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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

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

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

Always proud; always allied

June is Pride Month. Here at the Women's Climbing Symposium we are always proud and always allied with the LGBTQ+ community (not just in...

Welcoming our newest Director, Esther Foster!

Esther Foster is joining the Women's Climbing Symposium Board of Directors, and we thought this would be an opportune moment to check-in...

Ask Shauna Coxsey anything!

For International Women's Day 2021 WCS Director Shauna Coxsey invited the WCS community to ask her anything...

WCS19: Birmingham Beta #1

We know that many of you are coming a long way to attend this year's WCS, so wanted to give you some ideas on logistics and what not to...

WCS18: top tips from London Ladies Climb

As it gets closer to the event, we just wanted to make sure you had plenty of options for Sunday, in case you are planning to make a...

Introducing Paraclimbing London

WCS17 headliner Anoushé Husain tells WCS more about Paraclimbing London, an exciting new social initiative for differently abled climbers...

WCS17: Top Tips for a weekend in Bristol

Just in case you have any space left in your WCS17 weekend plans, we thought we might give you a few more highlights to make sure you...