This competition is now closed. Keep your eyes peeled for details of our 2018 competition which will be announced soon! Read more »
Celebrate International Women's Day by finding out a little more about the films submitted for the Women in Adventure Film Competition. BMC equity and partnerships officer Jo Rowbottom guides us through some of the films. Read more »
The fourth Women’s Climbing Symposium (WCS) filled out TCA Glasgow with 160 women for one hectic day this autumn. One third of the organising team, Claire Carter, tells us just what was brave and bold about WCS14. Plus, watch the brand new and inspiring film of the event. Read more »
150 years ago Lucy Walker became the first woman to summit the Eiger, the infamous 3,970m peak in the Bernese Alps. Today, alpine historian Clare Roche alongside other Alpine Club and Climbers' Club members are at Hotel Bellevue celebrating Lucy's historic achievement, having attempted to follow in her footsteps. Read more »
The Women’s Climbing Symposium (WCS) has gone from strength to strength (that’s core, technical, dynamic, you name it) since its first year at the home ground of its organisers Shauna Coxsey and Steph Meysner in Liverpool. Claire Jane Carter tells us why this year's WCS in Glasgow is the place to be for women climbers everywhere. Read more »
It's Mothers' Day, so let's hear it for climbing mums. Read more »
Emma Twyford was the second British woman to climb the coveted grade of E9. Sarah Stirling caught up with Emma to talk about her first E9, Rare Lichen, living the climber’s dream in Llanberis and what it’s like to be a female climber these days. Read more »
The Women’s Climbing Symposium returns for a third year, as it moves from Liverpool to London. This all-female climbing event is dedicated to connecting, developing and inspiring women in climbing, and takes place at The Arch Climbing Wall on Saturday 2 November. Read more »
Very little is known about the safety of travel and exercise at high altitude during pregnancy. If you are a physically active woman who has completed a pregnancy, you could help a research project to provide valuable advice to doctors and patients. Read more »
More than 130 female climbers from the UK and around the world gathered at the Climbing Hangar in Liverpool last weekend for the second Women's Climbing Symposium, supported by the BMC. Liz Holley went along to find out more. Read more »
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