South Wales Mountaineering Club Homepage

was established in 1960 and aims to encourage interest in mountaineering in all its forms and to bring together like minded people interested in mountaineering. The Club's activities range from mountaineering and rock climbing to scrambling and hillwalking, catering for all level of experience including total beginners.

With approximately 150 members, we have branches in Cardiff and Swansea who meet regularly to climb indoors and out.

The club organises a number of meets to climbing areas throughout Britain and occasionally further afield. There are also a number of specialist introductory meets organised for those with little or no experience.

Membership is open to anyone over the age of 18. We are affiliated to the BMC.

The club also has a Junior Section.

meet every Wednesday through the summer at Asda car park, Coryton interchange, North Cardiff at 5.50pm to climb on local crags in S.E.Wales or Wye Valley.

Novice climbers are encouraged to attend the first Wednesday of every month, but should contact a club member first.

In winter we meet at the indoor climbing wall at the Welsh International Climbing Centre, Trelewis from 7.00pm onwards. We climb from 7.00pm and at 22:00 head to the bar.

Email John Custance for further information.

meet every Wednesday through the summer at 5.30pm sharp at the Gower Inn car park for rock climbing on the Gower. Email Tim Hoddy or telephone on 01792 520362 for further details.

Novice climbers are encouraged to attend these weekly meets, but should contact a club member first.

During the winter the Swansea (West) members meet Wednesday evenings at Dynamic Rock in Clydach

Safety Considerations
The SWMC recognises that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. All participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement.
Many climbers and mountaineers will learn and improve their skills from other climbers as part of the normal process of gaining experience by starting with easy objectives and moving on to more difficult ones. This is an effective process and is the general philosophy adopted by the club.
Those individuals new to climbing should make their experience levels known to one of the more experienced members present on any club meeting prior to climbing. This will enable suitable supervision to be provided. The supervision you will receive is not from qualified instructors but from suitably experienced members of the club. The following points should be borne in mind.: Be aware of the risks involved. On arrival at the destination listen carefullly to instructions given, you will be given instruction into the use of any equipment prior to climbing if required. Before you start climbing ensure all equipment, knots etc are checked by an experienced member, do not climb until instructed to do so. If you believe there may be a problem or feel something is unsafe, check with an experienced member immediately.

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