Greetings from Cape Town!

[chrisinhouston]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

That sure doesn't look like 3,000 meters - maybe they meant 3,000 feet?

You're rignt, about 3040 feet.

Here's the real news... I got up at 1:30 to pee pee and looked out the window and the mountain was up in flames. Apparently there was a fire somehwere that got out of control and now they've had a huge fire storm that was pretty spectacular to watch. I used my 12 x binoculars and you could see flames going up a few hundred feet in the air. I'm a few miles away and the fire covered a third of the mountain. Glad we got to go up there because now I imagine it will be closed for awhile.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Wow, that must have been quite a sight, hope it didn't singe the cable car.

Waiting with bated breath for your next installment, so please be careful.

[dar512]

The Telegraph has a picture.