What we Do
We participate in numerous activities centred around mountains/hills and crags including
- Rock climbing – single pitch, multipitch, traditional, sport and indoor
- We normally average two outdoor meets each month during the spring and summer
- We have a regular weekly meet at the Chichester climbing wall on Monday nights and climb at other indoor venues
- Hill Walking
- Mountaineering (Alps)
- Mountain Biking
Who are we?
We are a smallish group of people over a wide range of ages and professions, both single and married with both male and female members at most meets.
We’re a mixed ability club and welcome new members. If there is an average climbing standard it’s probably in the middle grades, around VS perhaps. Some of the younger or more athletic members climb into the lower ‘E‘ grades. Others, equally welcome, are happiest on a V.Diff. We trend towards traditional ‘adventure’ climbing, although have climbed on bolts in the UK and France. Most of our meets focus around pure rock climbing, but there will typically be people walking or mountain biking at the same time.
History
We started as the Hampshire Teachers Mountaineering Association in Southampton (the ‘Teachers’ part was later dropped, leaving the present club name). We’re now in our 42nd year, with a membership of upwards of 30 people, from a wide age range, career background and location. Most of us live and work in southern Hampshire, although some live or work farther afield. We are a club affiliated to the British Mountaineering Council.