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Top 7 tips for climbing with your kids

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Top 7 tips for climbing with your kids

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06/03/2024

This Mother’s Day, here are our top seven tips for involving your progeny in your beloved pastime and (hopefully!) making it their favourite too.
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Nine more providers for FUNdamentals of Climbing courses nationwide

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04/03/2024

The BMC has increased the number of FUNdamentals of Climbing course providers to 14 across England and Wales. Nine more providers were taken on in 2023 to create more opportunities for participants to find a course that suits their needs. There are now providers in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Liverpool, south Yorkshire, three in north Wales, Bristol, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Hampshire, Southampton and north Devon.
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Ready to Rock Climbing Course

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31/08/2023

The Ready to Rock course is designed to help indoor climbers to make their first moves onto rock by having a fun day out, as well as covering the use of some key skills and equipment.
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Hiking Essentials Talks: Spring clean your skills

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12/05/2023

Brush up on your skills with our hiking essentials talks delivered by our experts.
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BMC Coach Education & FUNdamentals workshops

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10/05/2023

Whether climbing or coaching indoors, on the crags, or in the Alps our workshops cover a range of themes that will broaden your knowledge and improve your coaching.
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GB Climbing's Coaches Conference

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04/04/2023

Bringing together Indoor Competition Climbing Coaches to inspire and support each other, as we explore what great coaching looks, sounds, and feels like, through collaboration, connection & community.
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Have your say | Mountain Training investigate proposal for new bouldering qualification

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23/01/2023

Mountain Training has launched a survey about the potential for new indoor and outdoor bouldering qualifications and would love to hear your thoughts.
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Sport Climbing Basics

06/07/2012

A short film covering a variety of sport climbing techniques. An 80m rope is suggested as being the best length for climbers to take, but a 50m rope will suffice for most UK sport climbing.
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Lowering off from a sport climb

21/05/2012

Sometimes we need to thread the rope through a lower off if we are the last person to descend. Find out how in this video taken from the BMC DVD Rock Climbing Essentials.
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Simple Movement on Rock

02/02/2012

Before embarking upon a training regime to boost your grade, have a think about your climbing style. Moving efficiently when climbing may help more than any number of one-arm pull-ups!
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