The location for the Mountaineering Ireland Summer Alpine Meet this year is Argentière, Chamonix, France. This region is perfectly suited to trekking, hiking, climbing and mountaineering, as well as many other outdoor activities. This Meet is for walkers, rock climbers, and mountaineers of all ages and abilities. It is a wonderful opportunity for all Mountaineering [...]
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 [...]
Warren Eva has become the first South African to reach the top of Annapurna. He and John Black launched their final push for the summit yesterday – and while John turned back in the early hours of this morning – Warren planted our national flag on the peak just before 05h30 SA time. HOT1027’s Tara [...]
Please find the National Meet Information Brochures (Eng and Afr) for download below. Inside the brochure is a link to the online booking form. Please circulate to your members. Bookings are open to 30 June 2025 and subject to availability. Depending on the number of bookings by 30 June, the bookings will possibly be extended. [...]
KZN Section member, Morgan Griffiths, is currently representing MCSA at the Southern African Mountain Conference 2025, being held at the Champagne Sports Resort in the Maloti-Drakensberg. Over 320 delegates from Southern Africa, Europe and North America have convened to share best practice in alpine research, management and governance. MCSA is a contributing sponsor to SAMC2025, [...]
The national dinner was hosted by KZN Section at the Underberg Country Club, at the end of the national camp, also hosted by them. The dinner was well attended with many sections well represented. Speeches were given by the national president (Paul Carstensen), national deputy president and KZN section president (Carl Dreyer), and July Camp [...]
Download: MCSA March 2024 Newsletter (pdf | 4 Mb)
The UIAA Ice Climbing Governance Group, in conjunction with the UIAA Athletes Commission and some of the UIAA Officials, have been working hard in the off-season on a major update to the UIAA Ice Climbing Rules and Regulations which are now available ahead of the start of the UIAA Ice Climbing 2023/24 season. The full [...]
The 52nd edition of the Silver Plaque to the Mountain Club of South Africa for its all-round commitment to mountain protection. The 52nd edition awarded the silver plaque to the Alpine Club of South Africa, present in Val Rendena with a delegation and with the president Paul Cartensen, the president of an association that for [...]
Download: MCSA September 2023 Newsletter (pdf | 1.97 Mb)