Why I don’t give a toss about the BMC renaming itself Climb Britain

August 10, 2016 Opinion and advice alpine club, british mountaineering council, chris bonington, climb britain, geoffrey winthrop young, hill walking, indoor climbing, mountaineering insurance, rock climbing, sport england 3 Comments

Why I don’t give a toss about the BMC renaming itself Climb Britain

Last month Britain’s top mountaineering organisation, the British Mountaineering Council (BMC), puzzled its 80,000 members by announcing out of the blue that it would be changing its name to Climb Britain.

What’s the definition of a mountaineer?

August 9, 2011 Opinion and advice alpinism, bouldering, british mountaineering council, climbing, ecuador, gasherbrum, high altitude mountaineering, hill walking, indoor climbing, pakistan, rock climbing, scafell pike, sport england, tramping, trekking 27 Comments

What’s the definition of a mountaineer?

I’d been climbing for several years before I dared to call myself a mountaineer. I suddenly realised it one evening a couple of years ago when I got introduced to someone down a pub with the words, “here’s my friend