• Welcome to the Milton Keynes Mountaineering Club

    The Milton Keynes Mountaineering Club was founded over twenty years ago and it currently has about forty members of many nationalities and aged from early twenties to late fifties, male and female, couples and singles. Members' interests include fellwalking, scrambling, rock-climbing (all grades up to E5), winter mountaineering, alpine walking and climbing, via ferratas, cross-country ski-ing, mountain biking and kayaking. Whatever your standard you are likely to find someone who matches it.

  • Latest MKMC News

    Banff Mountain Film Festival

    Hello!

    In Jan/Feb this year my partner and I are hosting the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour in the UK. I don’t know if you have heard of the Banff festival but it is one of the best and most renowned Mountain Film Festivals in the world.
    Read more…

    So what did you do at the MKMC Christmas meet?

    So what did you do at the MKMC Christmas meet?
    Answer.  A great deal of eating and drinking, some scrambling and a bit of climbing.

    Friday night, and the journey up was uneventful, which is how I like my car journeys… [read more]

  • News feeds from other websites

    The BMC News

    1. Nothing Ventured...Balancing risks Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 12:00 am
      The booklet Nothing Ventured...Balancing risks and benefits in the outdoors by Tim Gill is published by the English Outdoor Council and aimed at teachers and other children’s services professionals.
    2. French climb coveted line in Antarctica Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 12:00 am
      One of the biggest unclimbed objectives on the Antarctic Peninsula recently fell to experienced French alpinists and world travellers, Mathieu Cortial, Lionel Daudet and Patrick Wagnon.
    3. New Dartmoor map now in stock Monday, 8 March 2010, 12:00 am
      The latest map in the award-winning British Mountain Map series covers the wild granite landscape of Dartmoor.

    OUTDOORSmagic

    1. Cool Camping Guides Revised 9 Mar 2010, 6:09 pm
      Is your favourite campsite about to be overrun? New Wales and Scotland guides launch.
    2. Everest Blonde After Record 9 Mar 2010, 5:47 pm
      22-year-old Bonita Norris is aiming to become the youngest British woman to summit the mountain.
    3. Rab Top Bag Evolves 9 Mar 2010, 4:42 pm
      Rab;s ultra-lightweight bottomless sleeping bag has spawned two new successors.

    UKClimbing.com News

    1. Adam Ondra - A Muerte - F9a 9 Mar 2010, 12:00 am
      From Bjorn Pohl's Blog: "Adam Ondra has returned to Spain and Siurana. This time he crushed Richard Simpson's bouldery two finger pocket horror, A Muerte, F9a, in 3 tries, for its fastest ascent t. […]
    2. Scottish Storm: The Tempest X,9 8 Mar 2010, 12:00 am
      Andy Turner and Dave MacLeod Repeat Neil Gresham's test-piece The Tempest: Back in 2001 Neil Gresham caused an ethical hurricane by creating The Tempest, a savagely technical route in Glen Coe. The r. […]
    3. ShAFF Next Weekend: A Preview 8 Mar 2010, 12:00 am
      The Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF), being held at the Showroom next weekend (12th-14th March), has now matured into its fifth successive year and is set to be the biggest and most diverse. […]