British Mountaineering Council
- British Mountaineering Council
The British Mountaineering Council (or BMC) is the national representative body for England and Wales that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers. Its headquarters are on Burton Road in West Didsbury, an area of Manchester, England.
The organisation was originally formed in order to represent the interests of climbing clubs and primarily maintain access for climbers to climb on a mountain, a crag, or a sea cliff in England and Wales.The organisation now has two types of membership; those that are affiliated via a club and those that are individual members.
The BMC currently has 65,000 members, of which 40,000 are individual members. Membership benefits include access to the BMC travel insurance scheme, civil liability insurance, discounts on equipment, technical and training advice, and four copies of Summit magazine each year.
The BMC also produces rock climbing guidebooks to some parts of the UK primarily, the Peak District and Lancashire.
Founding Members
*Alpine Club
*The Rucksack Club
*The Wayfarers' Club
ee also
Mountaineering Council of Scotland
External links
* [http://www.thebmc.co.uk/ The BMC Website]
* [http://www.rheged.com/ The National Mountaineering Exhibition]
* [http://www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk/ The Mountaineering Council of Scotland]
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