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Hiking the Mpumalanga mountains

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Breatht=taking views: The author takes in the sights during the hike

A two-day hike is never easy; neither is the FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). Again, there is something special about carrying the blue, black and white flag of Botswana in a foreign land, regardless of whether one is personally representing oneself or being there on behalf of the country.

So, when the body wanted to give in after a 10-hour hike up the Elangeni trail with endless, ruthless yet beautiful mountains, something kept reminding me that, behind my backpack is a Botswana flag and just this was motivation enough to keep going. They call it a moment of ‘mind over matter’.

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