BMC Name Change (17 Jul 2007)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | No Comments »Apparently, the so-called British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is to 'change its name'. To what I wonder? Britain's Mad Bolters? Or maybe - The Council of British Bolters? Regardless of what its name is changed to, it will not cover-up the ...
The BMC has too much money - Shock (7 Jan 2004)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | No Comments »According to the Rockfax.com website (Jan 6, 2004) the BMC is refusing to take on further membership -Shock. Apparently, those with a vested interest in making money from; through the BMC via its two teir membership fees (club members pà y ...
BMC Will Not Loose its £147,000 Grant (22 Sep 2003)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | No Comments »As reported in several climbing magazines, the BMC is not to loose its 2004 Sport England grant after all. Even though the climbing organisationthat purports to look after the 'interests' of all, hill walkers, rock climbers, mountaineers and now, ski ...
Thinking of Joining the BMC? (20 Oct 2003)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | No Comments »It was Nigel Shepherd, writer, photographer, BMG mountain guide, who when an instructor at Plas-y-Brenin, North Wales wrote: 'Does British climbing really need an organisation such as the BMC (British Mountaineering Council)'? Especially as the organisation is adept at wasting ...
IGO 8000 (29 Jan 2003)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | No Comments »Know, just how to treat their clients in the Himalayas... Mountaineering, being brought into further disrepute, becoming somewhat - callous and shabby. Read on: http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/fyi/2001/1112/054_2.html
BMC Posts - Another £167,000 Loss (28 Oct 03)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | No Comments »According to the April, 2002 edition of Climber magazine, the British Mountaineering Council has posted another annual loss. In 2000, the BMC recorded a loss of £62,000 and in 2001 the organisation that purports to represents all - hill walkers, ...
The British Mountaineering Council Exists… (10 May 2002)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | No Comments »'It (the BMC) exists to further the interests of mountaineering as a whole, and it will succees in this in so far as it receives the full support of each and every mountaineer... It should be needless to add that ...
Specialist Magazines
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | Comments OffU.I.A.G.M./B.M.G/I.F.M.G.A/OFFICIAL GUIDES British Mountain Guides Charity No:306101...'because they have their own agendas which are sure as hell nothing to do with charity.' Climber magazine, May, 2006: 'Iain Peter has stepped down as Director and CEO of Plas y Brenin (the supposed centre ...
Cronies Corner
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | Comments OffTimesonline, July 21, 2006: 'Matthews ruling sets a significant precedent...' http://timesonline.typepad.com/law_weblog/2006/07/matthews_ruling.html Representative for the British Mountaineering Council slanders Mounteverest.net (2006)... http://mounteverest.net/news.php?id=10265 Cronies Corner (extracts taken from the No 1128 issue of Private Eye) http://groups.msn.com/InformationforMountainClients/plasybrenin.msnw Further to the Cronyism page, Private Eye ...
Cronyism
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in BMC | Comments OffThe BMG/BMC stand accused of duplicity, er, Cronysm. http://mounteverest.net/news.php?id=10265 On the 12 September,2005, two climbers, members of the so-called British Mountaineering Council (BMC), were apparently assaulted and their ropes cut (nothing new there then) and thrown off Vixen Tor for the ...
