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South Africa
Table Mountain is a genuine mountain in the middle of a city. It is also more dangerous than it looks, mostly because of how easy the start is.
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Pillar guide
Climbing Table Mountain: Routes, Timing and Wind
Three ways up, one cable car down, and the reason it closes so often
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Destinations in South Africa
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South Africa in photographs
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