that a morning greats you with such intensity, and mostly in the cooler months. I actually got out my bag and waited for this shot.
Title: Morning Glory
www.vertical-endeavour.com/gallery/drakensberg/featured-images/soul-of-the-rising-sun-jan-mar-2016/morning-glory-1270.html#joomimg

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Last edit: 10 Feb 2016 23:50 by intrepid. Reason: added title
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10 Feb 2016 23:56 #66991 by intrepid
That's right get yourselves in line before Smurf gets really mad! :laugh:

So you got your proper sunrise shot ghaz, well done.

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11 Feb 2016 08:06 #66992 by eisbein
@Richard , thats an insane photo!!!
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12 Feb 2016 11:29 - 16 Feb 2016 09:43 #67001 by LouisvV
House of the Rising Sun

"There is a house in the Drakensberg, and they call it the Thutumi Hut". This was my first time up at the hut doing a 3 day loop with my wife up Organ Pipes pass. We woke early to watch the sun rise over KZN and colours was just unreal. This hut is truly in a awesome setting in the Drakensberg.

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www.vertical-endeavour.com/gallery/drakensberg/featured-images/soul-of-the-rising-sun-jan-mar-2016/house-of-the-rising-sun-1275.html#joomimg

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12 Feb 2016 14:36 #67008 by Drakensbergie
My second is from Ifidi Cave. I went for a quick up and down via the Chainladders on 7 Jan 2016, and spent the night overlooking a storm from a comfortable and cozy cave. The next morning, everything had cleared up and this is what I woke up to.




www.vertical-endeavour.com/gallery/drakensberg/featured-images/soul-of-the-rising-sun-jan-mar-2016/veni-vici-ifidi-1273.html#joomimg

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22 Feb 2016 09:10 - 22 Feb 2016 10:32 #67105 by Redshift3
OK my apologies for not reading the competition rules first time around :whistle: Herewith my photo submission taken mid January. We climbed up the Camels Back into Roland's, thereafter we slowly made our way south via Sugar Loaf to Didima cave and down Ships Prow. The pic was taken early morning, day four at Sugar Loaf Mountain.



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22 Feb 2016 09:25 - 22 Feb 2016 09:29 #67106 by Redshift3
Louis the pic titled "House of the Rising Sun" is awesome, and the title is so apt!!

“You need special shoes for hiking — and a bit of a special soul as well.”
Terri Guillemets
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