1. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLINGS 2. COVID-19 REGULATIONS 3. UIAA 4. ASIAN ALPINE E-NEWS 5. MOUNTAIN RESEARCH INITIATIVE 6. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 7. ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS 1. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLINGS While I – and many other people – are pleased to note that the Covid-19 regulations are slowly being eased all over the world, we are still [...]
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1. PRESIDENT’S PIECE 2. COVID-19 REGULATIONS 3. UIAA 4. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 5. ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS 1. PRESIDENT’S PIECE In the last issue of the National Newsletter, I commented that we seemed to have got a bit out of sequence – it is now a lot worse! I continue to blame Covid-19 – it [...]
There is no doubt that we are living in difficult times right now. However, we, as the Mountain Club of South Africa, are attempting to do what is possible under the circumstances. We have held the National AGM and the Annual NatComm Meeting via Zoom and both went off very well. FYI, the make-up of [...]
1. PRESIDENT’S PIECE 2. COVID-19 REGULATIONS 3. MCSA NATIONA AGM 4. KAZAKHSTAN INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 5. UIAA 6. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 7. ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS 1. PRESIDENT’S PIECE We seem to have got a little bit out of sequence with these sort-of-monthly National Newsletters. Personally, I blame Covid-19 – it seems the easiest thing [...]
1. PRESIDENT’S PIECE 2. KAZAKHSTAN INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 3. UIAA 4. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 5. ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS 1. PRESIDENT’S PIECE May you live in interesting times – well, we are certainly doing that! Albeit not in a way that we would choose! Obviously, the Covid-19 pandemic is having a serious impact on our [...]
PRESIDENT’S BIT KAZAKHSTAN INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL FELL & ROCK-CLIMBING CLUB JOINT MEET 2020 UIAA FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS SNIPPETS 1. PRESIDENT’S BIT I am feeling somewhat embarrassed at the moment. After all my protestations that I would definitely be standing down after this year is completed – basically at the National AGM [...]
PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE FELL & ROCK-CLIMBING CLUB JOINT MEET 2020 UIAA FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS SNIPPETS PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT While appreciating that this is not necessarily the “right” place for a personal note, I do feel that in this instance, it might be allowed. As [...]
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 website https://mcsa.org.za/about/journal/ , or ask the editor to send you a copy: email: journal@mcsa.org.za . Deadline for contributions is 31 [...]
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.