Rediscover your sense of self in the stark Karoo It took an exploration of the isolated landscape in and around Nieu-Bethesda to get her spark back, writes Sarah Dirsuwei By Sarah Dirsuwei - 18 July 2021 BEACON OF HOPE: Ralph and Sarah Dirsuwei on a mountaintop near Nieu-Bethesda, where Sarah got her zest for life back Image: RALPH DIRSUWEI A PATH FOUND: There's nothing like a Karoo walk to clear your head and gain a fresh perspective Image: RALPH DIRSUWEI I found myself on top of a mountain in the heart of the Karoo. I stood hugging a trig beacon with the wind howling though my hair and turned slowly all the way around, drinking in a full 360 degrees of complete wildness as far as I could see — sweeping plains edged by mountains in every direction, illuminated in fiery orange hues as the winter sun slowly bade its daily goodbye.