Our annual training meet will be in North Wales this year on the late May bank holiday long weekend. The training will run on the Saturday and Sunday, whilst the meet itself will extend to the Monday, for a day of relaxation, walking, or even a trip to the beach. 

This is fantastic opportunity for those new to climbing outdoors, or any climbers looking to improve or refresh their skills. 

Members are of course welcome as always! as are any Prospective members who are walkers.

North Wales has excellent trad climbing, as well as sport, and is a beautiful, and sometimes challenging, area to walk in, with amazing views.

• Date: Friday 22nd May – Monday 25th May 2026
• Time: When you or your travelling group is ready!
• Location: Camping – TBC
• Organiser: TBC please email meets@themmc.org.uk 
• Sign-up Form: Coming soon!

Training Details

You’ll spend two days learning how to transfer your indoor climbing skills to the outdoors. 

We’ll cover:

• Top roping (both belaying from the ground and from the top of the crag)
• Abseiling
• Seconding a lead climber (removing protection on the way)
• Building anchors 
• Safe conduct at the crag

If you come on the meet, you’ll be able to get loads of time climbing on rock, and meet like minded people to build your climbing network. We aim to give you the skills to be a confident second (belaying and following a lead climber), so that you can participate on other club meets, and build your skills to develop your own independent climbing.

 You must have been met by a club member in advance of the weekend, to check you can tie-in and belay (our Bowles Rocks Day Social Climb on 18th April is a good opportunity to do this, but we can also make arrangements to it at a climbing wall in London). Please get in touch with Anna (membership@themmc.org.uk) before, or when you sign up, to arrange this.

You will need basic rope climbing skills and equipment to join the training weekend.

The training is led by a qualified club member, assisted by other friendly club volunteers, and we ask for a nominal donation of £15 towards running of the club and carbon off-setting.

We’re a club run by volunteers (we are not a provider, we are overseen by the BMC as a club)  

The weekend is a camping meet. You need to bring or hire your own climbing essentials. See our kit lists on the website: Kit Lists – The Marylebone Mountaineering Club. 

The BMC recognises that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.