Welcome to King's College London Mountaineering and Climbing (or KCLMC for short)! Join one of the fastest growing and most thrilling sport societies at King's.
Join us for twice-weekly indoor sessions (rope climbing & bouldering), monthly outdoor trips to get away from the hustle and bustle of London, and excellent fortnightly socials. Make sure you follow us on social media and subscribe to our mailing list to receive information on all of the above and more! We have an active climbing Whatsapp chat where we coordinate all our activities. Here's the link for everything: http://linktr.ee/kclmc
If you are new to climbing:
Don't be intimidated if you are new to climbing and mountaineering - our lovely committee members are happy to show you the ropes (pun intended). We welcome newbies and run a number of rope climbing teaching sessions and skills workshops throughout the year, empowering you to become a confident and independent climber.
Our taster sessions, held in September and again in January, do not require KCLMC membership to attend. Sign up for a rope climbing sessions or show up to bouldering and see if KCLMC is for you!
If you are an old hand at climbing:
Already a competent, seasoned climber? Turn up to any of our sessions or socials to meet the club and find yourself a new belaytionship or spotter. Sign up for our trips if you fancy some outdoor sport, trad, or even multi-pitch climbing. We offer a vibrant climbing community and can help push your skills to new heights!
If you'd like to try your hand at competing, we encourage you to try out for our competitive team and compete nationally against other universities in BUCS and LUBE (London University Bouldering Event - which we run!).
The Weekly Schedule:
As mentioned above, the club runs two official climbing sessions per week.
- Bouldering at VauxWall East on Mondays from 4-7pm.
- Rope Climbing at the Castle Climbing Centre on Wednesday from 3-7pm (bouldering is also available if you don't want to conquer the heights quite yet!)
Our Monday sessions are often followed by a chill pub hang, but our more structured socials are on scattered throughout the week. Variety is the spice of life so we try to switch things up regularly for our fortnightly socials, sometimes it's a slackline social, a pub crawl, yoga, or a collab with another uni (just to name a few).
Again, make sure you follow us on social media and subscribe to our mailing list to recieve information on all of the above and more! Here's the link for everything: http://linktr.ee/kclmc
What are the different types of KCLMC membership?
We have 2 different memberships:
- Social Membership - This grants you access to:
- Discounted Entry at all London Climbing Centre (LCC) gyms. This membership pays for itself by going to an LCC gym more than three times since membership purchase.
- Our Members' WhatsApp Group Chat where we coordinate all our club activities, release trip signups, and answer questions.
- Discounts on ticketed KCLMC socials such as the annual Winter Ball, Christmas dinner, etc.!
We have developed this membership specifically for the boulderers out there. It is also great for those who are not willing to commit to the club just yet but would like to be within its sphere of influence. If you would like to boulder with the rest of the KCLMC club during official climbing sessions, this is the membership for you. If you have purchased the above membership (Social) you will have to purchase a Student Recreactional/Associate Membership Top-Up if you wish to achieve full membership.
- Climbing/Mountaineering Full Recreational (Standard/Associate) Membership - This grants you access to all of the perks and benefits of the Climbing/Mountaineering Social Membership, plus the following perks:
- Free hire of any our rope and trad climbing, bouldering and camping gear. We have over £30,000 of equipment that gets checked regularly so that you can safely and confidently climb on your own or with us. This includes harnesses, ropes, ice axes, bouldering pads, camping gear, trad equipment, you name it. Not only do you get free access to the expensive kit, you don't even have to deal with storing it. T&Cs apply.
- Access to our exclusive climbing/mountaineering trips all over the world. Join us for introductory day trips to Harrison's Rocks. Come trad climbing in the Peak District, sport climbing in Portland and Wales, or bouldering in Fontainbleau, France.
- Access to massively subsidised training courses and guided expeditions that take place in the summer and winter. Join us in the French Alps for 3 weeks to learn how to multipitch sport climb, and get your first taste of guided alpine mountaineering (all guide costs are covered by the club). We also run a subsidised trip to Scotland for winter climbing.
- British Mountaineering Council membership for the year. This grants you access to discounted training courses, discounted medical and emergency rescue insurance, discounted access to huts and refuges, an online newsletter and many other perks. If you already hold a BMC membership let us know, we will help you get that refunded, as ours will come out cheaper!
- Access to weekly competition training run by our in-house club coach and free entry into the KCLMC team for LUBE, BUCS and many other climbing competitions.
- Discounted tickets to our performance training sessions. We will record your climbing and provide tailored feedback to your climbing needs. We will deliver tailored conditioning and flexibility workshops so that you can maximise your climbing capacity.
This membership provides our biggest offering yet and is a must for those who want to get good at climbing and make the most of what the club has to offer. Once again, to achieve full membership if you have purhased a Social Membership, you will need to buy the Student/Associate Membership Top-Up.
Don't miss out, come adventuring with us! If you have any questions, we would love to hear from you- shoot us an email or slide into our DMs. Again, here's the link for everything: http://linktr.ee/kclmc