A clip captured on Fountain Ledge has left South Africans gasping, cheering and clutching their chests as a baby tahr worked up the courage to take the biggest jump of its tiny life.
Western Cape, South Africa (25 November 2025) – If you thought Table Mountain had shown you everything… think again. A new video has popped up of a tahr family doing death-defying parkour on Fountain Ledge.
And yes… our collective legs went a little jelly.
So… what exactly is a tahr?
Himalayan tahrs are large mountain goats originally from Asia. They were introduced to the Cape many decades ago and, for reasons only they truly understand, decided that Table Mountain was the perfect spot to settle down and start a family. They’re strong, incredibly agile, and oddly calm even when standing on cliff faces that look terrifying to the rest of us.
Spotting one is rare. Spotting a whole family jumping across a rocky gap at the edge of a mountain? That’s something else entirely.
The clip, shared by Table Mountain Experience, shows what looks like a tahr family perched, and I mean perched, on the literal edge of Fountain Ledge. One of the adults leaps across a rockfall with complete confidence. The second follows equally sure-footed.
Then comes the baby.
You can see the hesitation as the little one looks for another route. It shuffles. It thinks. It tries to sidestep. It looks back at where it came from. And then, with the kind of bravery we all wish we had on a Monday morning, it takes the enormous jump.
The comment section had feelings.
“Gosh, am I the only one that gasped when he jumped and then wanted to cry😱”
“Am I the only one who noticed the skrik mom got when the rock fell down the cliff🤣🤣”
“Mommy had to show him how it’s done. Good one to the little guy.”
“Am I the only one whose legs went jelly when he jumped?”
“Here an acknowledgement to the camera man — well done with that zoom and steady hand.”
If a baby tahr can stand on the edge of Table Mountain, doubt everything for a moment, and still take the leap… well, perhaps we can face whatever feels a bit too big today.
Source: Table Mountain Experience
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