Welcome to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Mountaineering Club Website. Via the pages above you can find information on what members of the RNRMMC get up to, as we take part in a wide variety of disciplines and expeditions.
For those looking to join the club, please use the link on the right hand of this page to sign up! Membership comes with some pretty huge benefits, from significant discounts with equipment manufacturers to access to some amazing expeditions – check our most recent magazine in the blog posts below to see what we’ve been up to in the last training year.
As the world has started to gradually recover from the standstill of COVID lockdowns, our club has been working hard to regain a small measure of business as usual while optimistically looking ahead to future activities. When I last wrote to you I mentioned two major expeditions that were being planned for this year – Ex Scottish Surprise and Ex Cairn Conquest (formerly known as Alpine Conquest, changed to reflect … Continued
Exercise Cairn Conquest has been running this summer, which has seen RN and RM personnel undertake some great mountaineering and climbing! Check out the article by Sam Whitworth and David Sivills-McCann here: https://www.forces.net/news/royal-marines-and-navy-climb-scotlands-most-challenging-peaks
We’re happy to announce that we’ve now got the planned climbing hubs up and running – these are local groups designed to put you in touch with fellow RNRMMC members in your area, and perhaps help you find that belay buddy you’ve been looking for! Members can find more info in the climbing hubs page … Continued
For the last year our attention has, quite rightly, been focussed on dealing with and containing the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been an incredibly difficult time and I have been impressed by the resilience we have shown and the support we have given each other. There is hopefully now light at the end of the … Continued
Fellow RNRMMC Members, a new meets programme to cover the 2021 year has now been released – you can find it in the members area! Obviously, as for the meets this year, the programme is very much subject to change but keep your eyes peeled – the club will keep the file up to date … Continued