The Mountain Club
 of South Africa explore – discover – connect – protect
In the news: The AGM will be held April 21st in Stellenbosch. For details and agenda see AGM 2012 See News Briefs (updated 01.31.12) for news about the 2011 Journal and a Trad Climb Meet in Italy. MCSA SUPERTRAMP AWARDS 2012 and 2011: Congratulations to Alasdair Walton who has won t he 2012 MCSA Supertramp Award from the Magaliesberg Section. For more details and pictures follow the link. Joe Moehle, the winner of the 2011 MCSA Supertramp Award is back and has posted some wonderful pictures of his experience in Morocco. Paarl-Wellington invites youth to a meet at Klein Drakenstein 17-18 March Emergencies:
If in trouble in the mountains use your cell phone emergency number which will link through to Metro Rescue or use this emergency map to get to an MCSA Search & Rescue coordinator. Who we are: The Club consists of 14 Sections, geographically distributed. Links to each of those sections may be found at the bottom of this page. You are strongly advised to contact the section nearest to you to join in activities and to discover any warnings of danger in the area before setting out on your own.
The MCSA was founded in 1891 and is one of only two mountain clubs in Africa which are affiliated to the world mountaineering body, the UIAA. The Mountain Club of South Africa (MCSA) offers mountaineering, which includes climbing of all types and hiking opportunities to its members and is involved in mountain search and rescue, training, conservation of mountain areas, procurement of access for mountaineering. The sidebar gives access to information on all of these activities and also to the calendar listing the national events involving the Club. More details about these events, meetings, meets, and general information about the Club and mountaineering around the world can be found in MCSA E-News also found in the sidebar.
SECTION LINKS: [Cape Town] [Johannesburg] [KwaZulu-Natal] [Eastern Province] [Magaliesberg] [Stellenbosch] [South Cape] [Free State] [Hottentotsholland] [Amajuba] [Namibia] [Paarl-Wellington] [Tygerberg] [Worcester] |