{"id":3134,"date":"2009-07-12T11:47:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T09:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2009-07-12T11:47:56","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T09:47:56","slug":"table-mountain-climbs-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/table-mountain-climbs-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Table Mountain climbs to the top!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Table Mountain has made the top list of\u00a0 the “mountains and volcanoes” list in the New7Wonders of Nature,\u00a0and as one of the top 77 sites selected from over 261 participants from around the globe, reports News24<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cape Town’s icon, Table Mountain,\u00a0beat fellow category contenders Mount Everest, K2 and Mount Fiji in round two of the international competition that relied solely on votes from the public.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It needed to be ranked in the top 11 of its category – mountains and volcanoes – to carry on in the competition.\u00a0\u00a0 Other categories include seascapes, lakes, islands, ice formations, waterfalls and forests.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled at the enormous level of support and votes from the citizens of South Africa as well as from fans around the globe,” said Sabine Lehmann, CEO of\u00a0the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company.<\/p>\n

A panel of experts will select 28 finalists (four per category)\u00a0later this month.\u00a0\u00a0A third and final phase of voting will begin. The official New7Wonders of Nature list will be\u00a0announced in 2011.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Tutu, comedian Marc Lottering, radio DJ Natalie Becker and the Proteas cricketers\u00a0have supported the drive for Table Mountain.<\/p>\n

The campaign is run by the New7Wonders Foundation, and works to document monuments and conservation efforts worldwide.<\/p>\n

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Table Mountain has made the top list of\u00a0 the “mountains and volcanoes” list in the New7Wonders of Nature,\u00a0and as one of the top 77 sites selected from over 261 participants from around the globe, reports News24. Cape Town’s icon, Table Mountain,\u00a0beat fellow category contenders Mount Everest, K2 and Mount Fiji in round two of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,22,21],"tags":[1048,1663,1668,1662,1664,1665,1667,1661,1669,197,4,107,1666,32373],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t