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Award of the Order of Ikhamanga: Bronze

2023-04-28T18:58:29+02:00April 28th, 2023|Uncategorized|

In a private ceremony held at The Presidency in Pretoria earlier today, John Black and Warren Eva –South Africa’s and MCSA’s first K2 summiteers – received the abovementioned award from President Cyril Ramaphosa. The citation was ‘ … for your contribution to action and endurance sport. Your achievements have inspired many people by their sheer [...]

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July Camp 2023 – Monk’s Cowl in the Drakensberg, KZN

2023-05-08T13:27:22+02:00March 14th, 2023|, |

July Camp 2023 will be breaking new ground! This is the first time that July Camp has been held at the picturesque Monk’s Cowl Camp Site. It will also be the first time that a tarred road will access the Base Camp Site right into the parking lot. No dirt road at all! CATERING Fully [...]

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National Meet 2023 – Free State

2023-01-24T20:39:15+02:00December 21st, 2022||

Date From Easter Monday 10 April to Sunday 16 April 2023. Where At the Balloch Camp site, in a pristine mountain valley in the North Eastern Cape Witteberge, 40km north of Barkly East. Facilities The campsite is rustic, but includes flush toilets and hot showers. Pitch your tent or stay in your camper. A huge [...]

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2021 UIAA Annual Report now available

2022-10-06T10:41:05+02:00October 6th, 2022|UIAA|

Find the annual report of the UIAA on their website for download (Pdf | 19 Mb): https://theuiaa.org/uiaa/uiaa-releases-2021-annual-report/

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The First South African Ascent K2 Ascent

2022-10-01T09:10:17+02:00October 1st, 2022|Local Sections News|

By JOHN BLACK, from MCSA-KZN Newsletter: July 2022 Back in December 2021, we began covering SA’s first attempt to summit K2, following John Black, Warren Eva, Allan Dickinson and Robby Kojetin as they prepared to make this dream reality. Now eight months later, John Black is back on home soil to tell us all about [...]

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E-newsletter 2022 10

2022-10-01T09:09:30+02:00September 30th, 2022|E-newsletter|

CONTENTS 1. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLES 2. SOUTH AFRICAN FIRST ASCENT OF K2 3. REVIVAL OF SUPERTRAMP AWARD 4. 2022 NATIONAL MEET - FULLY BOOKED 5. 2022 JOURNAL – CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS 6. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 7. ITEMS FOR e-NEWS 1. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLES It has been too long! Hopefully this is an indication that all those [...]

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Supertramp Award 2024 submission deadline

2023-05-28T13:56:52+02:00September 8th, 2022||

The Supertramp Award is open for applications again! Apply until the 30.11.2023. Please carefully read our Supertramp page, download and read the documents and complete the application form and return via email as soon as possible. Applications should be received not later than 30 November 2023.

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From Joburg to the world’s second-highest mountain peak, local climbers summit K2 in first for SA

2022-07-22T19:23:12+02:00July 22nd, 2022|Uncategorized|

Two South Africans have summited K2 – the second highest peak in the world, making history in the process as the first all-South African team to do so. John Black and Warren Eva completed the climb at 01:50 on Friday. They are part of a four-person team that set out, more than a month ago, [...]

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E-newsletter 2022 04

2022-05-31T10:46:11+02:00May 31st, 2022|E-newsletter|

CONTENTS 1. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLES 2. KILIMANJARO CABLE-WAY PROJECT 3. ALPINE SKILLS TRAINING 4. COVID-19 UPDATE 5. UIAA NEWS 6. FACEBOOK AND WEB PAGES 7. NEWSWORTHY ITEMS 1. PRESIDENT’S RAMBLES An important event in the life of the Club is the AGM, this year it seemed even more important as we were able to meet in [...]

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