MCSA Journal 1997 - Content

• Notions of Ownership. Our Mountains and our Natural Resources - François Junod

• One Hundred Times. The 100th issue of the Journal of the Mountain Club of South Africa - Colin Inglis and Claude Katz
• A quest for Access. Bread must be bought" - Harry Barker
• Environmental Aspects of the Table Mountain Cableway Upgrade - Jaana-Maria Ball and Jane Brown
• Reconstructing Newlands Forest: The Past History and Future Management of an Ecosystem - Sean Archer
• Climbing Terms for Beginners - Peter Adrian
• More bare bones.'A potted history' - Russ Dodding
• Mountain Search and Services North of the Vaal River. A Brief History -Rob Thomas
• To the Rescue - Fran Hunziker
• A Brief History of the Wolkberg Hut - Clifford Thompson
• Johnson Hut Survives the Inferno - Ulli Deutschländer
• Death of a mountaineer - Claude Katz
• Life, Death and the lure of high mountains - Cathy O'Dowd
• Everest '96 in the Books - Paul Fatti
• Songs for the Drakensberg - Lorna Peirson
• What Climbing Calls actually mean! - Peter Adrian

AFRICA

• Light and space and colour - South Africa - Stephen Venables
• Rock Paintings of the eastern Cape Fold Belt - Tertius Coetzee
• Protea Atlassing the eastern Cape Mountains - Dave Jones
• The ‘Public Shelters': A Lost Chapter of Table Mountain History - Vivian Solomon
• Climbers, Cablecars and Comments - The End of an Era? - Rodney Owen
• Table Mountain in 1811 (From the Journal of James Ewart) - John Hey
• Blouberg: My Backyard - Charles Edelstein
• The Peopling of Blouberg: 500 000 Years of Human History - Johan van Schalkwyk
• Hermitagekloof - ‘n Kloofstap in die Langeberg - André Schmidt
• Baviaanskloofing - Charlotte Luck
• 'Magalies 1997':Belgische Alpen Club en MCSA doen het samen - Harry Buyl
• An Epic Ascent of the Western Injasuti Triplet - Anthony Van Tonder

ABROAD

• To the Chola Shan Range. Third UIAA Expedition Training Camp, Sichuan, China - Eckart von Delft
• Bhutan to Bogda. Eastern Himalaya and Western China - Denis Le Jeune
• Ranrapalca - North Face Attempt - Brian Valentine
• Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash expedition - Brian Valentine
• Climbs, Treks and Culture in Bolivia - Jill Blignaut
• Equatorial Alpine Climbing: Ecuador - Mynhardt and Riana van der Merwe
• Senior Burgers in die Dolomiete - Ernst Lotz
• The Barefoot Neanderthal discovers Limestone. 1997 UIAA International Youth Meet, Picos de Europa, Spain - Dylan Morgan
• A Christmas in the Tropics - Ed February

ROUTE DESCRIPTIONS

• Lammergeier 23/A3. Giant's Castle, KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg - Peter Janschek
• New Routes in the Boland and Cedarberg. A Photomontage - Mike Scott
• New Routes at Karbonaatjeskraal. Western Cape - Charles Edelstein
• Routes at the Wolfberg Arch Area. Cederberg, Western Cape - Charles Edelstein
• Boulevard sans nom.A new Route at Nuwejaarskloof, Hottentots Holland Mountains - Mark Berry
• The Wall of Insanity. New routes at Buffelsklip Kloof, Kammanassieberg - Caoimhin Ardren
• A new Route At Bloukrans Wafers, Tsitsikamma Mountains - Caoimhin Ardren
• A new Ice Route in the Sani Pass Area. KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg- Gavin Raubenheimer
• Two new Routes on the Carbineers, Langalibalele Pass Area, KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg - Gavin Peckham
• Routes at Blouberg, Northern Province - Charles Edelstein
• Manoutsa: More new Routes, Mpumalanga - Darryl Margetts

FICTION

• Ascending Mons Olympus (25 748m), Mars: July 2197 - Gary Van Vuuren
• The Final Cut - André Dalais

IN MEMORIAM

• Arthur Doble
• Johan Jooste
• Eileen Kershaw
• Tobie Louw
• Louis Clifford Thompson

The Mountain Club of South Africa/ Die Bergklub van Suid-Afrika

• Objectives/Doelstellings
• Central Committee/Sentrale Komitee 1997
• Annual Memorial Service/Jaarlikse Gedenksdiens
• Section Officers/Ampsdraers van Afdelings
• Annual Reports/Jaarverslae

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