- We're climbing Table Mountain via Platteklip Gorge,
the best way to climb the mountain.
Screw the Cable Car.
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Good morning everybody, we're about to climb Table Mountain,
11:40 in the morning, day two of our adventures here
in Cape Town with this one,
who lived here for eight years, trusty little guide here.
We're climbing Table Mountain via Platte,
Platte-- - Platteklip.
- Platteklip, Platteklip.
It's super windy outside, apparently it's very dangerous
to climb in the wind.
- I mean if you guys...
Okay, so Brad's gonna show you how windy it is
at our car level.
- That's why we're inside the car.
- It's about to blow the door open, and yeah.
So times that by 10 and you'll probably get an idea
(chuckles) how windy it is at the top.
- [Brad] Yeah, yeah super sunny, not a cloud in the sky.
But extremely windy and--
- [Robyn] This is normal for this year,
this time of Cape Town.
December's always very windy, just so you know that.
- All right Rob's, let's go and do this.
We've got our little snacks, sunscreen.
- Yeah, make sure you've got-- - Water.
- Water, suntan lotion, it gets very hot up there, yeah.
- She's done this before.
- Be prepared, it's a pretty (chuckles) intense climb.
It's like an uphill like, phew, it's intense.
But Brad like's the intensity, don't you Brad?
- I love adventures. - There we go.
- So does everybody watching.
(laughs) Let's go guys.
- Show you the way. - Let's have fun.
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My gosh (deep breathing), oh boy!
- [Robyn] How you feeling?
- I feel phenomenal, but that is not for a beginner.
No way, you need some level of fitness.
- [Robyn] Look where we've come from.
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- All right my friends, it's super windy.
We'll keep this super short.
We're at the top of Table Mountain, we made it.
This is what it looks like guys,
at the very top.
(wind whooshing)
Hey Robs, how do you feel?
- Good (gusty wind drowns out Robyn).
- [Brad] Yeah, it's so flat up here.
I see why they call it Table Mountain.
- Look at it, it just (gusty wind drowns out Robyn).
- All right guys, hiding behind a rock here
at the top of Table Mountain.
Near the Cable Car, it's completely stopped.
They've stopped running it because of the wind,
it's too windy, so there's actually nothing running up here.
They've closed all the restaurants, cafe's, the Cable Car.
There's no one around here, it's just us
and two other people.
The only way to get up to the top here
is to take that really challenging climb that we just did.
Catteklip. - [Robyn] Platteklip.
- Platteklip sorry (chuckles),
Platteklip, did I say Catteklip?
(laughs)
Hey Robs, how you feel?
(wind whooshing)
(Brad laughs)
We'll come back in just a second,
I got her at the wrong time.
Anyway, so yeah, so it's good to know,
like you can't rely on the Cable Car to bring you back down
if you take Catteklip, Platteklip--
- [Robyn] Platteklip. - [Brad] Platteklip.
You can't rely on the Cable Car being functioning
if the wind is too heavy.
So you gotta plan for a descent during daylight hours.
Take plenty of water with you.
Plan your water intake, two bottles up,
two bottles down kind of thing.
Take some snacks, apples, nuts, all that kind of stuff,
and some decent shoes and you're good to go.
And enjoy the views on the way up.
Make sure you check the weather, hey Robs?
If it's cloudy, don't bother.
Today we're lucky, it's not a cloud in the sky,
really beautiful, except the wind is just insane.
Hey Robs?
Anything you wanna add?
- It does get quite windy during the summer, in season.
(wind whooshing)
So yeah, this is normal for it to be this windy.
- [Brad] Yeah, we're in December now.
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We did it guys, back at the bottom again.
Mission complete. - Okay guys.
- Here we go, here are the stats.
- Two hours, 53 minutes.
10 kilometres, our average was 17.4.
- What an achievement, my legs are killing me,
my quads are so sore.
I feel like I've done a (murmurs) across three hours.
All right we've just finished climbing Table Mountain,
we're here at a little cafe, Robyn's gonna tell you
the name of it in three seconds.
We just ordered some scones, with an Americano in the house.
Look at these scones guys, look at that.
How good is that? Rob's, what's the name of this place,
Lemon and Lime Bidders? - Liquorice and Lime.
- [Brad] Ah, Liquorice and Lime.
- And it's just at the base of, sort of around Devil's Peak,
close to Gardens.
And look at our view, look out the window
you'll see the mountain we've just climbed.
- [Brad] Aw yeah, Table Mountain.
- So it's a really nice place just to finish it off with.
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