On Monday, 14 August 2017, members of the MSAR, as part of a WSAR Western Cape team, assisted in the rescue of a Belgian tourist who had become lost while hiking in the Marloth Nature […]
We’ve created a Multi-day Hiking Checklist to help you pack for your next adventure. It’s specific enough that you’ll have everything you need, but feel free to chop ‘n change to your own taste and […]
It wasn’t very long ago that anyone seen hiking with two aluminium trekking poles would get asked where they were going skiing. Times have definitely changed for the better. These days trekking poles are standard […]
Like most newbie hikers, my first hiking stove was a MSR Pocket Rocket: Light, small, almost indestructible…brilliant! The only downside of cooking on a small stove sitting on top of gas canister, is that you […]
On Saturday, 22 July 2017, the Mountain Club of South Africa’s Search and Rescue team successfully evacuated 140 people from the Hartebeespoort Aerial Cableway. A mechanical problem occurred at midday which left most of the […]
The Boland Trail is situated in the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve, close to Grabouw in the Western Cape. Being less than 90km away from Cape Town makes this trail ideal for a weekend getaway. There […]
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