Northumbrian Mountaineering Club

Club area
N/A, Northumberland

Contact Address
N/A

Email
secretary@thenmc.org.uk

Website
www.thenmc.org.uk

Notes
The NMC is a diverse club with many members.

Our members enjoy climbing from almost-beginner level to international competition standard. We have an active "meets diary" which includes Wednesday evenings throughout the year, indoor and out, weekend meets are also scheduled across the year.

Throughout the winter we have regular slide shows on the Wednesday evenings after the wall session. The club has long leases on a pair of cottages in a beautiful setting by the Bowderstone, Borrowdale in the Lake District. The smaller of the two is always available for members and their guests, whilst the larger one is reserved for the sole use of the club on several weekends in the year, for instance our barbecue meet on the August Bank Holiday.

To become a full member we ask that you attend a minimum of three meets and be proposed and seconded by two other members. There is a real advantage to you in doing things this way, it gives you a chance to get to know a few faces and it also gives us a chance to get to know you too.

Advantages of being a full member include insurance with the British Mountaineering Council's scheme through the club's affiliation; Summit Magazine; you may hold keys to the cottages, and several outdoor equipment shops give discount, 15% at one particular shop.

Our members are of all ages and abilities, but share a common enthusiasm for climbing, the hills and mountains. If you haven't achieved the modest qualification for membership, or aren't sure you want to become a full member, you can become a 'prospective' member for a year, come to club meets and functions and receive our quarterly newsletter and other information.

So, if you feel like joining the Northumbrian Mountaineering Club, come along to some meets - information on the next few forthcoming meets is on the homepage - and bring along a membership form.

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USER FEEDBACK Login as Existing User to add your comments The NMC is a large, friendly, active club with in excess of 180 members and welcomes climbers and walkers of all abilities and interests with its members usually doing a little of anything and everything depending upon time of year and, of course, how the fancy takes them ;-) There is an active weekday meets list for just about every Wednesday evening in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Weekend meets are frequently scheduled too, again throughout the year. The NMC also has its own hut at the Bowderstone in Borrowdale. If you want to know more before you get in touch personally have a look at the club web site, which has an online guide, photo-gallery and hosts the "Climbers and Walkers Chat Forum" for climbers and walkers across the North. SteveO - 07/Oct/03

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Tricky moves © odox, Apr 2008	Sue making steady progress on Main Wall, HvS 5b ***, Bowden Doors © SteveO, Sep 2003	Joel "Stepping Out" on Idiot's Delight (HS 4c***), Great Wanney © SteveO, Aug 2003	3of5 surmounting the nose on Boundary Corner, VD ***, Great Wanney © SteveO, Aug 2003
Bryn on Rock Island Line, E1 5b ***, Peel Crag © SteveO, Aug 2003	Steve Gray on the top traverse on Sunset, MS ***, Peel Crag © SteveO, Aug 2003	Graeme Reed completing the awkward finish on Friday's Child, E2 5c *, Corby's © SteveO, Sep 2002	Jon Trafford on Gibbons Gambol, E2 5c **, Corbys © SteveO, May 2003
Pause and Ponder (VS 4c*), The Jack Rock © SteveO, May 2003	Climbers on Dry Fly Corner, VS 4c *, The Jack Rock © SteveO, May 2003	Steve Nagy, Overhanging Crack, E2 5c ***, Bowden doors © SteveO, Aug 2003	Alex and Cliff in Classic Northumbrian mode; Main Wall, MS ** © SteveO, Apr 2003
Richard Pow on Stretcher Wall, E1 5b © SteveO, Aug 2003	Richard Pow "resting" on Rakes' Crack, E1 5b ** © SteveO, Aug 2003	Jon Trafford on Angel Fingers a superb line at HvS 5b *** © SteveO, Jul 2003	50th Anniversary meet at Crag Lough, 1995 SteveO, Jun 1995 © Andy Birtwistle