Issues have surfaced at the BMC and GB Climbing in recent months surrounding overspending and governance. We sent questions to CEO Paul Davies. In July, we asked 'What's happening at the BMC?' following news of redundancies, overspending and a projected 2023 deficit of over £275K if the status quo were maintained. We highlighted our concerns about the competing interests of the BMC's representative role in outdoor access versus its governing body role in competition climbing and criticised the BMC's lack of clear communication. Meanwhile, more revelations and rumours were surfacing. An updated statement from the BMC and a 'CEO Q&A' with CEO Paul Davies were subsequently published by the BMC in mid-August, but left us with more questions than answers— especially relating to the management of GB Climbing, the internal business unit of the BMC which manages competition climbing. In an effort to find out more, we asked the BMC if we could send more questions for Paul to answer.
A lot has been going on behind the scenes at the BMC over the past week, with rumours of redundancies and financial issues. Here we attempt to shed some light on events.
With life unravelling, Nick Livesey sought refuge in Capel Curig. Starting as a grumpy waiter sleeping in his car, he's built a career in the hills he loves, and ten years after that leap of faith he wouldn't be anywhere else. Living in...
On a typical hill day we may think a lot about distant views, but are we as attentive to the environment around us? On just one walk from road to summit you might pass through ten or more different habitats, each with their own...
If you're about to embark on a big Munro or mountain multi-pitch day, starting well-fuelled is a must. But what food actually...
The UK's Big Three hill rounds, the Bob Graham, Paddy Buckley and Charlie Ramsay, are lifetime ambitions for many runners and even, these days, backpackers. Each is an inspiring goal, but more than a little daunting. In this series we guide you through the...
Wild camping is one of the most rewarding things you can do in the hills, says Keri Wallace, and doubly so with children. But combine tents, weather, midges and small people, and it's not always plain sailing. Here are her lessons for smoother family camping adventures.
On a warm spring day in Assynt, Gail Donaldson could have gone ultra-light and barely equipped. But when a surprise slip left her incapacitated, alone, and out of mobile signal, she was glad to have packed with accidents in mind. Her first aid kit proved invaluable.
These days pretty much everyone uses a phone to navigate, but while they offer advantages, gadgets also have limits. The simple map and compass should still form the mainstay of your navigation, says Ben Gibson, Mountain Safety Advisor for Mountaineering Scotland.
It's a tough job, and highly skilled, but the effort and expense of building and maintaining upland paths often seems to be taken for granted. Here Dan Aspel speaks with expert Dougie Baird of the Outdoor Access Trust For Scotland, on what it t...
In June 2023 Jamie Aarons set a new record for the fastest self-propelled Munro round, finishing on Ben Klibreck in a time of just 31 days, 10 hours and 27 minutes. What feats of endurance, sleep deprivation and elaborate team work did it take...
"There's no greater feeling than finding people alive in the mountains" says David 'Heavy' Whalley. Veteran of more than 1000 call-outs, and a keen climber and hillwalker now on his ninth Munro round, Heavy joins Dan Aspel to look back on...
To enjoy lightweight travel through huge tracts of unexplored country it's best, says Ronald Turnbull, to get yourself born into the 1930s. If you can bear the colonial lapses, this memoir of astonishing journeys and ascents in the world's wild...
From wherever-Camelot-was, eight weeks through Wales to the Peak District, in winter: that's a fair hike, says Ronald Turnbull, even in Gore-Tex lined boots with modern footpath signs. These Dark Age verses on an arduous quest must be the...
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