Whether you climb rocks or train on plastic, you’ll understand the shared South African dream of wanting to climb overseas. This year, another special group of local talent had the privilege of wearing our green and gold abroad. From a Para-World Cup medal in Salt Lake City and new faces in the Open World Cup [...]
Applications for the 2026 Young Explorers Award now open. Deadline: 20 January 2026. Completed applications send to president@mcsa.org.za Download documents from HERE.
Pieter Holtzhausen is a member of Hottentots Holland Section, has had a close relationship with the Wupperthal community, having raised funds for the rebuilding of the town after a previous disasterous fire that swept through Wupperthal in December 2018, destroying more than 50 homes and much of the historic town centre. Walking the Tra Tra [...]
Celebrating 75 years of the MCSA Eastern Province Section Save the Date 25 April to 3 May 2026 Join us hiking in the southern fringe of the Great Karoo
Download: MCSA July 2025 Newsletter (pdf | 3 Mb)
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 [...]
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)