Club News
13/06/2008
Club member Jane Metcalfe was in the limelight recently, doing a photoshoot at Kendal Climbing Wall for International Reading Week. Julie Butterworth was on hand to take photos of the event! >>>more
18/04/2008
Local climber Al Phizacklea has had an accident on Sunday whilst climbing at Wallowbarrow Crags in the Duddon Valley. Apparently he is alive and doing ok at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go to him. Read the full article in the Northwest Evening Mail. Two discussion threads have been started at UK Climbing short discussion and longer discussion. Al is best perhaps best known for his illustrations and detailed maps of the FRCC Guidebooks.
23/03/2008
Jane Metcalfe reports on the recent lecture by Leo Houlding at Rheged
Results out for BMC Youth Climbing Series Lakes leg, held at Newton Rigg. It's good to see so many young climbers taking an interest. Good luck to all in the next round, which is to be held at Rock Antics, Newton Aycliffe
06/03/2008
BMC Youth Climbing Series comes to Penrith!... >>more
Local climber Judith Brown has had a book published, Happy Climbing Tells No Tales, which has also been shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award.
22/02/2008
Club member Frank Grant is due to have a book of his memoirs published
in March. The book is an autobiographical account of his life and journey
of self-discovery...>>more
Advance Publication Poster
21/02/2008
The second BMC Lakes Area newsletter is available for download. Contains details of the March '08 area meeting, the Lakes Festival of Climbing, access updates and lots of other news for this area.
20/02/2008
After having been in the UK for a number of years, and entertaining us all with his stories and antics, Marnus Malan is finally on his way back to South Africa. Marnus first met John and myself on our epic benightment on Skye. Since then he has been a member of the club, but, due to work commitments, has only managed to make a few meets. He brought laughter to everyone he met, and nobody could fail to be impressed by his infectious enthusiasm for the mountains. His courage and commitment to adventure was certainly an inspiraton to me, and I will miss him.
17/02/2008
Well done to member Elliott Linnen for getting some of his photos published in Climber Magazine! Elliott also keeps some videos of his (and our!) climbing antics on his space at YouTube including his inspirational Naked Climber video. His latest offering is a moving tribute to his dog, Mosely, who died last year while Elliott was climbing at Stanage with the club.
