Are You interested in joining us?

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Are you interested in joining the CMC?

If you are then contact me Mirjam (Membership Secretary) at ,MirjamM@chestermc.org for further details.

What does the club offer for you.

The club is a group of climbers and mountaineers who enjoy being out in the hills. The main advantage of being in a club is that you have the potential to meet a group of people with similar interests. Once established in the club you should be able to find people who share your interest.

Meets program - We hold regular meets. These can be evening meets, day meets, weekend meets and week meets. (see meets program) . We also hold two new members meets per year at our hut for new members to meet up.

We have just had the final one for this year. The meet was attended by 8 new members with 12 established members to lend a hand.

The first day was spent in the slate quarries where everybody met up. Groups were formed with some people visiting other areas in the quarries while a team went to finish the day off on little Tryfan. The evening was rounded off with a Chilli dinner, cake and some booze.

Sunday was another dry day with sun so we headed across to Holyhead Mountain. Here we all tried some trad climbing on the cliffs.

Below are some photos from the meet

At the first new members meet we had about 20 people turning out, including new members, recent members and some established members. For the first day we climbed in the Llanberis slate quarries. All had a go climbing. Some photos of the day are below. As usual we held a BBQ on Saturday evening. On the Sunday we climbed multi pitch climbs in the Llanberis pass.

The new members meet are set so new members can meet up with each other and members. They are great way to get to know people. People can turn out for the day or even stay for the weekend or night at the hut. For these meets the members ensure that the activity program includes all.

Below is some photos from last years new members meets

Newsletter - We publish about 6-8 newsletters a year that informs you of club events and has write up of meets held. Any member can contribute to the newsletter

Hut- We have a hut in Snowdonia that members are alowed to stay for £3 per night. All members can rent a key to the hut.

Shop discounts- The club membership card enables a discount at many climbing shops. Discounts range between 10%-15%.

All members are affileated to the BMC as a club member that give you third party insurance and the oppitunity to obtain mountaineering holiday insurance. You can also opt to upgrade to full BMC membership at a reduced cost.

What is the process of becoming a member--

We recommend that you come on a meet to see whether you would like to join. At this point you can apply for associate membership. This give you BMC club membership and all the rights as a member except you cannot have a key to the hut and cannot take guests to the hut without prior arrangement.

After six months you can either apply to be a full member or defer for another six months. Apllicants to full membership should have attended a number of club meets and be know by the club members.

Aplicants do not have to climb at a set standard but must be keen to be mountaineers and interested in the club.

Club membership fees are £15 for associate membership. (this includes BMC club membership £11-25)

Full membership fees are £20 per year.