• About / Join the MKMC

    Who are we? The 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’ main interests include trad and sport climbing (all grades up to E5), bouldering, alpine walking and climbing, ice climbing, winter mountaineering, via ferratas, and scrambling. Whatever your standard you are likely to find someone who matches it.

    Social Evenings The Club meets on the second and fourth Thursday each month at the New Inn, New Bradwell, Milton Keynes.  Members usually arrive around 9:00 for a drink, to talk about their latest escapades and to arrange future trips. You can check the latest regular gatherings on the Club Events page where you will also find information about club trips.

    What else do members do? Many club members have other active hobbies from skiing and kayaking to trail cycle racing and running.

    Why should you join the Milton Keynes Mountaineering Club? Here are just a few reasons:

    • You will belong to a group of like-minded people who enjoy adventure sports
    • Regular organised trips to mountain and wilderness areas
    • There is a pool of equipment available for members to borrow
    • Discounts are available to MKMC members from a number of retailers
    • There is a Club email message board/discussion group
    • You will have the benefits of BMC membership

    The BMC (British Mountaineering Council) is the representative body for climbers, mountaineers and hillwalkers. Through membership you will be supporting the work of the BMC in all aspects of the sport including the fields of access and conservation, climbing wall development, technical evaluation, training and international liaison. MKMC members benefit from:

    • £3,000,000 personal liability insurance world wide.
    • Summit magazine annually.
    • The club can make use of other affiliated club huts.
    • Reduced annual subscription to High magazine.

    Want to Join? Subscription rates for 2010 have been kept at: £12 (unwaged £6)

    For further details of membership please send us a message using the contact form and someone will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively, print out and fill in this membership form and bring it along to one of our regular pub meetings.

    Update: June 4th, 2010