joining the club
about the club
The Club's activities centre on enjoying mountaineering, and outdoor activities in general, in the widest context.
Most members are active summer rock climbers, and a high proportion are also winter climbers. Members also enjoy many other mountaineering, or general outdoor, activities, such as skiing, mountain-biking, sea-kayaking and hillwalking.
We organise a weekly evening meet to the local crags in the summer, and to local indoor walls in the winter, and regular weekend meets, throughout the year, to most parts of the UK - see the current meets lists.
The club has two huts in the highlands, one near Newtonmore and one in Dundonnell. In addition, we have reciprocal rights arrangements with the Fell and Rock and Oread climbing clubs, giving JMCS members access to these clubs' huts.
The club is affiliated to The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS). As a result of this, club members receive the following:
- A third party insurance policy (see the MCofS website for more details).
- The quarterly MCofS magazine The Scottish Mountaineer.
- Access to BMC climbing and travel insurance. This is only available to members of clubs affiliated to the BMC or the MCofS, or to individual members of the BMC or MCofS.
Other benefits of affiliation are described more fully on the MCofS website.
Finally, you may want to read a brief club history, or even the club constitution (admittedly, this seems unlikely).
who can join?
The club welcomes individuals of all experience levels. If you have some experience of climbing in indoor walls we can introduce you to climbing in the outside world, and 'show you the ropes'. Joining a club, and thereby meeting experienced outdoor climbers, is a common way of moving from indoor walls to outdoor climbing.
However, club members are generally not guides, or professional instructors, so if you are a complete beginner you might like to learn basic rope work skills by attending a professional training course such as those run at Alien Rock and the EICA Ratho.
what does it cost?
The annual JMCS subscription is currently £25. This is reviewed annually at the club AGM each November. This subscription includes the affiliation fee to the MCofS.
how to join
If you're thinking of joining, the best way to meet us is to come to one of our Wednesday evening meets, but email the secretary first in case there is a last-minute change of venue (usually because it is raining!).