Historical accounts suggest that the area known as the "Block House" or the slopes leading up to Platteklip Gorge were sometimes utilized for these events. The rationale for moving punishments to the mountain was twofold: it removed the "nuisance" of public executions and whippings from the immediate residential streets of Cape Town, and the acoustics of the mountain amplified the sounds of punishment, serving as a terrifying deterrent to those living below.
Hein finished third that day. He didn't need the medics. When I asked if he’d be back next year, he laughed—a dry, coughing laugh from the dust.
We headed up Table Mountain today, but the wind had other plans. A true "whipping day" in the Mother City—the cable car was a bit of a ride, and the summit was a total wash of clouds. Even when the "tablecloth" is on, there’s something so atmospheric about being up here in the mist.
Historical accounts suggest that the area known as the "Block House" or the slopes leading up to Platteklip Gorge were sometimes utilized for these events. The rationale for moving punishments to the mountain was twofold: it removed the "nuisance" of public executions and whippings from the immediate residential streets of Cape Town, and the acoustics of the mountain amplified the sounds of punishment, serving as a terrifying deterrent to those living below.
Hein finished third that day. He didn't need the medics. When I asked if he’d be back next year, he laughed—a dry, coughing laugh from the dust.
We headed up Table Mountain today, but the wind had other plans. A true "whipping day" in the Mother City—the cable car was a bit of a ride, and the summit was a total wash of clouds. Even when the "tablecloth" is on, there’s something so atmospheric about being up here in the mist.
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