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South Cape Meet Sheets | 2026

Meet attendance confirmation

Please let the Meet Leader know of your intention to attend a meet by not later than two days before the meet, especially if lifts and other transport arrangements need to be made or if a bad weather forecast results in cancellation. Familiarise yourself with the hike grading system to ensure the hike is within your capability – see Guidelines for Meet Leaders under INFOS. Visitors are welcome to attend hikes with a Technical Difficulty grade of 0 to 2+ and/or a Strenuousness grade of L or M.

Friday, 9 to Sunday, 11 October | Yellow-Slab Rock-climbing and Hiking

Grade: 2M

Greg Devine | 083 378 2587 | devinemachines@gmail.com

The Yellow-Slabs is a great area for easy to moderate rock-climbing in a very accessible area just to the north of the Swartberg Pass. Of course there are the hard-to-ridiculous graded climbs in the Pass proper should any rock-tigers be present. The Slabs are great for beginners (you’re welcome) and those wishing to open new routes. There are also some well-marked trails for the hikers.

We will be camping at Bushman’s Valley on green grass, with full ablutions, pool, braai facility and boma. Rates are reasonable and chalets are available for the Grand Bwana class.

Meet at the venue any time on Friday.

Saturday, 17 to Tuesday, 20 October | Haweqwa – Kromrivier

Grade: 2+

Derek Odendaal | 076 292 2866 | derekrits@mweb.co.za

We will explore the mountainous area known as the Haweqwa, situated between Du Toits Kloof and Bains Kloof. The Paarl-Wellington Section has a hut in this area, known as the Kromrivier Hut. We will park our cars some distance from the old Du Toits Kloof Pass road, and walk about 3 km to the Hut, where we will sleep for 3 nights. Only 12 people can squeeze into this rather small hut, and only MCSA members can go.

We will drive there on Saturday the 17th, walk in during the afternoon and settle in. Over the next two days we will do day hikes from the hut to scenic places like Springstygbeugel (a MCSA property along the Witrivier in the Slanghoek Mountains), New Years Peak and The Cascades. On Tuesday, we will walk out and return home. The cost is R300 pp for the 3 nights in the hut. No load snorers allowed (inside the hut).

Please contact the leader by 1 September and pay before 15 September.

Monday, 9 to Thursday, 12 November | Groot Winterhoekpiek

Grade: 2H

Ed Kay-Shuttleworth | 084 737 5882 (Whatsapp) | ekayshuttleworth@gmail.com

We are going for the summit again this year – third time lucky? This year we will approach from a different angle hopefully avoiding the Bundu encountered last year. We will arrive at the Cape Nature office / reception in mid-afternoon on the 9th before it closes. Having checked in we will then proceed to the Disa Pool area where we will camp. This short hike takes about 1 hour from reception. The next day we will hike for about 16 Kms (75% on track) to a wild camp where we will pitch our tents for two nights next to a stream. This will be our base camp for two nights as the next day we will climb to the summit and return to camp. Expect a 7 – 8 hour day for the summit attempt. On the third and last day we will walk out hopefully in good time, to enable us to drive home.

Cost is R 190 per person per night plus conservation fee of R 70 (conservation fee is free with Wild Card).

This will be a small group of about 6 – there are one or two positions still available.

If you are keen to come and want to visit Die Hell this could be organized as an add-on.

MCSA National Camp 2027 | Olive Glen – Klein Drakenstein

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