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 2021 04
1. PREAMBLE 2. MCSA NATIONAL AGM 3. PRESIDENT’S VALEDICTORY 1. PREAMBLE This is not a “normal” National Newsletter. As retiring President, I am invoking executive privilege, to make a personal statement about the Club and [...]
E-newsletter 2021 03
1. MCSA NATIONAL AGM 2. PRESIDENT’S NEWS 3. COVID-19 UPDATE 4. EIGHT EXPEDITIONS 5. UIAA UPDATE 6. ASIAN ALPINE ENEWS 7. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 8. ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS 1. MCSA NATIONAL AGM The Mountain [...]
E-newsletter 2021 02
1. PRESIDENT’S VIEWS I have spent some considerable time during the various lock-downs over the past year ruminating on the type of climbing that really turns me on – I have titled this piece “President’s [...]
E-newsletter 2020 12
1. PRESIDENT’S NEWS As we approach the end of what has been a difficult year for the whole world, it behooves us to reflect on how we have come through – or are still going [...]
E-newsletter 2020 11
1. NEW LOGO! 2. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLINGS 3. JOURNAL FOR 2020 4. COVID-19 UPDATE 5. UIAA UPDATE 6. ASIAN ALPINE E-NEWS 7. MOUNTAIN RESEARCH INITIATIVE 8. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 9. ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS 1. NEW [...]
E-newsletter 2020 10
1. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLINGS 2. JOURNAL FOR 2020 3. COVID-19 UPDATE 4. UIAA UPDATE 5. ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA 6. ASIAN ALPINE E-NEWS 7. MOUNTAIN RESEARCH INITIATIVE 8. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 9. ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS [...]
News items of national interest should be sent to news@mcsa.org.za.
UIAA News
International mountaineering news fresh from the UIAA website.
- CALL FOR CASE STUDIES ON PLASTIC WASTE IN REMOTE AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS
- STRATEGIC MEETINGS SET CLEAR PATHWAY FOR UIAA
- Registration open for 2021 Youth Climbing Camp in Ariege
- UIAA SAFECOM ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS: Disinfecting climbing equipment
- UIAA VOLUNTEER SERIES: JUAN JESÚS IBAÑEZ MARTIN
- LATEST CLIMBING EQUIPMENT RECALL INFORMATION
- UIAA MARKS EARTH DAY 2021
- COVID 19 TASKFORCE: WORLDWIDE CLIMBING PICTURE
- SAFE WATER IN THE MOUNTAINS: UIAA PRODUCES ADVICE VIDEO
- We are Nature: Mountain Women Collectively Defending the Earth – Webinar for Earth Day