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Gower Weekend Delivers Big Climbs and Bigger Smiles
A lively Gower weekend saw Gwent MC members hitting both rock and tide. Thirteen climbers opened Saturday at Three Cliffs, where Martin and Mike ticked the classic Scavenger, Maddie sharpened her leading, and new member Tom followed Ian up Under Milkwood after declaring his love of adventure climbing. Even the crag dog Twm kept things…
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50 @ 50 @ Boulders
Twenty Club members kicked off the Club’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations during 2026 by turning up at Boulders UK climbing wall to each climb fifty routes within a day.“50 @ 50 @ Boulders“, that was the aim.
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The game we all play – understanding and accepting risk
Editor’s Note: The essay below is drawn from an evening talk given to Club members by fellow member Mick Learoyd. Mick is a skilled climber and mountaineer with decades of experience, adventures and escapades, including some near misses. Mick has bought knowledge and insight from his former career as a insurance risk assessor to thinking…
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Oberland Traverse, 2025
Staying in mountain huts, twelve Club members undertook a guided glacier trekking adventure in the Swiss Alps in the Summer of 2025. As Britain basked in a heatwave, it felt strange, at the end of June, to be packing for cold and heading to the airport with ice axes and crampons.