Andy Nixon :: Photography & Design

Lightning striking a silhouetted hill with an Oryx helicpted lit up below

A panormic view of the "Little 'Berg" hillsides covered in bright green grass thanks to the summer thundershowers that are frequent in the Drakensberg.

Oryx helicopter flying above a party of rescuers on a slope in the Little Berg

Apricot causing kak again...

Three hikers on a rocky buttress with tendrals of mist drifting up against the cliffs behind

Single person sitting on a round boulder in the mist

trying out the Agusta 109 for mountain rescue

trying out the Agusta 109 for mountain rescue

trying out 2 people on the Agusta 109's hoist - starting small...

... then going large!

...but they didn't manage to pull it out of the sky

An aerial view of the magnificent Ndedema Gorge, filled with indigenous trees, stretching up towards the cliffs of the high escarpment with green grass covered hills on either side. Many Bushman (San) rock paintings are to be found in this gorge.

Aerial view of clouds sitting on the escarpment of the Cathedral Range with sunlight shining through and illuminating the steep green grassy slopes

lunch break on the escarpment

lunch break on the escarpment

Cathedral Range and Oryx

"patient" being realistic...

testing straps

Oryx helicopter hoisting a rescuer and patient in a stretcher off a rocky grass covered slope on the escarpment, Inner and Outer Horns in the distance

Cathedral peak

Aerial view from open door of Oryx helicopter of clouds sitting on the escarpment with sunlight shining through

Agusta 109 playing

Long line training

Long line training

Sgt-Maj Wilie getting ready to hoist field rescue team

High speed up Ndedema Gorge

Flight engineer and mountain rescuer in the cabin of an Oryx helicopter, blurred landcape viewed through open door showing speed and angle of flight

LZ at Dragon's Peak

hiking up the last part of Rockeries Pass beneath the spires that give the pass its name

hiking up the last part of Rockeries Pass beneath the spires that give the pass its name

View of a peak in the Cathedral Peak Range sticking up through the mist and clouds that creep over the edge of the cliffs, viewed from the top of the escarpment

Rob enjoys sundowners - or rather, mistuppers - on the summit

Mist parted to allow a brief glimpse of sunset before closing in for the night

Enjoying the view after a long slog up a an endless hill - clouds around the Cathedral Peak range from the top of the escarpment

Strenous snoozing after lunch

View of the lush green Ntonjelana River valley from just below the upper escarpment

Fireflies in the mist

Camping in Twins Cave - fire an ingenious combination of benzine in a tuna tin in a pot of water...

Hiking the Bell Traverse

Hiking the Bell Traverse

Hiking the Bell Traverse

Heli-hiking - far and away the best way to preserve second-hand knees!

Heli-hiking - far and away the best way to preserve second-hand knees!