Who we are
The Mountain Club of South Africa (MCSA) was founded in 1891 in Cape Town, and is the only mountain club in Africa that is affiliated to the world mountaineering body, the UIAA. The MCSA offers mountaineering which includes climbing of all types and hiking opportunities to its members and is involved in mountain search and rescue, training, conservation of mountain areas and procurement of access for mountaineering.
Sections
The Club consists of 14 Sections, geographically distributed. Contact the section nearest to you to join in activities. Membership in the MCSA also happens on Section level, so if you want to become a member please find the section nearest to you. If there is none, maybe consider starting one?
Emergencies
If in trouble in the mountains contact the nearest emergency number as listed here:
MCSA News
E-newsletter 2020-01
NATIONAL NEWSLETTER – JAUARY 2020 2019 JOURNALS UIAA FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS ___________________________________________________________________________ This is the last call for contributions for the 2019 Journal. Please see the JOURNAL GUIDELINES on the national [...]
International Mountain Day 2019
On 11 December , which was UN INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY, past president Paul Fatti represented The Mountain Club when SABC asked for an interview. Watch the Video above.
Pan-African Meet 2019 Malawi
The 2019 version of the (hopefully) now annual Pan-African Meet was hosted by the Mountain Club of Malawi and Mount Mulanje being the venue. By all accounts, it was a great success and certainly our [...]
E-newsletter 2019-11
NATIONAL NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2019 2019 JOURNALS KZN SECTION CENTENARY PAN-AFRICAN MEET - MALAWI UIAA UIAA YOUTH COMMISSION – GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMIT FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS SNIPPETS CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 2019 JOURNAL This [...]
E-newsletter 2019-10
NATIONAL NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2019 2018 JOURNALS 2019 JOURNALS KZN SECTION CENTENARY UIAA UIAA YOUTH COMMISSION – GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMIT FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS SNIPPETS 2018 JOURNALS The 2018 Journals have been [...]
E-newsletter 2019-09
NATIONAL NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2019 PRESIDENT’S PIECE 2018 JOURNALS MCSA STANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE KZN SECTION CENTENARY AAC TO HOST 12TH INTERNATIONAL CLIMBERS’ MEET UIAA FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS SNIPPETS PRESIDENT’S PIECE [...]
News items of national interest should be sent to news@mcsa.org.za.
UIAA News
International mountaineering news fresh from the UIAA website.
- INFORMATION ON CLIMBING EQUIPMENT RECALLS
- Outdoor Research Ice Climbing Challenge
- ICE CLIMBING: SWITZERLAND THE SCENE FOR THE WORLD CUP DECIDER
- BMC GUIDE TO BOLTING
- THE UIAA ON THE DEVASTATING AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES
- EXPERIENCE TO THE FORE IN CHEONGSONG
- CONTRACEPTION AND PERIOD CONTROL AT ALTITUDE
- A POPULAR VENUE, A SEMINAL WEEKEND
- HONOURED ON TWO CONTINENTS: LLOYD GALLAGHER
- Statement on Proposed Changes in Nepali Mountaineering Regulations