At the start of March for Women Outdoors Week both Plans y Brenin and Glenmore Lodge, the National Mountain Centres, ran a series of winter training courses specifically for women. We've caught up with avid hiker and Mountain biker Laura Hall who attended the week long winter mountaineering course run by Plas y Brenin in Scotland. Here's how she … [Read more...]
My 25 Best Adventures // Emily Pitts
Sometimes the best adventures are the small ones or the unplanned ones or the ones that aren't even meant to be adventures. Adventures don't have to be in 'the outdoors', they can be expeditions of the mind, to new places, exploring different kinds of thinking. At Women Climb we've been reflecting on what our most interesting adventures have … [Read more...]
Telling Women’s Stories
Women are underrepresented in adventure sport, and their stories are not making it in to the media. Do our favourite outdoor magazines have a responsibility to redress the balance? Lucy Wallace talks outdoor media and women, in our latest article. If you've got something to say, get stuck in with your comments, at the end of the article. It … [Read more...]
Women Inspiring Girls & Women
Are you a woman working in the climbing/ mountaineering/ outdoors industry? Perhaps you're a mountaineering instructor? Or maybe you're a garment technologist and engineer outdoor clothing? Or maybe you do something else related to the industry? Womenclimb has a Youtube Channel and we want to fill it with great short videos about women … [Read more...]
Getting into the Outdoor Industry
Getting into the Outdoor industry doesn't always seems easy. Whilst it has been a man's world for a long time, things have changed and thousands of women now work in the industry, with thousands more training every year. A career in the outdoors can be incredibly rewarding. Steph Heeley, an Outdoor Instructor based in North Wales, speaks to us … [Read more...]