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Noticing

In Articles, Beginner Climber, Boulderer, Climbers, Climbing Geekery, Climbing Health, Climbing Psychology, Experienced Climber

Would you like to tune in to your body more? Fancy streamlining your decision making when outdoors? Check out what research says about noticing, and whether it can help us develop as climbers....

Why Navigation is Important to Climbers

In Articles, Beginner Climber, Climbing Psychology, Comment, Competent Climber, Experienced Climber, Hiking, Other Resources, Uncategorized

What could possibly go wrong on a simple day trip? Read Caitlin's story about why navigation matters for climbers!...

Time to get RAD

In Articles, Comment, Other Resources

Check this before you climb...

How to change career & make the right choices

In Articles, Skills, Training & Fitness

If you’re looking for a career change to start working in the outdoor industry, Womenclimb Founder & CEO talks us through some of the things you might consider to help make your transition a smooth one. Changing jobs can feel like an upheaval, and changing career...

Your First Time

In Articles, Beginner Climber, Climbers, Competent Climber, Discover, Experienced Climber, Winter Climber or Mountaineer, Womenclimb Favourites

When was your first time climbing? Or daring to scale a frozen waterfall? Your first encounter with a glacier? Read about our team's firsts!...

Board Vacancies: NICAS/ABCTT

In Articles

Would you like to improve and support the development of indoor climbing schemes for young people and adults? The Association of British Climbing Walls Training Trust (ABCTT) would like to invite our Womenclimb Members, Supporters and followers to help shape the future of NICAS! ...

Stepping into Opportunities

In Articles, Climbing News

A message from our Founder & CEO, Emily Pitts. Very often we get asked to do things for free, as volunteers. It's important for us to balance our personal lives, work lives, home lives and social lives, so this can sometimes make stepping up difficult....

Getting Started Climbing: Gear

In Articles, Climbing Gear, Competent Climber, Experienced Climber, Indoor Climber, Sport Climber, Trad Climber

What gear should you buy if you're just getting started climbing? Esther Foster, Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor shares her knowledge & experience...

How to Care for Climbing Ropes: Part 1 – What causes damage?

In Articles

Buying your first rope or set of ropes is a big investment. You're investing in your personal safety and security as a climber by spending a big chunk of your hard-earned cash. A rope is probably the single biggest investment you'll make and it's easy...

First Sport Climbing Rack

In Articles

What should you get if you're just starting out buying a sport climbing rack? Esther Foster, Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor, shares her thoughts on this topic: 1: Sport Climbing Specific Quickdraws Considerations: Route length: Regular sport climbers who climb abroad will often have 20 – 25 quickdraws....

First Trad Rack

In Articles, Climbing Gear, Competent Climber, Experienced Climber, Trad Climber

In our last article, Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor Esther Foster shared her experience to help make decisions about getting started with gear. Today, she's talking us through a trad rack and what you might buy at the start of your climbing journey: What exactly should...

Rope Talk: Why use double ropes?

In Articles, Climbers, Climbing Equipment, Climbing Gear, Climbing Geekery, Competent Climber, Experienced Climber, Trad Climber, Winter Climber or Mountaineer

Is one rope not enough? In trad climbing, double ropes is standard, but why? ...

Trail love

In Articles, Hiking

Are you keen on hiking? Here is our selection of 5 long-distance hiking routes with breath-taking vistas across the 4 countries that make up the UK!...

Rope talk: Single, Double, Half, Twin – What’s the difference?

In Articles, Climbing Equipment, Climbing Gear, Climbing Geekery, Competent Climber, Experienced Climber, Indoor Climber, Sport Climber, Trad Climber, Winter Climber or Mountaineer

Ropes can be confusing when we are starting out climbing. It can take a bit of time to become familiar with the terminology, but it’s important, because the rope is one of your key bits of safety kit as a climber. If you aren’t sure...

Racism & Change

In Articles

In the face of the brutal murder of George Floyd it has been difficult to know how to respond without sounding trite. The last thing anyone needs is another hollow statement filled with platitudes designed to make people feel some sort of short-lived catharsis. It...

Tasty Tuesday – Cheese Straws

In #TastyTuesday, Articles

Save this bits of leftover pastry and make these 100% delicious treats, courtesy of Caitlin Ripley...

Pride in Climbing

In Articles, Comment

It’s Pride Month, a time to reflect on progress, celebrate the wins and look forward to the future. Second on Womenclimb’s list of core values after ‘Support’ is ‘Celebration: we will celebrate all women & challenge all stereotypes’. Implicit in this statement is challenging stereotypes...

Climbing the Seven Volcanoes: a search for strength // Book Review

In Articles, Books, Discover, Experienced Climber, Reviews, Winter Climber or Mountaineer

What’s on your lockdown reading list? If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent a lot of time staring out the window, dreaming of adventures - anything from small trips to the local crag, to climbing 8000-metre peaks. But what will it take to motivate you...