How to use walking poles
Outdoor writer and photographer Chris Townsend presents this series of hill walking how-to films. In this episode Chris shows you how to use walking poles.
- One giant step for climbers: BMC announces first-ever lunar crag acquisition
- BMC Midlands Area meeting | Thursday 7 May
- Meet new Peak District Wildfire Engagement Officer, Damian
- Ethics and Liability in the mountains - Joint statement from the BMC and Mountaineering Scotland
- Best ever British result in Ski Mountaineering World Cup
- Lake District Social Walk | 15th August
- London Social Walk for the Big Walking Weekend | 30th May
- The BMC and Grangers partner to advance gear longevity and net zero 2040 goals
- Sea cliff climbing secured along England's coast
- Social Walk in Eyam, Peak District | 19th July
- GB Paraclimbing team announced for 2026 season
- The Great Arch | Robbie Phillips Interview
- Climbz: an inclusive climbing movement for disabled and neurodivergent young people
- Invasive Species Clearance on Kinder Scout | 18th August
- Rebolting training in Cheddar Gorge | 21 and 22 March
- Fundraiser stories: Emily's 2026 Mend Our Mountains challenge
- Yorkshire Social Walk for the Big Walking Weekend | 30th May
- BMC announces three new patrons to support its Route to Adventure strategy
- Fundraiser stories: Gregory Perdon's Tower Ridge Challenge
- BMC Student Seminar
- Social Walk up Derwent Edge, Peak District | 9th August
- Meet Rhys Bowen - Seagrass Ocean Rescue, North Wales
- International Summer Meet 2026: Host Applications
- Lisa Barge appointed Chair of the British Mountaineering Council
- BMC volunteers start 2026 with four Peak District conservation events
- British Lead Championships: McNeice, Rinaldi, Butterworth and Sutton top qualification round
- BMC Peak Area | ‘Get Stuck In!’ | Moorland Conservation Volunteering Day (with National Trust) | 29th March 2026
- TALK: 'Alex MacIntyre and the birth of Light and Fast Alpinism' with John Porter
- Sport climbing in Val Pennavaire, Italy
- GB Skimo's Innes shines at Pointes Blanches victory and battles to 13th at Belle Étoile
- Five Ethels Social Walk Peak District | 26th April
- GB Skimo's Ursula Catton takes Gold in Masters World Championships
- Climbing for All at the Foundry Sheffield
- Back with a bang: British Skimo Championships 2026 return to Glenshee
- Pen y Fan Clean Up Cwm Llwch
- Meet the new path repair Apprentice Ranger in Eryri
- BMC members get 10% off Airalo eSIMs
- BMC London and South East Area Meeting
- Morris finals at UIAA World Cup in Saas-Fee
- BMC welcomes ‘vital’ Reconomics 3.0 report
- Wildfire Engagement Officer funded by BMC Access & Conservation Trust
- Akhtar and Edwards crowned 2026 British Boulder Champions
- Field narrowed down as British Boulder Championships progress in Manchester
- British Boulder Championships return to Manchester this weekend
- Path repair equipment donated by BMC Access & Conservation Trust
- Mountain Medicine Festival 2026
- Heaton Park Social Walk for the Big Walking Weekend | 30th May
- Eryri Social Walk for the Big Walking Weekend | 30th May
- Rivington Social Walk for the Big Walking Weekend | 30th May
- Rivington Social Walk | 30th April
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