The BMC Incident and Near-miss reporting system is for walkers, climbers and mountaineers, run in partnership with Mountaineering Scotland. The idea is simple: to reflect on our experiences from when things have gone wrong, and then share so that others in our community might learn from this.
In January 2018, five members of a BMC climbing club were avalanched when a cornice collapsed into a gully on the flanks of Helvellyn. The group was incredibly lucky to walk away with only sprains, bruises and damaged equipment. But the close call led to deep discussions in the hut that night. Why did the incident happen? What mistakes had been made? Could the injuries have been prevented?
BMC volunteer Pete Callaghan, who suffered a badly sprained wrist in the slide began planning a way to share similar incidents with the wider outdoor community. He teamed up with the BMC to create this reporting system.
Submit a report
The simple-to-use online form allows reports to be submitted by anyone who has been involved in, or witnessed, an incident or near-miss. These accounts are then are approved by a team of moderators before being published onto a free-to-read database.
Read the reports
You can read all the reports online, search the database and access a live feed of new reports on Facebook or on Twitter . We regularly post reports along with some commentary on our social media channels to stimulate discussion. The reports have also been used to inform articles in the 2020 and 2021 spring editions of Summit , one of which is published on our website .
Please consider adding a report - or reading and sharing those submitted by others - to benefit the community.
The system has been developed by BMC volunteers Pete Callaghan & Louie Smith, supported by BMC staff, and has now also been adopted by Mountaineering Scotland .
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