Platberg summits Feb 2008

I drove down to Harrismith on my own and spent the night below Platberg. The next morning a hiked through some plantations to an obvious grass ramp leading to the top of Platberg. The grass was wet with dew and soon my boots were soaked. However, I made it to the first trig beacon quickly and then walked on a jeep track across the entire Platberg, past a small dam where workers were busy repairing the dam wall. A semi-detached buttress at the very end of Platberg had another trig beacon I was aiming for and by lunch I stood on top. I descended Platberg via the steep concrete road that accesses the dam and spent the night in Harrismith caravan park. The following day I drove on to Memel for some birding, then Chelmsford dam and finally Wakkerstroom before heading back home.