Getaway

BOULDER

Sunrise in the Cederberg and a misty chill hangs over the ochre mountains. The sound of a crash mat slapped on rock rings out through the valley. A boar-hair brush scrapes against a boulder, removing chalk and sediment from hand holds. Boots are tapped on the floor removing small stones from the soles. Two quick claps and a puff of chalk floats up, a lonely cloud in this mountain air so clean you feel like you could drink it. David Naudé

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