No. The Klipspringers were about 50m up the slope from the picnic spot.
Masorini Kopje is an archaeological site where the locals used to forge
steel in olden times. (Also at other sites in the area). The site boasts
a small museum & reconstructed village with some very old original
forges, etc. Apparently Shaka Zulu's scouts captured some of these
steelmakers & took them to Zululand where they made assegais for the
Impis. The Zulu method of fighting with short stabbing assegais, large
leather shields & pincer movements was not unlike that of the Roman
Legions. Various researchers have attempted to reproduce the ancient
forging process without success in spite of chemical analysis of various
slags/materials found on site & passed down oral accounts of how it was
done. Pity they didn't have a written language.
Alan C
On 02-Mar-19 02:50 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Interesting. From a car?
Paul
On Mar 2, 2019, at 6:22 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote:
Haven't posted for a while. Saw this pair of Klipspringers at Masorini in the
Kruger Park this am. Klipspringers are a smaller local equivalent of the famed
Mountain Goats, found exclusively in rocky habitats. They have very coarse fur.
A bit far away for a 300mm but not too bad.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/40290634323/
K5 & HD 55-300 @ 300mm. TAV: 1/1000sec, f8 => ISO 400
Alan C
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