July Camp 2024 at Cobham certainly was a very different July Camp and, in many ways, was a very special camp too. In some respects, these differences were pleasantly noteworthy and in other ways, others were very distressing. Cobham had been the initial Camp Site of choice, but this had to be rejected out of [...]
July camp is never ’always just the same’. There were a few ’firsts’ at July Camp 2023 which, overall and by all accounts received, was a great success. This was the first time July Camp was held in the refurbished Monk’s Cowl camp-site. Mark Robertson, the Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife Conservator at Monk’s Cowl, gave an [...]
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 [...]
The arrangements for July Camp 2021at Injisuthi were going incredibly well. All the arrangements with Injisuthi were in place; Lesley McGwynne, in Australia, was handling the bookings which had soared to a new record; Graham Smith and Gerhard Venter had ferried the necessary firewood, all of which had been sawn to the appropriate lengths and [...]
The July Camp sub-committee had all its ducks in a row and the preparatory activities (such having the recce to Injisuthi, the chosen venue for July Camp 2020; sending out the Brochure earlier than usual; arranging transport for the Base Camp kit and the food; arranging with Merrivale Spar to do the catering; and checking [...]
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 [...]
July Camp began on Saturday June 30 with disappointingly low numbers for such a superb base camp site and in an area with an abundance of Little Berg, a surprising number of passes and the Giant’s Cup Trail all in easy proximity. That afternoon saw most campers striking out for a good hike. A party [...]
Well, it certainly was a Camp with a difference as we knew it would be from the very first moments after the decision was made! It is unlikely that we have ever had a July Camp so close to a permanent dwelling. True, in 2006, also at Cathedral, we did have the Base Camp in [...]
by RIKKI ABBOTT July Camp 2016 at Lotheni in the Southern Drakensberg was a most enjoyable event. We continued our trend of recent years of an increasing number of very young Campers. We believe very strongly that this ensures not only the future of July Camp, but also of the Mountain Club. About ten adults [...]
This year, after an absence of 31 years, once again, July Camp will be held in the Injisuthi area (in the Central Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park. This area is described as ‘being cradled between the Injisuthi (Little Tugela) and Cowl Fork rivers at the head of the Injisuthi valley; surrounded by magnificent scenery and dominated by [...]