Day 6 - Decision confirmed

Some carried, some pushed, some cried but in the end everyone made it over Leana pass. This is a 6km footpath over the mountains that took us about 3 - 4 hours to do.

After supper last night, we were all shipped off to various huts around the village and everyone reported that they'd slept warm even though the beds were a bit worn and 6 bricks high off the ground to ward off the tokoloshi!

Before sunrise we headed to the base of Leana pass and were slogging away at first light. The weather was clear but the wind was icy cold and blowing a gale - we hardly stopped to take photos - we just pushed on.

At the top we passed the spot where I turned around last year and then made our way to Tenahead lodge for coffee and coke. My decision to turn around last year was a good one as the navigation in this area was quite tricky and I would have been seriously lost.

So we are in Rhodes now where we have caught up with Glen who is sick and are watching Xolani and Adam chase off in the wrong direction. There are some minor ailments in the group but everyone is basically okay. I broke a bottle cage today and have nearly worn through the plastic water bottle but other than that, I am super healthy and Chocolate Brownie is going like a Boeing. Tomorrow we have a hard slog across to Rust de Winter.