About the Fell & Rock Climbing Club

The Fell & Rock Climbing Club was founded in 1906 to “encourage the pursuits of fell walking and rock climbing, particularly in the English Lake District.”

Today it has around 1,100 members, issues an extensive list of meets based both in the UK and abroad, owns seven huts (five in the Lake District and two in Scotland) and publishes a comprehensive series of Lake District climbing guides and other related books.

Unusually for a club founded over a century ago, membership has always been open to women as well as men and it is also notable that both fell walkers and climbers are eligible to apply’

 

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Ice screw Recall – Petzl

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Petzl have recently issued this product recall on their LASER SPEED 10 cm ice screws https://www.petzl.com/INT/en/Sport/safety-alerts/2024-10-2/Recall-of-Petzl-LASER-SPEED-10-cm-ice-screws-%28Europe-only%29 Just in case you weren’t already sufficiently worried about dangling from a 4″ ice screw! Geoff Lyons

Sincere apologies

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THE FRCC JOURNAL WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR CIRCULATION AT THE AGM/DINNER WEEKEND   Sincere apologies to all members expecting to receive their copy of the 2024 journal this weekend. There have been several unforeseeable problems at the printers and printing of the journal has been delayed until 8th November.   Tony Walker FRCC Journal […]

THE FRCC JOURNAL WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR CIRCULATION AT THE AGM/DINNER WEEKEND

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Sincere apologies to all members expecting to receive their copy of the 2024 journal this weekend. There have been several unforeseeable problems at the printers and printing of the journal has been delayed until 8th November.   Tony Walker FRCC Journal Editor

Additional Nomination for Elective Member

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Since the AGM papers were published, and in accordance with Rule 6.5, there has been an additional nomination for the post of elective member.    This brings the total nominations for Elective Members to six, which is the number of vacancies available.  The additional nomination is detailed on the Club’s website under the item 2024 […]

Annual dinner, Castle Green Hotel Kendal, Saturday 2nd November, 7pm

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Time is running out before numbers have to be finalised. Following Chris Paul’s extensive survey of members, the buffet option, once available, has been reintroduced to provide a less expensive, informal option, this time with musical accompaniment from the renowned FRCC music group. Please book now, as after all a lot of members asked for […]

Books

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Surprisingly, considering the quality of books for sale there has not been the response as in previous announcements. An example of books for sale: Fast and Free, a biography of Pete Livesey £55 Joe Brown, the Hard Years, £22 Menlove, a biography of Menlove Edwards, £25 One Man’s Mountains, the writings of Tom Party, £28. […]

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