How to use walking poles
Outdoor writer and photographer Chris Townsend presents this series of hill walking how-to films. In this episode Chris shows you how to use walking poles.
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- BMC Crag Restoration Fund for 2026: new grants available
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- How to climb the Weissmies – the perfect first 4,000m peak
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- Get Stuck In! Moorland Conservation Volunteering Day (with National Trust) | 8th November 2026
- Get Stuck In! Moorland Conservation Volunteering Day (with National Trust) | 11th October 2026
- Safeguarding Children Training (AM) | 19th August
- Safeguarding Children Training (AM) | 8th September
- Safeguarding Children Training (PM) | 17th September
- BMC London & South East Youth Meet
- Hathersage Social Walk | 29th July
- BMC Women in Adventure Film Competition returns to Kendal Mountain Festival in 2026
- Mountain Heritage Trust awarded £198,000 National Lottery grant to safeguard climbing history
- Shap Fells Social Walk | 12th September
- Collaborative restoration effort at Stanage Plantation sees volunteers protect iconic climbing landscape
- Safeguarding Children Training (AM) | 6th October
- Molly Dufton
- BMC Lakes Area Extraordinary Meeting
- BMC Clubs Survey 2026
- BMC International Summer Meet welcomes climbers to North Wales this weekend
- Safeguarding Children (PM) | 26th October
- Outdoor Instagrammers volunteer for the BMC in Eryri (Snowdonia)
- Safeguarding Children Training (PM) | 13th August
- Plymouth climbing wall to remain open following community campaign
- Wildfire Walk raises over £11,000 to protect the Peak District!
- Celebrating BMC volunteers in Volunteers' Week
- Have your say on the future of climbing and walking in the Mendips
- Regular donor stories: Invenio Training, outdoor first aid provider
- BMC Student Safety Seminar 2026
- Prizes worth £895 for our top fundraiser
- Fundraiser stories: Stuart Cox - Peak District Viking
- Apprentice ranger Arwyn Parry's first Get Stuck In event, Eryri
- New student committee members | Student Club Support Webinar
- Wildfire - high risk information
- Shining Tor Peak District Social Walk | 25th September
- FUNdamentals of Wellbeing
- Clare Balding joins BMC Get Stuck In volunteers
- Regular donor stories: Beyond the Edge, via 1% for the Planet
- Senedd 2026: beth mae'r maniffestos yn ei ddweud ar fynediad, natur a hinsawdd
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- Alex Packer
- BMC Midlands Area meeting | Friday 8th May
- First path repair event of 2026 for BMC Get Stuck In volunteers
- Three big BMC membership insurance upgrades for 2026
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