Rebellie 4x4 Trail near Clarens in the Eastern Free State separates the wheat from the wets, Philip Sackville-Scott discovered.

The Cruiser is idling as I try to figure out how to drive down a steep mountain slope, across a narrow steel bridge and up a steep, uneven, slippery slope - all in one go. I’ll have to keep left, because if I hit a step up onto the rock on the right too fast, my vehicle could flip. If I stall, it could roll back down the mountainside.

Op die Rebellie-4x4-roete naby Clarens in die Oos-Vrystaat word die koring van die kaf en die manne van die muise geskei, het Philip Sackville-Scott agtergekom.

Die Cruiser luier rustig terwyl ek probeer uitpluis hoe ek teen ’n baie skuins berghang gaan afry, oor ’n smal staalbruggie skiet en aan die ander kant teen ’n ongelyke, gladde, steil hang gaan uitry – alles in een beweging...

Ek sal moet links hou, want ek kan my voertuig omgooi as ek die kliptrap aan die regterkant te vinnig tref. As die enjin vrek, kan ek weer teen die berg af terugrol.

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