After the rains lifted it took a bold (and ignorant) crew to get out to the boulders. There comes a time in everyones trip here to make the decesion, drive to the boulders at all cost, or, walk a little further and save yourself the pain of being sodomized by the Rental Car Man. There is just no room for the former here on this farm, and we have implimented a no car left behind policy. Ralling the cars through the mud and fields has become my favorite pastime. I Absolutly love it. Tommy has alrady sent his rental over the edge and had to re-place it, and Coop and I have more than once buried the Big Up Mobile up to the doors. The one and only rally driver on this trip to have gone where no man has gone before, and have his car show no effects of its adventures is one Paul Robinson. If dude didn't have such a bright future in climbing, I'd say for sure he would be one of the best rally drivers on tour today. I don't even buckle up with him anymore. Badass.

Last week came with it the Rock Stock 2, the annual party in town that brings together all the climbers from around the world that have decided to make South Africa home for the summer. It is put on by local Justin Hawkins, and believe me, he can throw a party. In fact, he is renowned for it. We walked in the bar to the sight of 2 lambs on a spit and all the passionfruit brandy you can drink. Yeah-boy-howdy!!! After filling our bellies once and then overfilling them from the scrap buckets (locals say the best meat is in there?) We drove (designated) ((disclamiers will be in double parenthesis)) about 2 miles from town into the Rocklands before blowing our spare. There we sat the night away until we were rescued. Epic is the name of the game here. There are plans of paving the roads into the Rocklands next year, but I assure you it will not come without loss of adventure and expierence. The dirt roads here are special if you ask me, it has always been this way. The paving of the roads will certainly bring the Cape Town pinicers and loads of traffic into these fragile areas. The seperation between what is 21st century, and what has reamained the "lack there of" here on the farms may be changing. Locals agree.