Fifty to 60 hikers were expected to attend, and Balloch camp-site in the Wartrail area of Barkly East was seen as ideal for the camp. Situated in a long pristine valley in the NE Cape Witteberge, it is surrounded by spectacular sandstone formations, with high basalt mountains as a backdrop. It is also close to [...]
In a private ceremony held at The Presidency in Pretoria earlier today, John Black and Warren Eva –South Africa’s and MCSA’s first K2 summiteers – received the abovementioned award from President Cyril Ramaphosa. The citation was ‘ … for your contribution to action and endurance sport. Your achievements have inspired many people by their sheer [...]
The 2023 annual dinner, enjoyed by the 76 participants, was hosted by the Free State Section and took place on the last Saturday of the National Camp held at Balloch farm, Reedsdell farm and Lyons Den areas near Barkley East. The dinner was held at the Wartrail Country Club, where diners feasted on steaks and [...]
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By JOHN BLACK, from MCSA-KZN Newsletter: July 2022 Back in December 2021, we began covering SA’s first attempt to summit K2, following John Black, Warren Eva, Allan Dickinson and Robby Kojetin as they prepared to make this dream reality. Now eight months later, John Black is back on home soil to tell us all about [...]
CONTENTS 1. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLES 2. SOUTH AFRICAN FIRST ASCENT OF K2 3. REVIVAL OF SUPERTRAMP AWARD 4. 2022 NATIONAL MEET - FULLY BOOKED 5. 2022 JOURNAL – CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS 6. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 7. ITEMS FOR e-NEWS 1. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLES It has been too long! Hopefully this is an indication that all those [...]
The South Cape section last hosted the Annual National camp in 2013 and, this year, it was again our honour to welcome MCSA members from far and wide. Based at Swartvlei Caravan park in Sedgefield, with the sea 200 metres to the South, the vlei running along the Northern perimeter and the Outeniqua mountains framing [...]
By all accounts, July Camp 2022 at Injisuthi was a great success after no July Camps for two years due to Covid. The Injisuthi Camp Site is superbly laid out and well-tended, and the view up the valley to the Escarpment is magnificent! All small contributors to the event running at capacity! The weather was [...]
Two South Africans have summited K2 – the second highest peak in the world, making history in the process as the first all-South African team to do so. John Black and Warren Eva completed the climb at 01:50 on Friday. They are part of a four-person team that set out, more than a month ago, [...]