Solihull Mountaineering Club

Our latest Annual get together, complete with (un)coveted awards. And here we all are, in our rarely-seen finest outfits

Spoiler alert! It’s an SMC meet in North Wales on a Bank Holiday but it did not rain. In fact the weather was fabulous the whole weekend, the only clue that it was a Bank Holiday was the tortuous, torrid,

Less than perfect conditions saw some of us head off to the near tropical climate of Tremadog in search of dry-rock. Sunday saw a mass visit to the Dinorwic slate quarry – always fascinating to explore. Renowned for being slippery

For our October weekend meet, we returned to South Wales, this time to hit the beautiful coastline of Gower. The area offers a range of climbing across the grades in a selection of beach-level and non-tidal crags and we got

Shots from the expedition to the incredible Old Man of Stoer sea stack during our Scotland trip in late summer 2021

Following on from our camping weekends in the Lake District and Snowdonia in June & July, August brought on a belter of a week-long trip to Scotland! Some highlights of the Reiff adventure were:·First multi-pitch climb (Melpo)First outdoor leads, with

The weekend obliged – excellent mountain weather on both days, with clean, dry rock and blue skies – plus dry tents and few midges!Several of us headed to Glyder Fach Main Cliff – an impressive setting for some great climbs

Thanks to everyone who put in bids for our charity auction, for items donated by Jo Jones, on behalf of her late husband Colin, a keen hillwalker and mountaineer. We have found welcoming new homes for a range of books,