Devil's Peak and Table Mt.

So today was a very busy day for me. I got up early with a few friends and went to hike Devil's Peak and Table Mt. It was looking like really great weather this morning, sunny and warm. We got there about nine or ten I think after a crazy taxi ride up the winding mountain road. We then proceeded up the goat path of a trail that was there. After hiking about fifteen minutes we stopped to turn around and were amazed at how far down the road already was. That feeling persisted for most of the rest of the way up it. There was a really awesome ridge line off the side part way up that we got a lot of really great pictures from. Continuing up from that we scrambled up to the summit and spent a good while up there in the sun. The clouds started to move in a little though, but it was still great up there. After plenty of goofing around and lots of pictures, we made our way back down the peak, walking along the ridge and looking down into Cape Town the whole way. It is an amazing view of the city from up there. After making our way back down almost to the road, we decided to summit Table Mt as well even though the clouds had moved in pretty thick. It was still looking like a good hike. We got to hike up this crazy gorge in the picture. Most of the way up it was thigh high stairs of rocks with a lot of chicken wire holding them together. We blasted up this trail to the top in about an hour. I have not been that tired in quite a while. But once there, we walked over to the tram to get our nice ride down. I never thought walking down was very fun anyways. I will certainly be back there again soon when it is clear, because we walked by a lot of lookouts on the way to the tram that must be stunning if its clear. After getting down and back to the lodge, I also went out to the aquarium at the waterfront. Pictures of all of this are up on my site now.

Back to work in the settlement tomorrow. The project could be changing a lot because 8 shacks burned down near the community center in the Park over the weekend and we may be reorganizing our plans to redevelop the community a little quicker now that this opportunity is here. Everyone was ok in the fires, but there are a number of people without homes now and we will be trying to work all of that out this week. Hopefully we can find a good solution. All of us are still struggling a lot to get a solid focus on the project, but we are confident it will come soon. Just have to keep gathering info and experience in the area and do what we can. Can't believe its already week 2. I feel like its gonna fly by. Bed time now, talk to you all soon.