HOW TO JOIN
How to join The Climbers’ Club.
The club welcomes applications for membership from enthusiastic, experienced and competent leaders of adventurous ‘Trad’ climbs who wish to participate in the activities of the club.
When you are ready to start an application, please visit our Information for Applicants page and read the guidance notes.
Membership is open to all regardless of sex, gender identity, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or other beliefs. The important things are your climbing experience and competence.
You need to have had some contact with the club before applying, either by attending meets or staying at our huts and we expect you will have climbed with some of its existing members. You may already know a member which will make this easier but we offer introductory Prospective (Aspirant) Members' meets for climbers who don't know any current members, places on these meets are in high demand and are booked through the Meets Secretary select 'Joining a Meet' in the Contact Us webform.
You will need to attend at least one of these meets to obtain a proposer and seconder, and also sample some of the life of the club and meet our members. On the meet, you will be able to climb with existing CC members and demonstrate that you have the experience and competence we expect. Please note you may have to attend multiple meets, if for example it rains and we are unable to see you climb.
Don SargeantWhen reviewing an application we will look at the breadth and depth of each applicant's experience and the contact they have had with the club. By breadth we mean the range of climbing areas visited and by depth we mean the number of adventurous routes the applicant has led or shared the lead on. We view adventurous climbs as traditionally protected routes with a combination of other factors beyond technical difficulty: eg length, difficult location, variable rock quality, challenging route finding or committing climbing, leading routes like these demands a much wider skill-set than the technical ability to 'do the move'. Please note that there is no required minimum lead grade, just tell us what you have done!
Cost of membership
The annual subscription for the calendar year 2025 will be:
- £82 for ordinary members
- £44 for members under 25 years
Members elected after 30th June pay half the annual subscription for that year, and members elected after 30th September pay a quarter of the fee.
