9 Peaks Challenge
THE OFFICIAL SOUTH AFRICAN 9 PEAKS CHALLENGE or SA 9 PEAKS CHALLENGE REGISTER'
In 1994 South Africa was divided up into 9 provinces, each with its own Provincial Government and Capital. This change gave birth to a mountain adventure known as the SA 9 Peaks Challenge set in South Africa, which requires scaling the highest peak in each of the 9 Provinces in South Africa. A combined road trip covering over 3500 km, where you will gain a total height of over 8500 m, almost the height of Mount Everest and hike around 147 km on foot. This challenge can be done over years, months, weeks or days. Four of the peaks require a high level of fitness, proper equipment and clothing, good map and GPS reading skills, while the other four are straight forward and most people with average fitness levels will be able to complete them using simple GPS co-ordinates.
Who was the first person to complete the SA 9 Peaks Challenge? Who was the first woman or the first women's team?, the first mixed team or the first men's team?. Who was the first man or woman to complete the challenge solo? We may never know simply because the first records only appear from January 2008, fourteen years after South Africa was divided into 9 provinces.
THE PEAKS FROM THE HIGHEST TO THE LOWEST IN ALTITUDE:
| PROVINCE | PEAK | ALTITUDE | LOCATION
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KwaZulu-Natal | Mafadi | 3,451 m / 11,322 ft | Injisuthi Camp uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park – Drakensberg Mountain Range | |
| Free State | Namahadi | 3,275 m / 10,744 ft | Witsieshoek via Harrismith. Mount-Aux-Sources - Drakensberg Mountain Range | |
| Eastern Cape | KwaDuma | 3,019 m / 9,904 ft | Via Matatiele on the Lesotho border near Ongeluksnek – Drakensberg Mountain Range | |
| Mpumalanga | Die Berg | 2,331 m / 7,647 ft | Near Dullstoom - Steenkampsberg Mountain range | |
| Western Cape | Seweweekspoort | 2,325 m / 7,627 ft | Seweweekspoort Pass near Ladismith - Klein Swartberg Mountain Range | |
| Northern Cape | Murch Point | 2,156 m / 7,073 ft | Near Nieu-Bethesda - Northern Cape Mountains | |
| Limpopo | Iron Crown | 2,126 m / 6,975 ft | East of Polokwane near Ebenezer Dam - Haenertsburg - Magoebaskloof- Wolkberg Mountain Range | |
| Gauteng | Toringkop | 1,913 m / 6,276 ft | Heidelberg, South East of Jo’burg in Suikerbosrand Mountain Range | |
| North West | Nooitgedacht West | 1,806 m / 5,925 ft | Near Hekpoort - Magaliesberg Mountain Range |
Below is the list of known participants and in time we hope more will be added to keep an accurate database.
'RECORDS OF ALL PARTICIPANTS BOTH SOUTH AFRICAN AND INTERNATIONAL:
If you have completed all 9 of the South African Provincial Peaks, please add your Country and your name to the Official SA 9 Peaks Register.
1. 
|South Africa-Kim Williams
2. |South Africa-Sean Disney
3. |South Africa-Tian Liebenberg
4. |South Africa-Alex Harris
5. |South Africa-Adrian Vincent Saffy
6. |South Africa-Esna Roux
7. |South Africa-Francios McGill
8. |South Africa-Peet Badenhorst
8. |South Africa-Bianca Cooper
9. |South Africa-Colin Cooper
10. |South Africa-Bruce Niland
11. |South Africa-Lourens Potgieter
12. |South Africa-Daniel Barnard
13. |South Africa-George Louw
14. |South Africa-Ruan van der Merwe
15. |South Africa-Greg Avierinos
16. |South Africa-Ryno Griesel
17. |South Africa-Adam Lees
18. |South Africa-Bevan Joubert
19. |South Africa-Carene Joubert
20. |South Africa-David Adams
21. |South Africa-Francios van der Walt
22. |South Africa-Jeandre Gerding
23. |South Africa-Kobus Bresler
24. |South Africa-Justin Parker
25. |South Africa-Matthew Lutz
26. |South Africa-Megan Roux
27. |South Africa-Pamela Buckle
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