What do you get when you cross Steve McClure, a Lord Mayor and "the most disgusting thing ever"? A fantastically memorable celebration of climbing at Avon Gorge, with over 250 festival-goers, from new climbers to Avon veterans alike, enjoying the Bristol Climbing Festival. Dean Russell from ClimbBristol reports. Read more »
Avon Gorge has been called ‘the most significant urban crag in Britain’, and is home to countless wonderful trad, mixed and bolted routes. To showcase its unique and historic climbing, and to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the BMC, the ClimbBristol team has planned a day and night of festival fun on Saturday 26 July. Read more »
ClimbBristol is undertaking improvement works on Morning Slab, Avon Gorge on the weekend of 5 and 6 January 2013. Some routes will be closed during the work period. Read more »
A new BMC project, ClimbBristol, has just been launched with the aim of caring for and promoting the interests of what has been called ‘the most significant urban crag in Britain’. Read more »
A group of volunteers and a small grant from the Access and Conservation Trust (ACT) has meant that Sea Walls is now a little less muddy…. Read more »
On 4th June, the BMC learned a team climbed near the Avon Gorge Main Wall (Right-Hand Section) nest site, and to make matters worse, they were filmed doing so by a BBC film crew who happened to be in the area. Read more »
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