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September 2001

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Snow Zone

 

HANG IN THERE    
Traffic authorities explain to the freezing drivers why they can't go through Van Reenens pass. Some drivers tried but didn't make it. The snow was too thick on the ground.

  FUN IN THE SNOW
Where's there snow there's snow fights and drivers such as these on the left had a lot of fun pelting each other in the grounds of the Tugela Truck Inn.
TAKING ICE TO ESKIMOS  
Now here's an irony. A truck from Northern Natal Ice Cream Distributors was out there trying to sell their wares. Not really! They too were stuck. Below is a local farmer who made mates with a taxi driver he helped. The spirit was fantastic.  

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE  
Right: Phillip Hull and his volunteer team-mate Terance Brown packed medical suppliers, blankets and 120 loaves of bread to help stranded truck drivers. Hull was worried about drivers suffering from hypothermia and in his normal true community spirit, rushed to the area to render assistance - again paying out of his own pocket. If anyone deserves support, it's Hull and his team.

SPUR HEROES 
On been notified via FleetWatch of the plight of the stranded truck drivers, managers of the Spur franchises in Ladysmith and Harrismith ending up making piles of hamburgers to feed the hungry truck drivers. Well done Spur!

CAMERADERIE 
What struck Phillip Hull when he went to assist the stranded truckers was the exceptional camaraderie that existed between the truck drivers. They got through it all by supporting each other in a real spirit of brotherhood - which included the inevitable snow-ball fights.
SNOW BOUND 
The Caltex garage in Van Reenens was under snow and locals were house-bound for days while they waited for the sun to shine again..

  COLD, COLD, COLD 
Jackets and blankets were the order of the day. The picture above shows the miserable conditions under which drivers had to live for three days. South Africans are just not equipped to handle snow!
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The first convoy, led by a Bulldog Hauliers rig, heads off after traffic authorities declared the Van Reenens pass open. 
 (Photograph by Eugene Herbert, MD, Risk Administrative Consultants).