This meet is aimed at those taking their first steps into trad climbing techniques or those wishing to advance or refresh their skills in building effective, efficient and reproducible belay systems. We’ll also look at abseiling set-ups and multi-abseil techniques, multi-pitch belay systems and setting up top rope and bottom roping systems for beginners. This […]
We have a number of day meets and a new venue for our indoor wall meets in the coming weeks. Indoor Climbing: Big Depot Climbing Centre, Leeds LS12 6BY Date: Tuesday 22nd March Meeting time: 11.30 The centre has a good variety of routes; 65 lines with 3 to 4 routes on each line; 6 […]
Kendal Wall Meet – Saturday 5 February 10:00am Hosts – Martin Elliott/Bill Wiseman The next winter wall meet will be at the Kendal Wall on 5 February. Members attending previous wall meets have found them really enjoyable and have provided opportunities to meet and socialise with other members. Why not come along and find out. […]
The FRCC Journal Archive has been updated to include all Journals through to 2020 in a single table as well as a separate index (excluding the full listing of New Climbs and Book Reviews) for the series
Looking for a way to spend your children’s inheritance or simply divest of the fortune you saved not travelling in 2020 & 2021? Last call to book the very snazzy cabins for our Shieldaig Meet in May. Impress the love of your life or midge-bitten climbing partner with a view of the Atlantic and underfloor […]
While the warden was at Raw Head today someone from the council called this morning to deliver a letter re a road closure that will effect the hut. This is to repair the crater (pothole doesn’t really describe it!) at Harrys place on the B5343 a mile or so east of the hut. The body […]
We will be holding our Act of Remembrance on the summit of Great Gable at 11am on Sunday 14th November. Hugh Foulerton, the Church Warden has invited FRCC members, who feel unable to climb Great Gable, to attend their Act of Remembrance at St Olaf’s, Wasdale Head. This is starting at 10.50am beside the FRCC […]
The committee have become aware of several incidents, some of which have had serious consequences, involving pierceable gas canisters of the type shown below; several brands are available, and the canisters are often blue in colour and do not have a threaded connection for the burner. Accidents have occurred where the burner assembly has pierced […]
Nick Wharton, guidebook writer for the upcoming Lake District rock guide was on BBC Radio Cumbria talking to Helen Millican about climbing, interspersed with music that he selected. You can listen to it here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09tnrjx The relevant timings on the programme timing bar are: 15:20 to 54:45 then 2:15:55 to 2:54:25 Nick says “listen out […]