Reporting back on a large and quite complex event like the Bucklands National Camp is difficult because there is so much to report on and inevitably something notable will be left out. One can also only really report from one’s own experience of the camp and memory of events, nevertheless, it is important to [...]
Download: MCSA February 2026 Newsletter (pdf, 11 Mb)
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 [...]
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 [...]
FULLY BOOKED, but anyone still interested to contact Susan de Villiers, (EP secretary) email: info@epmcsa.org.za who will start a waiting list in case there are cancellations. Celebrating 75 years of the MCSA Eastern Province Section Bucklands is a working farm (sheep, cattle and goats) north of the Baviaanskloof and Grootwinterhoek mountains, at the eastern end [...]
Many mountain ranges are defined by their summits, hikers driven by the desire to stand on a peak and marvel at the world below. The Drakensberg, however, resists this logic. While it holds several notable summits, its deeper character is revealed in its passes: the demanding routes that rise from the Little Berg to the [...]
More than 100 Mountain Club members from across the country made their way to the Cederberg in early October for the 2025 MCSA National Meet, hosted by the Tygerberg Section. Over 10 days, Sanddrif served as the hub for a steady flow of hikers and climbers, with around 80 campers each night. Roughly 50 members [...]
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 [...]