The Road Winding Among the Mountains: Story of an Epic Bicycle Journey to the Richtersveld Mountain Desert

In the extreme north-western part of South Africa lies a hot, barren and inhospitable mountain desert region known as the Richtersveld. It stretches from about 29 degrees south to the Orange River in the north, and from the diamond-rich coastal strip along the Atlantic Ocean in the west to about 17 degrees 40 minutes east. Situated in the winter rainfall zone, the region has an annual rainfall that varies from less than 50 mm in the Orange River valley, to 300 mm on the mountains. Winter te...