MCSA Young Explorer Award (YEA) 1 month left to apply

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MCSA Young Explorer Award (YEA!)
One month left to apply for 2025!

The MCSA Young Explorer Award (YEA!) has been established to replace our involvement in the SuperTramp Award. The MCSA YEA! Award is supported by a number of donors and funds a base amount of R30000. An additional amount may be considered for exceptionally deserving ideas. Preference will be given to young mountaineers, to any country - including South Africa - for any length of time. Preference will be given to originality as well as to first ascents and/or unusual/remote destinations.

Closing date: The prescribed application form (in MS Word) should be submitted by email, no later than 30 December 2024 for 2025, and going forward 30 December of the year preceding the expedition.

Details
The MCSA is well aware of the prohibitive costs involved in the organisation and implementation of expeditions for all members, but especially younger members who have no recourse to funds. To assist, the MCSA hopes to make funds available on a yearly basis to facilitate such expeditions. This new MCSA initiative is:

To provide support for expeditions organised and undertaken wholly by MCSA members particularly young South African mountaineers/explorers.
The applicant must have been a fully paid-up member of the MCSA (of any section) for a minimum of two years.
That the award be granted to a single person, whether or not the expedition team comprises two (or many) young South African mountaineers. The recipient may then decide the manner in which the money is spent.

That all applications include a full itinerary of the planned climbing trip (see this application form - https://ngo.evlink1.net/servlet/link/13 ... 42/7063182).

That, on return from the expedition, the recipient provides feedback of the expedition (including submission of an article to the MCSA Journal of that year and a report to MCSA (National Committee)), as well as slideshow presentations to at least two MCSA sections.

Full details can be found here --> https://www.mcsacapetown.co.za/wp-conte ... 24-004.pdf