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WOMEN'S
CLIMBING
SYMPOSIUM
NEWS & resources
review: smooth: Movement principles and techniques for climbing by Xian goh
Xian is one of our core coaches at Women’s Climbing Symposium events. She has a brilliant understanding of climbing and a gift for...
Meet our newest director, Molly Thompson-Smith!
Meet the newest WCS Director, Molly Thompson-Smith! We talk Olympics, inspiration and diversifying the climbing scene...
WCS23: Liverpool Beta
WCS23 is just around the corner. Many of you are travelling quite a distance to attend this year's Women's Climbing Symposium (some...
WCS22: Exeter Beta #2
All the best places to eat, drink and climb during your weekend in Exeter for the 2022 Women's Climbing Symposium - courtesy of local climbe
WCS22: Exeter Beta #1
To help you plan your WCS22 weekend in Exeter we chatted to three local members of the women's climbing community for the beta on where to
WCS22 Headline Speaker: Abby Dione
Flying in from the USA, the phenomenal Abby Dione is our third and final headline speaker for Women's Climbing Symposium 2022.
WCS22 Headline Speaker: Gilly McArthur
The fabulous Gilly McArthur will be gracing the main stage as our 2nd headline speaker at WCS22 and we cannot wait!
WCS22 Headline Speaker: Melissa Le Nevé
It's with great excitement we welcome professional climber Melissa Le Nevé as first headline speaker of the 2022 Women's Climbing Symposium
Meet coach extraordinaire, Be Baldwin-Fuller
Having ranked as one of the top 10 UK Women in bouldering, Be Baldwin-Fuller also coached the GB Paraclimbing team to its greatest medal hau
WCS22: Save the dates!
This year we’re mixing things up a little by holding three Women's Climbing Symposium events across the UK. WCS22 Our annual flagship...
Getting to know Sam Leary of Leading Edge... because who wouldn't want to?!
Sam Leary of Leading Edge Mountaineering is one of very, very few female WMCI's (Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors). A...
Climbing, bouldering and belonging; the life saving power of inclusion
I’m not any sort of activist, or known for epic climbing feats. Simply, I’m a transgender woman who happens to enjoy climbing, bouldering an
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