#ooskaap

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Running with #dinosaurs; walking with elephants... #Day2 done and dusted at @gztrun near #addo, and yet again the incredible #OosKaap delivered on some stunning running. Grasslands traverses, montane #singletrack, dinosaur cycadifolia, close encounters with elephant at one of the nearby lodges, a superlative #sunset and 5-star food. Like really, can it even get any better than this? Our fabulous hosts @zuurberg_mountain_village and #Hayterdale trails have certainly pulled out all the stops, and I cannot imagine not being back here next year to shoot this beaut of a #trailrun. Doing it on the @giant_liv #stance #eBike!? That's like having your cake and eating it, Bru ... zigging trails, downhills at speed, and humming easy tunes while cruising those impossible climbs. Take my money! Please 🙌🏻🙏 The @ultrarunningsa boys put foot today to claim a win over @traceyannecampbell and @lizakingston today, so tomorrow is down to the wire 👌 More results and images soon from the @ozone.africa team - shot for the backup @craig_giese_photography 👌🙌🏻 #ZuurbergMountainVillage #GZTR19 #GreatZuurbergTrailRun #MERRELLZA #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe #trailfun #garminsa #beatyesterday #GZTR19 (at Zuurberg Mountain Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByMgsviJ78N/?igshid=lil2syvewofv

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I mentioned our #Teebus @ozone.africa ascent in my earlier post below ... this is what it looks like at the top, courtesy of the @gopro #Fusion360 from @goproza #fokkenscary 😬 ---- I'm an #OosKaap boytjie, so the odds were always high I'd enjoy #Trek2Teebus and the #steynsburg region as a whole. I never realized how much, though ... In a way, it was like coming home, I suppose. The Baviaans River Conservancy where I grew up is but a couple of hours away, and I felt like a 56yr old kid let loose within a familiar outdoor playground. Rooigras seeds in your socks, the Lego jumble of ysterklip koppies, the whistle of wild rheebuck on windswept ridge lines, the smell of the fertile red soil ... it all felt comfortably familiar. Although our focus was on the 2nd edition of the @trek2teebus #Karoo #MTB Adventure, the @ozone.africa crew did duck into the mountains a few times. Our first adventure was a lightning fast ascent of the iconic #Teebus copy, followed a couple of days later by a ridgeline #trailrun recce for a potential #Trail2Teebus Stage Run. Keep your ears open for further announcements 😏 It was as always great to have my #oZone tjaaina @zaneschmahl as wingman, and with key adventure brands @isuzusa, @FrontRunnerZA, @spotafrica and @sealandgear on board. It's all about #trust. Loved spending time with @rohangermishuys, @fleurvaneeden, @rudiboth and their superb team. You guys feel like family, and I cannot wait for the next adventure 🙏💙 Some top 📸 by @zaneschmahl 🙌🏻 #Trek2Teebus #Trail2Teebus #Teebus #northerncape #easterncape #trails #trailrun #climbing #mtb #adventure #steynsburg #aonijie #vivolicious #vivobarefoot #sealandgear #discovernewpaths #IsuzuSA #WithYouForTheLongRun #africa #travel #frontrunnerza #BornToRoam #spotx #getloststayfound (at Eastern Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw6lBZaipJ8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gyl0amg86xmf

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I mentioned our #Teebus @ozone.africa ascent in my earlier post below ... this is what it looks like at the top, courtesy of the @gopro #Fusion360 from @goproza #fokkenscary 😬 ---- I'm an #OosKaap boytjie, so the odds were always high I'd enjoy #Trek2Teebus and the #steynsburg region as a whole. I never realized how much, though ... In a way, it was like coming home, I suppose. The Baviaans River Conservancy where I grew up is but a couple of hours away, and I felt like a 56yr old kid let loose within a familiar outdoor playground. Rooigras seeds in your socks, the Lego jumble of ysterklip koppies, the whistle of wild rheebuck on windswept ridge lines, the smell of the fertile red soil ... it all felt comfortably familiar. Although our focus was on the 2nd edition of the @trek2teebus #Karoo #MTB Adventure, the @ozone.africa crew did duck into the mountains a few times. Our first adventure was a lightning fast ascent of the iconic #Teebus copy, followed a couple of days later by a ridgeline #trailrun recce for a potential #Trail2Teebus Stage Run. Keep your ears open for further announcements 😏 It was as always great to have my #oZone tjaaina @zaneschmahl as wingman, and with key adventure brands @isuzusa, @FrontRunnerZA, @spotafrica and @sealandgear on board. It's all about #trust. Loved spending time with @rohangermishuys, @fleurvaneeden, @rudiboth and their superb team. You guys feel like family, and I cannot wait for the next adventure 🙏💙 Some top 📸 by @zaneschmahl 🙌🏻 #Trek2Teebus #Trail2Teebus #Teebus #northerncape #easterncape #trails #trailrun #climbing #mtb #adventure #steynsburg #aonijie #vivolicious #vivobarefoot #sealandgear #discovernewpaths #IsuzuSA #WithYouForTheLongRun #africa #travel #frontrunnerza #BornToRoam #spotx #getloststayfound (at Eastern Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw6lBZaipJ8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ps96vd9myb2t

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I'm an #OosKaap boytjie, so the odds were always high I'd enjoy #Trek2Teebus and the #steynsburg region as a whole. I never realized how much, though ... In a way, it was like coming home, I suppose. The Baviaans River Conservancy where I grew up is but a couple of hours away, and I felt like a 56yr old kid let loose within a familiar outdoor playground. Rooigras seeds in your socks, the Lego jumble of ysterklip koppies, the whistle of wild rheebuck on windswept ridge lines, the smell of the fertile red soil ... it all felt comfortably familiar. Although our focus was on the 2nd edition of the @trek2teebus #Karoo #MTB Adventure, the @ozone.africa crew did duck into the mountains a few times. Our first adventure was a lightning fast ascent of the iconic #Teebus copy, followed a couple of days later by a ridgeline #trailrun recce for a potential #Trail2Teebus Stage Run. Keep your ears open for further announcements 😏 It was as always great to have my #oZone tjaaina @zaneschmahl as wingman, and with key adventure brands @isuzusa, @FrontRunnerZA, @spotafrica and @sealandgear on board. It's all about #trust. Loved spending time with @rohangermishuys, @fleurvaneeden, @rudiboth and their superb team. You guys feel like family, and I cannot wait for the next adventure 🙏💙 #Trek2Teebus #Trail2Teebus #Teebus #northerncape #easterncape #trails #trailrun #climbing #mtb #adventure #steynsburg #aonijie #vivolicious #vivobarefoot #sealandgear #discovernewpaths #IsuzuSA #WithYouForTheLongRun #africa #travel #frontrunnerza #BornToRoam #spotx #getloststayfound (at Teebus, Northern Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwzdxVvJ-EN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18xye1fsxmtlm