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As the first blossoms of Spring begin to adorn our landscapes and the air fills with the promise of warmer days ahead, we’re excited to embrace this season of renewal.  Relive the exhilarating moments of the GAT on page 3, or if you missed out, catch up on all the action and see what the…

We are delighted to bring you another edition of our newsletter, filled with tales of daring exploits and community spirit. First, we’ll take you back to the MCSA and Cane Rats’ annual get-togethers at Amphitheatre Backpackers over the Youth Day long weekend in June…

Welcome to the energising month of May a prelude to South Africa’s winter and a time ripe with adventure! I’m thrilled to present this edition of our Mountain Club Newsletter, overflowing with inspiring stories, forthcoming activities, and events designed to bring us all together…

What a whirlwind April has been in the heart of our cherished Drakensberg! We’ve even encountered mystifying skulls (check out page 15). As always, our goal is to provide you with the freshest and most exciting news from the ever-thrilling world of adventure…

This is the last newsletter with me editing, and I’m delighted that it has so much great content for everyone. Peter Surmon shares his cliffside adventures with vultures on page 3, and then imparts some rope protection wisdom on page 14. Amazing images from…

The new year is here, and with it comes a new cache of adventures. That said, technically we didn’t have enough features to justify running this month’s issue (minimum three) – so I decided to pad it out by contributing a feature myself, for a change. You can read about my…

Given how crazy things are this time of year, I was fully expecting this issue to be on the slim side. Instead, I had to cut our own section president’s contribution just to keep the thing from busting its seams! Dire. (I’m sure he’ll forgive me—especially after all those…

This month our president has extended his reputation as a no-show. Not content just skipping club meets, this newsletter arrives without his customary opening letter. Where is he? I don’t know. Should we be worried? Maybe…? I made a Missing Persons…

This issue is dedicated to our wonderful Karen Miller, who contributed no less than three articles! We had a few contributor no-shows, so her timing is impeccable—as is the quality of her pieces, which are each genuinely fun and informative…

Magaliesberg comes up a lot this month—first as the venue for the National SAR meet (page 3); again for some rad trad on MCSA lands (page 12—both pieces by Steve Cooke); and again as the spot where one of our new  members first began hiking, which later inspired her to…

Would you believe it’s been a year now since I started editing this newsletter? Is this like a birthday? Do I get cake? Probably not. What is worth celebrating, though, is the K2-SA team’s incredible summit achievement—read about that from John Black himself on page 3…

We have two pieces here that are not for the month of May—the Cathedral Rock rescue piece (April’s news, page 3) came late, but was too fantastic not to include (and I think you’ll all agree). Next, Elaine Bushell’s piece on the Mzimude North Pass (page 15) should’ve made….

Dr Warwick Hastie shares his wit and expertise about what happens to cliffs (and people) when the world gets muddy (page 4). The incredible Kate Quin talks to us about the Ultra-Trail Drakensberg (page 8), and Liam King takes us to Kamberg to see some art on…

A quarter of the way into the year, and this issue is full of new beginnings. But first we start somewhere pretty, with Graeme Bruschi telling us about the Otter Trail on…

Happy 2022, everyone! There’s a great mix of stuff to talk about here, in the first issue of a brand-new year. Our Search & Rescue Team get off the ground around Monks…

The threshold of a new year often inspires us to try new things. And with those new endeavours come new adventures – as evidenced by this month’s content…

There’s a definite theme this time round: cliffs and crags and the lizards that frequent them – with a heavy dash of bird power, just to keep things feathery...

While there’ll always be more happening than we can cover in just one issue, this month’s newsletter scopes a wide view of the many different types of adventure open to us in our wild and wonderful mountains...

August was a month of ice and fire. With our Pine Busters revving their chainsaws in Drakensburg snow (page 4), and our rock climbers outrunning bushfires in the Free State (page 2), all we need is a handful of dragons and…