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Your Climbing Counts | Survey Results

In December 2023, the BMC launched the biggest in-depth survey of UK adult climbers, their motivations and their coaching needs. Here we discuss the survey findings and highlight some areas of interest. Here's the summary of data and our findings.

06 Nov
5 min read

Indoor Climbing News

Youth Climbing Series Grand Final

The BMC, Mountaineering Ireland and Mountaineering Scotland are pleased to present the Youth Climbing Series Grand Final 2024. Please note, this is an invitational event only.

05 Nov
3 min read

Indoor Climbing News

Time Together: Lucy Garlick and Natalie Stilwell

Last month saw Women in Sport launch their annual #TimeTogether campaign—a national initiative designed to empower daughters and mums to reconnect and discover new ways to get active together while inspiring others to do the same.

01 Nov
3 min read
22 Nov 2024

Organisation

BMC x ClimbOut Queer Climbing Session at Kendal Mountain Festival

Join us at Kendal Mountain Festival for our Queer Climbing session with ClimbOut Festival.

LATEST ARTICLES

Get Climbing

Find a climbing wall

Climbing walls are a great way to start climbing and to stay fit. We’ve made it easy for you to discover local climbing wall in your area. Take a look at our BMC Climbing Wall Finder.

09 Aug
2 min read

Indoor Climbing Articles

How to watch climbing in the Olympics

In a matter of days, 40 climbers from all around the globe will battle it out across three climbing disciplines of speed, lead and bouldering on the world's most watched wall of the year. Four British climbers will be among them representing Great Britain in Sport Climbing at Paris 2024 Olympic games. But how and where can you watch all the action? We have all the answers.

04 Aug
5 min read

Indoor Climbing Articles

How can you get involved with competition climbing?

If anyone is out there and is looking to start competitions, where would they look?

24 Jul
4 min read

Get Climbing

Five steps to start climbing

Fancy giving climbing a go but don't know where to start? Follow these five easy steps to kick off a lifetime of vertical adventures.

17 Jul
4 min read

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Get Climbing

Five steps to start climbing

Fancy giving climbing a go but don't know where to start? Follow these five easy steps to kick off a lifetime of vertical adventures.

17 Jul
4 min read

Indoor Climbing Skills

How to move from indoor to outdoor climbing

All the tips on how to move from indoor climbing to outdoor climbing

17 Jul
4 min read

Indoor Climbing Skills

The basics: climbing indoors

Here are the essentials to know about climbing indoors

10 Jul
4 min read

Indoor Climbing Gear

Just how tight it too tight when it comes to climbing shoes?

We take a look at the culture of tight climbing shoes. Just how tight is too tight - and are we creating problems for the future?

04 Jul
5 min read

Indoor Climbing

How to fingerboard

Is your climbing stuck in a rut? You need to tackle the weakest link in your chain. For some people, that’s finger strength. Ned Feehally explains the best practice for using a fingerboard to train climbing.

04 Jul
3 min read

Indoor Climbing Gear

What gear do you need to climb indoors?

So you’ve caught the bug, you’re going at least once a week (often more!) and your friends keep looking at you weirdly when they catch you moving your arms around while staring into space, or just staring at your fingertips. It’s inevitable, because, let’s face it, climbing is the best! If you’re really getting into climbing, you’ll likely want to start getting your own gear that will fit you properly and perform better – such as rental shoes. In fact, shoes are the first thing you should get!

04 Jul
2 min read

VIDEOS

Advanced Movement

23 Jul
1 min read

Advanced Movement

23 Jul
1 min read

Training off the wall

23 Jul
1 min read

Training off the wall

23 Jul
1 min read

Indoor Rope Skills

23 Jul
1 min read

Indoor Rope Skills

23 Jul
1 min read

Indoor Rope Skills

23 Jul
1 min read

Indoor Rope Skills

23 Jul
1 min read

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