Baboons Pass vid

[Gary Stockton]

Not had a proper chance to watch this yet (no broadband coonnection ...) but it should be interesting. Some of you may have seen some of this ...

Caravan up Baboons Pass??

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[SpinDrift]

Had seen this one a while back. There is a caravan out there if anyone wants to claim it. Not sure what she was saying but I dont think he impressed his lady friend.

Gary, do you know this pass? Have you been there? Looks interesting - without the catavan.

Here is an article about the place: http://www.driveout.co.za/destinations/baboons-pass-grip-baboon Definitely not caravan land

 

[Andrew Prince]

There are some interesting trip reports on LCCSA of trips up Baboons Pass. I haven't been up it myself but have done a few others in Lesotho and the tracks are ROUGH. There are others that are even tougher than Baboons - the question is always how much road building do you want to do and how much risk are you prepared to take? Lesotho is fairly remote and high altitude (>10,000 ft above sea-level) so rescue choppers are not a phone call away and ambulances, if available, are hardly going to make it up those passes!

That caravan episode attracted a lot of flak as the vehicle clearly damagaes the road more than it would without the 'van and the 'van is hardly necessary...

 

[Gary Stockton]

No fit hand knowledge unfortunately. Love to go there one day. Some of the folk on LCCSA have been there more than once - and I think someone has towed a caravan up there successfully - could be wrong though.

I'll dig out some of my Richtersveld 'Road to Hell' footage and post that up for comparison - now that was an epic rescue!!

Here's a secondary trip - no rescue:

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And go google it ...

 

[adrianr]

Looks like you really would have to keep your wits about you or it could end badly...

 

[Crispin]

Looks like a lot of fun. Odd though, the guy in the LC did not look very "instructor like". A few times you could see the red mist descend he just boots it. The LR did the same (and paid the price)

 

[BRE Fabrications LTD]

I think that a more apt name for that clip would be "How not to do baboons pass".

4x4 guru's my arse!

 

[silvercruiser]

I think that a more apt name for that clip would be "How not to do baboons pass".

4x4 guru's my arse!

more like ill equiped leadfoot numpty's

still looks a good challange though

 

[SpinDrift]

a case of them having made baboons out of themselves .... and that is how they came to name the pass

 

[dyladams]

This is not my trip report but interesting non the less and since it's on an open form.....

http://www.4x4community.co.za/forum/att ... 1322677735