Evening Meets
Next Evening Meet:
Awesome walls Stockport
Mon 16th Dec, 2024
All welcome. Evening meets start around 6pm. Please bring a head torch and thermals. Manchester sunset is approximately 15:51, twilight to around 16:34. Please keep an eye on Scribble for wet weather options.
Awesome Walls, Stockport, Lead roped climbing from 6pm
This is very much a drop-in session. Feel free to come earlier or turn up later. We welcome competent, experienced lead climbers to any indoor session on any monday evening. If it is your first time meeting the club please make contact first via the web form on the ‘’join KMC’’ page and register as a ‘’prospective member’’.
Please note, as a minumum, you must be signed off as 'competent' to top rope belay at Awesome Walls before you attend a meet. You’ll need to make contact with us first via the web form on the ‘’join KMC’’ page and register as a ‘’prospective member’’ and please let us know your level of experience prior to climbing.
Please be aware that KMC Club members are not insured on club meets to act as instructors or to engage in formal tuition or competency courses for complete novices to roped climbing. If you are a ‘’roped climbing’’ novice, please check the Awesome Walls website: https://awesomewalls.co.uk for their various introductory courses.
Dont forget, club members get a reduced entry price! £££
Previously:
Alderman Rocks
Wed 21st Aug, 2024
Sadly the wind and rain forecast was not great and..... so it turned out.... yet another of the ''summer'' midweek meets where rain has stopped play this year.
Andy StratfordWitches Quarry
Wed 31st Jul, 2024
On the hottest day of the year four brave members formed a coven at WItches Quarry: Caro Churchill, Mich Harrison, Andy Stratford, and Gareth Williams. Thankfully the sky clouded over a little to provide some shade, but even so the climbing was very, very, sweaty. The Grand High Witch had laid a curse on the right hand end of the crag, meaning combined team tactics were required for an ascent of Serenety (S 4a). Further left, the spell lifted with acents of Halloween Outing (S 4a), Witches Brew (HS 4b), Hell Hounds on My Trail (VS 4c) and Thrutch (VS 4b). Back over to the right, the curse reasserted itself on Peel Off (VS 4c) with a reminder that cams are not so reliable on limestone, but weighted nuts sure are hard to remove. We finished with a beer in Barley, the late night being well worth the excellent venue, climbing and company. Same again next year?
Gareth WilliamsIf you are considering coming along to a club meet, please read the following:-
Participation Statement
"I accept that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a risk of personal injury or death. I am aware of and shall accept these risks and wish to participate in these activities voluntarily and shall be responsible for my own actions and involvement."
More Evening Meets:
During the spring and summer months evening meets are held outdoors at local crags, usually on Wednesdays, weather permitting. Keep an eye on the scribbles for the latest information. Indoor climbing wall meets start again in the autumn.
Some lucky people may be able to get out climbing nice and early, but this will vary depending on work hours and the traveling distance. Generally you should find KMC climbers at the crag by 6pm and some might still be there after its gone dark.
If you have any questions about coming along to a meet, or if you want to try and arrange car sharing, etc., then just send us an e-mail. For the latest information check the Scribble pages.
Outdoor Climbing Venues Used:
Alderman Rocks, Chew Valley (17)Aldery Cliff (3)
Anglezarke Quarry (16)
Ashworth Moor Quarry (1)
Bamford Edge (9)
Beeston Tor (1)
Blackstone Edge (5)
Bridestones (West Yorkshire) (1)
Broadbottom Quarry (2)
Brownstones (3)
Cadshaw Rocks (6)
Castle Naze (23)
Coire an t'Sneachda (1)
Cow's Mouth Quarry, Littleborough (15)
Deeply Vale (3)
Den Lane, Uppermill (13)
Denham Quarry (8)
Dovestones Edge, Chew Valley (17)
Dovestones Lower Left Quarry (1)
Egerton Quarry (4)
Froggatt Edge (2)
Harpur Hill Quarry (13)
Helsby (14)
Hen Cloud (2)
Heptonstall (7)
Hobson Moor Quarry (44)
Hollywood Park Boulder (2)
Horseshoe Quarry (5)
John Wayne Memorial Crag (1)
Kinder Downfall (2)
Lester Mill Quarry (2)
Longford Park Boulder (3)
Millstone Edge (7)
Misty Wall, Kinder Northern Edge (1)
Moving Buttress, Cheedale (1)
New Mills Torrs (12)
Pex Hill (5)
Pot Hole Quarry (2)
Pots and Pans Quarries (2)
Pule Hill, Marsden (16)
Ramshaw Rocks (8)
Ravensdale (1)
Ravenstones - Chew Valley (1)
Reddyshore Scout (2)
Roaches Lower Tier (1)
Roaches Upper Tier (7)
Robs Rocks - Chew Valley (9)
Rough Knarr (1)
Running Hill Pits, Saddleworth (18)
Shining Clough Rocks (6)
Staden Quarry (6)
Stanage North (2)
Stanage Plantation (1)
Stanage Popular End (3)
Standing Stones - Chew Valley (7)
Stoney Middleton (1)
Summit Quarry (2)
Swinton Boulders (1)
Tegg's Nose (2)
The Pump House (1)
Thors Cave (1)
Tintwistle Knarr (2)
Tissington Spires in Dovedale (1)
Tonacliffe Quarry (2)
Troy Quarry (33)
Victoria Park Boulder, Stretford (2)
Warton in Silverdale (3)
Wharncliffe Crags (1)
Wilton 1 (19)
Wilton 3 (9)
Wimberry Rocks (9)
Windgather (22)
Winnats Pass (1)
Witches Quarry (18)
Woodhouse Scar (2)
Wormstones (1)
Yellowslacks (3)
Climbing Walls Used:
Manchester Climbing Centre (118)Marple Rope Race (3)
Rock Over Climbing (6)
Stockport Awesome Walls (181)
The Depot: Manchester (70)
Warrington North Face (3)
Other Evening Meets (126)
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