I am no climber, not self or otherwise proclaimed, and what follows should not be seen as a definitive guide to the Spitzkoppe. I have also never been to the Matterhorn, the comparison inspired by a simple google search of “Spitzkoppe”, so I can in no way attest to the accuracy of the statement “Namibia’s Matterhorn”. In spite of this, it has an adventurous ring to it – climber or not. In June this year a group of friends and I managed to summit that great granite beast known as the Spitzkoppe, and here’s hoping that qualifies me to tell the tale of summiting it.
The epic began some months earlier when a friend of mine added me to the WhatsApp group “Spitzkoppe Summit”. The name said it all, the plan was to summit the Spitzkoppe. Simple as the plan was, we had to get a few things in order before setting off – assemble a team, beg, borrow or steal the necessary equipment, learn how to climb and finally go climb that mountain.
The motley six, as I’ve named us, included: Luke Brinkman (the founder of the Whatsapp group), Joe Lichtman
