David Bristow, former editor of Getaway magazine, is an entertaining writer with a palpable love of the Drakensberg. His writing is both factual and lyrical, and he doesn't beat about the bush. He has written and contributed to several books about hiking and travel, among them Drakensberg Walks, Mountains of South Africa and the wildly popular 1001 Places To See Before You Die, published by Random House Struik. He is a freelance journalist, photographer, ecologist, environmentalist (with a Master's Degree in Environmental Studies) and stubborn mountaineer.David Bristow, former editor of Getaway magazine, is an entertaining writer with a palpable love of the Drakensberg. His writing is both factual and lyrical, and he doesn't beat about the bush. He has written and contributed to several books about hiking and travel, among them Drakensberg Walks, Mountains of South Africa and the wildly popular 1001 Places To See Before You Die, published by Random House Struik. He is a freelance journalist, photographer, ecologist, environmentalist (with a Master's Degree in Environmental Studies) and stubborn mountaineer....more