It’s that time of year again, when the shorter days mean that climbing is largely left for the weekend (for most people). With the holidays coming up, it’s also a good time to catch up on those things that we keep postponing, but still have to be done at some point. This year the MCC…
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CLIMBING Photography Competition 2022
The MCC is pleased to announce its first ever Climbign Photography competition. Read on to find out more
Il-Blieqa – An old new crag – TOPO
A brief description of a limestone climbing area complete with topo map
When training pays off
Club PRO Stephen Farrugia caught up with Sean Cassar; who earlier this year became the 7th Maltese climber to climb routes harder than 8a, to find out his secret to success (in climbing and beyond). MCC: You’ve been climbing since around 2011, more or less when I started, but in the last year or so…
Building Route Rapport: A Non-Onsighter’s Perspective
Quite early on in my climbing life, it became apparent that I had a strong prejudice in favour of overhanging routes. Several other climbers have expressed surprise whenever I shared this, assuming that most women climbers prefer to go for vertical or slabby routes that allowed them to exercise their ‘ballerina’ skills, as opposed to…
Not all classics are hard: The Outer Zone
Alex Teoli Dimech gives us his thoughts on climbing in Gozo’s Wied il-Mielaħ
Malta Climbing Club 