Welp, good luck topping this one | Mountain Biking Jonkershoek in South Africa

That is cool. Up early, my first day in South Africa. Got Wayne, my host, cooking some eggs. I hope I don't mess these up. You're fine. You're fine. We're gonna get some breakfast in us. I'm gonna build my bike up. Then we're gonna head out for a little ride. Before I get down in the garage and unpack, I gotta figure out which one of these plugs I can use. It's looking a little dicey. I guess this one will work. Let's see what happens. Plugged in and no blue light, so I'm gonna have to buy some kind of adapter. The bike is out, getting built up. So, Wayne, what's the deal? You're not gonna be able to ride with me? No, my clavicle is still broke. So, busy healing up, unfortunately. No riding today for me, but I'm gonna take you on some sick trails. I've hooked you up with some good riders. It's gonna be sick. Wayne's got this whole thing planned out. It's very, very cool to come and see how he's got me. Today, he's got me with another guy, this guy, and that guy. I'm excited, for sure. Today, we're gonna ride Yonker's Hook, a.k.a. Yonker's Hook. Yonker's Hook. That's it. That one's close enough. Yonker's Hook. I'm sweating my butt off, and we have not even left the garage yet. Yikes. Bike's looking good, though. Everything's all set up. Let's rock it. Hey, that's not bad at all. It's quick and easy, eh? Thanks to Thule. Thule. I have got no idea how to pronounce the name. We say Thule. You say Thule. Yeah. I used to say Thule. Yeah. But people were getting upset with me. Thule for the fire. Thule, yeah. He pays attention, huh? What the heck? The cop is just on this guy's butt, trying to get him out of the way. Did the same thing to Wayne. And now the freaking guy's giving him a brake check. This is Cape Town driving for you, man. No respect for the law. So Wayne was just saying that Johannesburg, the capital, is more like New York. Hustle, hustle, hustle. But these guys here, they're just slowpokes. We are. Just chill, baby. Behind the mountain, at the beach, chilling on the beach all day long. It's what we do. So we're heading into Stellenbosch, which is the wine lands, or as we would call it in America, wine country. Getting closer, and it is beautiful out here. We have made it. Boots on the ground. Yonkershoek. Thanks, Wayne. Got our first snake sighting. This is a big son of a bitch. Thick, not long, but thick. Puff adder. What's it called? Puff adder. It's almost right over. Yeah, I know. We were talking about Kenya. When I was in Australia, all those guys would talk about was snakes, and I never saw one ******* snake. So I'm glad with the first five seconds we saw a snake. This is completely beautiful out here. It is awesome. And these guys have the perfect pace going right now. And have you seen my strawberry time? Yes, baby! So that was Bennett, and he is a full-time trail builder. And he splits his time between different parks. So he is out here today, working, building, brush cutting. Wow. What a view. There is a glorious wind blowing right now that is keeping us nice and cool. I was a little afraid how hot it was going to be, but... Nature's acorn. This whole side of the valley is full of trails. There's about seven trails going down there. Mountain bike heaven. Oh, there's more. Plant life here is spectacular. The bike's got a nice creek going. Some of that Kenyan sand still stuck in the nooks and crannies. Oh, ----. Oh, it's kind of a sharp edge over there. I've got to lean uphill. This is great. This trail is kind of a trip. It looks like it's paved from rugged Kenya to rugged South Africa. Just a little overgrown. Nice. Just about. Need a little bit more momentum. Good challenge. This is one of the coolest traverses I've ever done. Nice. Not for me today. Chunky loose. Super cool. I didn't see it going that way. Get my switchback practice in. Oh, yeah. That's cool. Work the sidewall a little bit. What a blast. Such a perfect amount of those drops and jumps were really nice speed for me. I'm sure it looks like a flat flow trail, but it was really good. Oh, this is cool. Oh, wear me out. I'm still surprised all the trails I ride and how on every one no two are the same. Such a treat. Awesome. Hell, yeah. Great flow. Wow. That was fire trail. So, Paul was actually instrumental in getting a lot of these trails going. That last trail fire break, him and his friends collected some money and got Bennett, the trail worker, to actually get it built. So, thanks, Paul. That was great. We always want more and more and more, but it's the people who actually get out there and make it happen. Alright, back to climbing.