About Us

Who we are and what do we do?

The club caters for a wide range of people with varying degrees of interest and ability in hill-walking, rock climbing and all other forms of mountaineering. We have a diversity of members as the club is run jointly with the Queen Margaret University and Edinburgh College of Art.

We have our "crag rats" and our "ice stars", but most of the club is composed of hill-walkers. We have an environment where you can meet people who can help you to achieve them. The club's main function is to provide transport and social events for bunch of mountaineers on student sized incomes. Providing transport to remote areas for groups of people is an expensive undertaking, and bearing in mind that most of our members are students on limited incomes a substantial part of our annual budget is spent on subsidising travel costs (in order of throusands of pounds!).

The club does not provide formal instruction, less experienced members are encouraged to learn from their peers whilst walking or climbing. As far as equimemnt goes, the club has built a up a store for the use of its members; things like ice axes, crampons, harnesses, ropes, tents and stoves. The club also has a small library of guide books and maps. There is a climbing wall in the Sports Centre at the Riccarton Campus, which is used every Monday night by the club.

So you think you're interested?! Then you might want to have a look at the handbook... It is the A-Z of the club. the way it operates, gear advices, what we require of you, what it costs.... There's quite a lot of information to be found in it.

[Handbook available soon]

Joining the club

Contact the Committe via the club forum or through the following email address: mountaineering@hw.ac.uk to find out how to joing or to chat about what you are interested in and how best you can get involved. Or simply come along on a tuesday night to Sports Hall 1 at 6:15pm and try your hand at climbing to see if it's for you. Alternatively, the pub is a good place to meet the people behind the chalk and adrenalin. (Wednesday evenings, pub changes every week at the minute. Keep an eye open on the 'Latest News' or on the forum for the coming wednesday.).

You will also have to fill in the application form. [Application form available soon]