As reported previously, following the acceptance of MCC as a full member of the UIAA (International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation) in 2017, the MCC submitted a proposal to the Federation to hold it’s annual “Spring Meeting” sessions in Malta this year. The bid was successful and 85 delegates from all over the world shall soon…
2019 Annual General Meeting
We would like to notify the membership that this year’s Annual General Meeting will be held as follows: Date: 31 March 2019, 18:00-19:00 Venue: 1st Sliema Scout Group (Bernard’s Own), Depiro Street, Sliema SLM2087, Malta The agenda for this meeting follows: President’s & secretary’s reports Financial report Appointment of auditors Other matters The AGM is…
16 yr old Zack Xuereb redpoints “Tropical Hurricane” 8a+ at Smoothies
Yesterday evening was a great day for Maltese climbing as young, 16 year old newcomer to the sport Zack Xuereb redpointed his hardest route yet, Tropical Hurricane 8a+ at Wied Babu’s Smoothies Cave. Zack’s progress in the sport has been incredible. He started climbing just over a year ago and has progressed quickly through the…
Limited Edition Club T-Shirts – 2019 edition
Earlier this year the club reached out to its members to help come up with a new design for our limited edition club t-shirts. We received a handful of great entries, and our selection committee had quite a task to choose the winning design. In the interest of transparency the selection process was tasked to…
UIAA donation page to benefit Maltese climbers
Following the success of the UIAA “Spring meetings” sessions held in Malta in May this year, the MCC is very pleased to inform it’s members that the UIAA has just launched a worldwide project to assist key initiatives relating to climbing and mountaineering, as well as mountaineering communities. We were delighted to learn that the…
MCC Presentation on Access and Conservation Issues
This weekend the MCC were given the opportunity to deliver a presentation to the Access and Conservation commission of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) focusing specifically on Access and Conservation issues experienced by climbers in Malta. The UIAA just concluded a series of meetings in Malta as part of the UIAA Spring Meeting sessions which…
