The Paarl/Wellington Section will be 125 years old in 2020. We are proud to present the dates for Mini Camp under the theme Mountain Fest 2020 to celebrate! The camp will be hosted in our valley at the Scouts Adventure Center Hawequas with hikes running from 21-25th of September. We would appreciate it if you [...]
UIAA YOUTH COMMISSION – GLOBAL YOUTH SUMMIT The French Alpine Club, Toulouse, is facilitating another of their highly successful INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ICE CLIMBING Camp, which is held in Guillestre, Hautes Alpes (05), in France. Participants: Youth members aged 16 to 26 years. Participants should lead rock climb at a minimum of 5b French grade, and [...]
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 [...]
This year marks the Centenary of the KZN Section of the MCSA so their annual July Camp in the Drakensberg will be very special! This year the Annual Dinner is being combined with the KZN Section’s Centenary Dinner. 19th October 2019 The Protea Hilton Hotel A 3-course buffet meal in the Tudor Banquet Room in [...]
Hello South Africa Federation, I wanted to make sure your federation was informed that the American Alpine Club is having the eleventh International Climbers meet this fall in Yosemite. We would be grateful if you could share this information with your members. I have attached an application form and a photo you can use to [...]
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 [...]
Mulanje Mountain This splendid mountain is where the meet will primarily take place. Hiking access is at about 8-900m and the ‘plateau’ level where the huts are is at about 2000m. The highest peak is Sapitwa at 3002m. The peaks are granite and in August/September – when it is dry – traction is very good. [...]
Dates: 20 July to 1 August, 2019 Mountains: Alam-Kuh and Damavand Place: Tehran & Mazandaran Province, Iran Accommodation: 2 nights in D/hotel, 1 night in Polour lodge, 1 night in Vandarbon lodge, 3 nights in Atour eco-camp in Alam-Kuh, 2 nights in Atour eco-camp in Damavand, 1 night in a villa. The rooms in lodges [...]