What we’re about
Hi there! Welcome to the rock and indoor climbing branch of Scottish Hillwalking & Activities Group, Scottish Hillwalking & Activities Group - Climbing. If you are interested in hillwalking, you can find our walking branch at https://www.meetup.com/Scottish-Hillwalking-Activities-Group-Walking/.
We're a friendly group that was founded to be run by the members for the members. We encourage members to "own the group" and help keep the page active by hosting events, but there is definitely no requirement to do so.
Rock climbing
We have a dedicated core of climbers. There are regular weekly meetups at the Glasgow Climbing Centre and The Climbing Academy. In addition, we host occasional events at Ratho, the Alien Rock venues in Edinburgh and the new climbing centre Above Adventure in Kilmarnock. The group also holds regular rock climbing meets at local crags when the weather is fine, and snow/ice climbs through the winter. Many of these are arranged on group nights at the last minute, due to our fickle weather, so being an active member opens up more options to you.
Further afield, we usually have an annual bouldering trip to Fontainebleau and a European sport climbing trip. Again, you need to be active members to be invited to these.
We are a beginner friendly group and we run several indoor and outdoor introduction events a year for bouldering, trad, sport climbing and belaying. Please note that events involving rope management skills are restricted to members that can already belay safely.
Organisers
The organiser of an event is the point of contact for the event. Organisers are volunteers who are sharing their own experience with others, so those of lesser experience should be aware of this.
The group is completely free to join, but we may occasionally ask for a voluntary £3 donation to help cover the cost of hosting the group on Meetup.com.
If you would like to get involved in organising events, please feel free to get in touch with Mountain Goat via my Meetup profile.
Look forward to seeing you on a meetup soon,
Mountain Goat
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Indoor climbing at Above Adventure, KilmarnockAbove Adventure, Kilmarnock
This Meeup is open to anyone aged 18 or over who can competently do top rope climbing and belaying. The aim is to get people together to do some top rope climbing in Above Adventure’s new roped climbing area, either in pairs or groups of three. Cost of admission to the centre is £10.
TIME AND LOCATION
We’ll meet at 6.30pm at Above Adventure in Kilmarnock just inside the roped climbing area, near the door (without cluttering the entrance). The centre is open until 9pm.IMPORTANT
If you haven’t done roped climbing at Above Adventure before, please arrive early enough to complete your registration and climbing/belay test first. This can take up to 30 minutes. You’ll need to do this even if you are an experienced climber, if it’s your first time doing roped climbing at Above Adventure.The registration form can be completed either at the centre or on their website AND you will also have to undergo an in-person test of your ability to belay and climb safely using a rope.
Climbing shoes/harness can be hired from Above Adventure if you don’t already have them or forget to bring them.
If you’d like to learn to climb, Above Adventure offer courses – contact them for further information.