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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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I bought a tiny @djisouthafrica #djimini early in 2020. Around the size of a fattish Cape sparrow, this is about as backpackable and non-invasive as a drone can get. The images below are the last visual harvest from this tiny little fly-machine with makulu-skop, after a raptor at #CedarFalls decided it resembled a rather stupid bird. Said falcon made short shrift of the drone as it hovered in the airspace above one of the rugged #baviaanskloof gorges, striking it disdainfully and shattering it in a dozen pieces. RIP, my magical aerial friend :-( Moving on. The photos recovered from the drone's SD Card do one thing: they capture a gargantuan vastidiousness (yes, I know this is not a word) within this World Heritage Site wilderness space. The #trailrunners participating in last weekend's @leopardtrailrun literally become a real-time #WheresWally puzzle as they recede to miniscule specks within the unrelenting natural grandeur. Serrated peaks, convoluted gorges, mountain meadows, shimmering rooigras ridgelines, shard-shattered scree slopes, kloofs awash with restios sedges ... there's so much more to this space than just the 3-day stage run. Utter nature immersion awaits in a hideaway world where visitors will discover Shamanic San rock art; a meandering #mtb trail and flow-track; wild horses roaming upon grassland plains and mind-expanding breathing space ... Book 2021 now with @ecobound_adventures 🐆 #ECOBOUND #ecotourism #leopardrun #leopardtrail #Kouga #KougaTourism #polarsa #polargritX #IsuzuSA #TheresWorkToDo #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #CoreMerino #naturalwool #djisa #flydji #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe (at The Leopard Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGm6NfMJrq5/?igshid=1foh9satg0kd2

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francoispistorius · 5 years

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• S P O R T Y • @errefashion @core_merino @lorenjenneker @bossmodelsjhb #sporty #errefashion #coremerino #sportwear #sportfashion #rooftopshoot #sunset #activewear #sportsdesign #pretoria (at Pretoria, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByHtrDQFFIU/?igshid=1s14hqrlxk9g

#sporty #errefashion #coremerino #sportwear #sportfashion #rooftopshoot #sunset #activewear #sportsdesign #pretoria

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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The views were immensely wide. Everything that you saw made for greatness and freedom, and unequalled nobility" . - Karen Blixen . . Expedition: #BeyondLockdown Timeline: Day 13 Distance: 5 372km Province: Mpumalanga Region: Hoedspruit Destination: #mariepskop . . Today, we stood atop Mariepskop, named for the Pedi Chief, Maripi, and as in Karen Blixen's 'Out of Africa', we felt the energy of this remarkable continent seep deep into our bones. And once again, we could only marvel at the rich diversity of our intoxicating country. . . This raw and uncharted collection of gritty peaks, eroded ridges and looming sandstone walls slab up from the #Lowveldt plains, and is technically part of the northern #Drakensberg. This - and the hide-away village of #Phiring - was our 7th provincial stopover on this year's #BeyondLockdown #Expedition with Isuzu South Africa and it is a section of South Africa that I recall vaguely from family road trips to #KrugerNP many a decade ago. . . Mariepskop itself is terra incognito for all of us, though. A rutted track winds from Lowveldt plains via first scraggly plantations and then dense, primary #afromontane forest, before you boom onto the unexpectedly vast #fynbos summit. The protea, restios and heather seem completely out of place, and you could as well be lost in the Groot Winterhoek wilderness. We were joined by ecologists from Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region and Conservation South Africa . . There are many stories to tell, with our visit to #Phiring community tourism project a real highlight. The hike into a wild Kloof with the enthusiastic young From the Region for the Region eco-monitors rate as unforgettable. but we will share all of this in due course. Right now, we are back in the #isuzuMUX cruising the tarmac curves to the east in anticipation of ocean time at iSimangaliso Wetland Park in #KZN 🌴🍃🌊 . . This 9000km #BeyondLockdown journey was made possible by @isuzusa with support from @dunloptyres 🙏 . . #ISUZU #WITHYOUFORTHELONGRUN #DUNLOPTYRES #FRONTRUNNERZA #SPOTAFRICA #POLARSA #BALEIAWINES #coremerino #BEYONDEXPEDITIONS #KZN #OZONEAFRICA #ANDBREATHE (at Kokkariba Guest House) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9lW4gpnuU/?igshid=1tpps2bewm0tk

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jacquesmarais · 7 years

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The #trailrunning #adventure continues with @_ecobound_ as we recce the #leopardtrail in the #baviaanskloof, one of #southafrica's truly wild places. Dramatic scenery and vast #mountainscapes make this the perfect place for a brand new #trailrun stage race... See if you can #spottherunner 🤔🙌 // #ecobound #sonyxperiaza #xzpremium #tomtomsports #getgoing #coremerino #mooveapproved ~ 📸 on @pentaxians / @clikelite / @peakdesign / @3LeggedThing (at Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve)

#ecobound #trailrunning #tomtomsports #coremerino #sonyxperiaza #mountainscapes #trailrun #mooveapproved #southafrica #spottherunner #xzpremium #getgoing #adventure #leopardtrail #baviaanskloof

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jacquesmarais · 7 years

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According to my @tomtomglobal #Adventurer activity history, I logged nearly a dozen different types of #exercise activities this past month. (I prefer to think of it as 'playing outside') 😀 These ways of playing included the usual suspects such as #mountainbiking, #hiking and #trailrunning, and with no less than 7 #surf missions to sync into the winter swell. Add a handful each of #gym visits, #swims and #yoga sessions, all topped off with a #horseride, a #sup paddle or two, and a #snorkel... Life may be too short for just one #sport, but you can bet it's gonna be all out #mtb for the next five days at the fantastic #TourDeTuli! You can't go wrong with 4x days of endless elephant #singletrack, right 😀🙌 #nedbank #tdt #botswana #zimbabwe #biketour #mountainbike #coremerino #movemybicycle #wilderness #giantbikes #tomtomsports #getgoing #sonyxperiaza #xzpremium (at Botswana)

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jacquesmarais · 7 years

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Such a cool birthday #seakayak paddle with @karynmarais today. Big swell on our blade from #longbeach past #romanrock and then onto a chilled #falsebay coastal loop, eventually breaching into the run past #bouldersbeach. Stunning imagery from the @tomtomglobal #banditcam, arguably the best little #actioncam on the planet. Picked up a few seals, but no southern right whales or great whites to be seen. All images 📸 on @tomtomsports #bandit. #tomtomsports #coremerino #vivolicious #mooveapproved #outdoor #kayak #lovecapetown #beautifulsouth (at False Bay)

#seakayak #tomtomsports #lovecapetown #vivolicious #banditcam #bouldersbeach #beautifulsouth #coremerino #actioncam #falsebay #kayak #mooveapproved #romanrock #longbeach #bandit #outdoor

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jacquesmarais · 7 years

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Where else but at incredible #isimangaliso ... Here you can #trailrun, go #horsebackriding, crank a stunning selection of #mountainbike trails, paddle, #snorkel with #moray eels, see 526 species of #birds, see the #big5 up close, and generally play to your heart's content. There's no better #family holiday destination anywhere in #Africa 🙌 ~ 📸 on @ricohpentax, @tomtomglobal and @sonyxperiaza // #coremerino #vivolicious #salmingrunning #vivobarefoot #hitecsa #giantbikes #pentax #clikelite #3leggedthing #mooveapproved #tomtomsports #getgoing (at iSimangaliso Wetland Park)

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jacquesmarais · 7 years

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According to my @tomtomglobal #Adventurer activity history, I logged nearly a dozen different types of #exercise activities this past month. (I prefer to think of it as 'playing outside') 😀 These ways of playing included the usual suspects such as #mountainbiking, #hiking and #trailrunning, and with no less than 7 #surf missions to sync into the winter swell. Add a handful each of #gym visits, #swims and #yoga sessions, all topped off with a #horseride, a #sup paddle or two, and a #snorkel... Life may be too short for just one #sport, but you can bet it's gonna be all out #mtb for the next five days at the fantastic #TourDeTuli! You can't go wrong with 4x days of endless elephant #singletrack, right 😀🙌 #nedbank #tdt #botswana #zimbabwe #biketour #mountainbike #coremerino #movemybicycle #wilderness #giantbikes #tomtomsports #getgoing #sonyxperiaza #xzpremium (at Botswana)

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