Berg Fever During Lockdown

Essence Of The Dragon is a photo competition hosted by Vertical Endeavour featuring images of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains -  showcasing their splendour & unique character, towards better recognition of their worth & enhanced enjoyment of those who explore them.

Vertical Endeavour has hosted these photo competitions since 2010. Visit our photo gallery to see all the amazing shots of the Drakensberg that have been collected during this time.

2020 Bi Annual Category
Theme: Berg Fever During Lockdown
Criteria: show how much you are missing the Berg during the Covid 19 lockdown! This is intended to be a lighthearted and comical theme.
Gallery for entries
No. of entries per member: 3
Start date: immediate
Last submission date:  30 June 2020
Last voting date: 15 June 2020

As an example, this photo was sent to be by Viking:

My entry is called Virtual Endeavour.



Berg Fever is something I suffer from even without a lock down since its typically over a year between each trip. It is things like VE, photos, books, maps, keepsake rocks from significant summits (seen on photo) and above all many cherished memories that keep me going between each visit.

This round is closed for entries.

To decide on the winner, this time we are going to try a fresh approach. All entries have been posted on Vertical Endeavour's Facebook page . It's simple - the image that attracts the most number of likes on Facebook wins! So please visit the page, find the photos which have just been uploaded and like you favourite. You can encourage your friends to like your favourite photo, even if it is your own.

Provided we get a good response to this new voting system, we will determine the winner on Monday evening, 13 July.

And the winner is Virtual Endeavour