Useful Links
- British Mountaineering Council (BMC), along with the Mountaineering Scotland (also know as Mountaineering Council of Scotland Limited) and Mountaineering Ireland - are the representative bodies for hill walkers, climbers and mountaineers in Britain and Ireland. They lobby and advise the government on matters such as access, risk and responsibility and changes in legislation. In addition to representing those involved in outdoor mountain sports they offer a wide range of resources and courses. They also provide insurance and publish guidebooks. There is a wealth of resource on these sites.
- Mountain Training - are the training body for walking, mountaineering and climbing courses and manage and oversee the curriculum, standards and course providers. They also have a useful infographic to explain the curriculum.
- UKClimbing (UKC) - is an excellent online resource for climbers by climbers with lots of reflective comments on routes, techniques and general information.
- Womens Climbing Symposium (the original WCS!) - an excellent and inclusive organisation supporting the development of climbers, especially but not exclusively through inspirational content, meets and much more.
- Women’s Trad festival (WTF) - an annual event held in the lakes mainly supporting beginners to transfer from indoor to outdoor climbing and championing women in climbing.
- Black Girls Hike - a group aimed at supporting and promoting black women exploring the outdoors. Diversity in the outdoors a critical issue and more can be see on the BMC and MT.
- Pinnacle Club - Over a 100 years old this UK club is aimed at supporting women to get into Trad climbing with regular meets and days out.
- Climb Hitchin - our local climbing club based in Hitchin championing climbers in Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas, especially those new to climbing providing and community with access to a range of indoor and outdoor facilities.
- Lattice Training - Lattice is an excellent resource for physical training for climbers with great content on Youtube and a helpful app, Crimpd. nb there are a variety of excellent training providers in market. I’m not advocating Lattice above them but I have used their services.
- Rockfax - useful source of print and digital guidebooks from across the world.
- Youtube - is a great resource but it must be used carefully. There is a wide variety of information on there and before you put anything into practice it is wise to speak to those who have a qualification.
