Cape Town’s very own adventure queen, Florence Poretti, journeyed with a group of friends to check out the snow at Matroosberg this week.
Also read: Winter casts its icy spell on Ceres, blanketing the mountains in snow
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Poretti is an avid cold-water swimmer and coach of local cold-plunge group, the Waterblommetjies. She’s got ice in her veins, that’s for sure.
You can read more about the Waterblommetjies in Cape Etc’s winter issue, available at Woolworths or here.
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Take a look at these fabulous pictures:
‘Eight ladies in the snow having the best time. Wild wanderers getting iced,’ she commented on Hiking Cape Town.
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Also read:
Drone shots capture the snowfall in Matroosberg and Swartberg
Picture: Florence Poretti