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 members who attended had a very good time. Norman Owen-Smith sent us a couple of paragraphs: The 2nd Pan-African Mountain [...]
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 is a call for contributions for the 2019 Journal. Please see the JOURNAL GUIDELINES on the national website, or ask [...]
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 shipped out to the Sections and are available for distribution. We owe another HUGE vote of thanks and congratulations to [...]
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 I was unsure whether to call this the “President’s Piece” or the “President’s Peace”! It certainly will be a piece [...]
The Centenary July Camp in the beautiful Cobham camp-site was a very special and memorable occasion with many people who had not been to July Camp for years and years making a welcome return. It was remarkable how the years of separation slid away and conversation flowed so easily. It seemed that everyone was committed [...]
NATIONAL NEWSLETTER – JULY 2019 1. PAN-AFRICAN MEET 2019 2. KILIMANJARO – PROPOSED CABLEWAY 3. KZN SECTION CENTENARY – EVENTS 4. PRESS COVERAGE OF THE MCSA 5. AAC TO HOST 12TH INTERNATIONAL CLIMBERS’ MEET 6. UIAA 7. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 8. ANY NEWSWORTHY ITEMS 9. SNIPPETS 1. PAN-AFRICAN MEET 2019 After last year’s successful [...]
https://www.theuiaa.org/uiaa/joint-statement-on-proposed-kilimanjaro-cableway/
NATIONAL NEWSLETTER – JUNE 2019 1. PRESIDENT’S STUFF 2. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - NATIONAL BODY 3. PAN-AFRICAN MEET 2019 4. KILIMANJARO – PROPOSED CABLEWAY 5. KZN SECTION CENTENARY – EVENTS 6. AAC TO HOST 12TH INTERNATIONAL CLIMBERS’ MEET 7. UIAA GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMIT EVENT TO BE HELD IN IRAN 8. UIAA 9. FACEBOOK AND WEB [...]
Find the annual report of the UIAA on their website for download (Pdf | 19 Mb): https://www.theuiaa.org/ice-climbing/2018-uiaa-annual-report-now-available/
The Mountain Club of South Africa recognises that the effects of climate change and the interconnected issues, e.g. biodiversity loss, pollution of all environments, especially the mountains, the increasing severity of droughts and storms, should be very high on the current concerns of all MCSA members. It is well-established that the continuing pollution by mankind [...]