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Governing Bodies / Courses

• The BMC - The voice for all Climbers and Mountaineers. Also the place to go to get insurance for climbing abroad, club and hut directories and much more.
• Mountain Leader Training England - Administers ML and SPA awards. Information about upcoming courses can be found here.
• Plas y Brenin - The National Mountain Centre. Courses for just about any outdoor activity.
• Active First Aid - Run several first aid courses, including the 2-day REC level 2 outdoors-based course (the minimum requirement for SPA/ML awards). Comes highly recommended by several LUUMC members who have done them!

Climbing

• Bear Down Productions - Some EXCELLENT climbing videos on this site, as well as some quality galleries.
• The Climbing Injuries Website - Has useful info on recovery from shoulder, elbow and finger injuries.
• Dave MacLeod's Website - Dave's climbing site is cool. In particular, check out the Online Climbing Coach (OCC) blog for some good tips on training and stuff.
• IP-Climber - Subversive climbing blog, rounding up recent events on other climbing sites and forums.
• Mount Everest The British Story - For all information concerning the British on Mount Everest, we will provide the answers to many questions. From their first expedition to those of today, you will find a comprehensive history, list of summiteers, amazing facts, a gallery and much more.
• PsychoVertical - Excellent climbing website by Andy Kirkpatrick.
• Rockfax routes Database - Online version of Rockfax guidebooks, covering Peak Grit and Yorkshire Limestone among others.
• The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) - A repository of information about climbing and mountaineering in the UK, including courses and access issues and much more.
• The Leeds Wall - Local indoor wall, also hosts the Yorkshire grit new routes database.
• The Low Grade Grit Site - A great little site on low grade climbing predominantly in the peak.
• UberVenture - Amusing anecdotes of outdoor pursuits!
• UKBouldering - Like UKC, but different... A small, more to-the-point-than-Cocktalk bouldering site with useful info in the forums on all things bouldery.
• UKClimbing - Home of the big bad UKC forum, a scary place for the newbie indeed. Also has crag and route databases, galleries, articles, climbing news.
• West Coast Mountain Guides - Alan Kimber's site - with an excellent and regularly updated blog with Scottish winter conditions (in winter) and Alpine conditions (in summer)
• Yorkshiregrit.com - Gritstone Bouldering in Yorkshire.

Climbing Gear

• Alpkit - Not much climbing gear, but outdoorsy type stuff (and a bouldering pad) at unbelievable prices.
• Buachaille.com - Reviews and price comparisons of gear.
• Needlesports - Another great climbing gear website to spend all your student loan at.
• Nevisport - Online gear shop, also have a store in Leeds.
• Outside - Online store.
• Planet Fear - Excellent climbing and adventure racing news site as well as a cracking gear shop.
• Rock and run - Ace online gear shop, full of cheap shiny stuff.
• The Outdoor Shop - Large online gear shop.
• Up and Under - Online store.
• V12 Outdoor - Online store, also acts as DMM factory shop outlet.

Weather Forecast

• Chamonix Weather - Check out the conditions in the Alps
• Metcheck - Weather prediction trickery and witchcraft.
• Mountain Weather Information Service - For getting Lakes, Wales, Peak district and Scotland forecasts. Aimed specifically at climbers and hikers.
• Scottish Avalanche Information Service - Will become active in the winter (no snow=no avalanches, doh!) - gives detailed info about the snow and avalanche conditions.

Other

• Philosophy and Mountains - A website devoted to the various connections between philosophy, mountains and mountaineering

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