E-newsletter 2023 09
Download: MCSA September 2023 Newsletter (pdf | 1.97 Mb)
International Mountain Rescue Day
🏔️ **Celebrating the “ICAR - International Mountain Rescue Day” on August 28** 🏔️ Many years ago, specifically on the weekend of August 28 and 29, 1948, mountain rescue experts convened upon the invitation of the Austrian Alpine Club. During this conference at Wilder Kaiser, experiences, knowledge, and technology were exchanged. This pivotal gathering led to the [...]
2022 UIAA Annual Report now available
Find the annual report of the UIAA on their website for download (Pdf | 24 Mb): https://theuiaa.org/uiaa/uiaa-releases-2022-annual-report/
Award of the Order of Ikhamanga: Bronze
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 [...]
July Camp 2023 – Monk’s Cowl in the Drakensberg, KZN
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 [...]
E-newsletter 2023 02
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National Meet 2023 – Free State
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 [...]
2021 UIAA Annual Report now available
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The First South African Ascent K2 Ascent
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 [...]
E-newsletter 2022 10
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 [...]