Many mountain ranges are defined by their summits, hikers driven by the desire to stand on a peak and marvel at the world below. The Drakensberg, however, resists this logic. While it holds several notable summits, its deeper character is revealed in its passes: the demanding routes that rise from the Little Berg to the [...]
The cold, crisp morning wind brushed gently across my face as I gazed longingly up. Up towards an unobtainable objective. Unobtainable not because I lacked the enthusiasm, not because I lacked the gear, not because I lacked the ability, but unobtainable because of the loss of a climbing partner. Ah, the tips of the dual [...]
To help celebrate the 125th year of the MCSA, our Supertramps explored the world: Micha Stiller trekking solo for 400 kilometres of rural Himalayan Nepal solo and unassisted over the course of three weeks, allowing him to immerse himself in culture and landscape virtually untouched by tourism. Chris Arderne, Michael Kloos and Rick Kotze bagged [...]
Matthew Davies for ‘Other’ 9000+ft East African Rift Valley Volcanoes.
Bernie Theron won the 2014 MCSA Supertramp Award. He has completed his solo trek across Iceland in 27 days. He walked around 550km unsupported without the safety net of a satellite phone or GPS in a landscape dotted by volcanoes. "After to many restless nights, useless days of planning and even more useless days of [...]
http://www.climbing.co.za/2013/02/duncan-fraser-is-the-2013-mcsa-supertramp/ http://www.climbing.co.za/2013/11/2013-supertramp-award-trip-report/
For the 2012 MCSA Supertramp Award, six applications were received of which one didn’t meet the age requirement. The award was made to Alasdair Walton, a member of the Johannesburg Section, for an expedition to Colombia. In late October 2012 his partner was changed to Bryian Meenehan. During the expedition, not all went according to [...]
Five applications from prospective Supertramps intending to go tramping from as far afield as the Himalaya to our own back yard in South Africa were received for the 2011 MCSA Supertramp Award. In a close race the award of R15 000 was given to Joe Möhle, a member of the Cape Town Section, for a [...]
http://www.climbing.co.za/2010/12/supertramp-award/
http://www.climbing.co.za/2010/02/supertramp-almost-at-his-destination/ Kyle Meenahan walked the circumference of South Africa.