Kendal Mountaineering Club  

Links

Every site has to have them, so here’s our selection. As a club we can not either recommend or endorse any of these sites, the links are for information only, make your own choice, go surf dude!

Training

As a club, we are not qualified instructors and don’t offer any formal training, so here are some sugestions...

Kendal Wallhttp://www.kendalwall.co.uk
Plas y Brenninhttp://www.pyb.co.uk
Glenmore Lodgehttp://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk
Climb-High (Roger Chaldecott)http://www.climb-high.net
John Whitehttp://www.mountainguides.co.uk
British Mountain Guideshttp://www.bmg.org.uk
The BMChttp://www.thebmc.co.uk

Walls

Raining? Bored? Secret training? Here are some local walls…

Kendal Wallhttp://www.kendalwall.co.uk
Penrith Wallhttp://www.leisure-centre.com/centredetailsbrand.php?ID=31
Keswick Wallhttp://www.keswickclimbingwall.co.uk
Ingleton Wallhttp://www.inglesport.com/climbing-wall.html

Lake District sites

Lake District National Parkhttp://www.lake-district.gov.uk
Kendal Film Festivalhttp://www.mountainfilm.co.uk
Kendal Mountain Rescuehttp://www.kendalmrt.org.uk
Ambleside Mountain Rescuehttp://www.lamrt.org.uk
Wilfs Cafehttp://www.wilfs-cafe.co.uk/
The Breweryhttp://www.breweryarts.co.uk
Dave Willis Photographyhttp://www.mountainsportphoto.com
Cumbria Tourist Boardhttp://www.cumbria-the-lake-district.co.uk

Climbing sites

Rockfaxhttp://www.rockfax.com
Lakes blochttp://www.lakesbloc.co.uk
UK Climbinghttp://www.ukclimbing.com
Planet Fearhttp://www.planetfear.com
Lakes bird banshttp://www.frcc.co.uk/rock/birds.htm
BMC bird banshttp://www.thebmc.co.uk/outdoor/rad/rad.asp
Fell & Rock new routeshttp://www.frcc.co.uk/rock/newroutes/index.htm
The Nuts Museumhttp://www.needlesports.com/nutsmuseum/nutsmuseum.htm
Galloway Climbinghttp://www.needlesports.com/galloway/gallowayindex.htm
Hard Rockhttp://www.needlesports.com/hardrock/hardrock.htm
CLIMBinfohttp://www.climbinfo.co.uk
Climbing Clubhttp://www.climbingclub.co.uk
Costa Blanca Climbing Infohttp://www.abdet.com/climbing/index.html
Costa Blanca Accommodationhttp://www.abdet.com/accommodation-costa-blanca/index.html

My god, is it going to rain for ever?

Scottish Avalanche Servicehttp://www.sais.gov.uk
BBChttp://www.bbc.co.uk/weather
Met Officehttp://www.met-office.gov.uk
Met Checkhttp://www.metcheck.com

Shopping for gear?

Climbers Shophttp://www.climbers-shop.com
Inglesportshttp://www.inglesport.com
Kentdale Outdoorhttp://www.kentdalerambler.co.uk
Needlesportshttp://www.needlesports.com
Rock & Runhttp://www.rockrun.com

Bored of climbing? Other things to do…

Grizedale MTBhttp://www.grizedalemountainbikes.co.uk
Lakes Orienteering Clubhttp://www.lakeland-orienteering.org.uk
Adventure Racinghttp://www.sleepmonsters.com
The Fell Runners Associationhttp://www.fellrunner.org.uk
Go Apehttp://www.goape.co.uk
Cumbria Muni (Off road unicycling!)http://www.cumbriamuni.com

Kendal too far? Some other local climbing clubs

Barrow Mountaineering and Ski Clubhttp://www.bmasc.org.uk
Carlisle Mountaineering Clubhttp://www.carlislemc.co.uk/
Eden Valley Mountaineering Clubhttp://www.evmc.co.uk
Fell & Rock Climbing Clubhttp://www.frcc.co.uk
Keswick Mountaineering Clubhttp://www.thekmc.org
The BMChttp://www.thebmc.co.uk/thebmc/clubs/clubs.asp