Benefits of joining

DCAM-only benefits
 

• Exclusive access to...

  • Events:​

    • DCAM events.

    • MI:

      • Competitions: bouldering, lead climbing, youth and international.

      • Meets:

        • ​Seasonal: Scottish Winter Meet, Spring Gathering, Summer Alpine Meet, Autumn Gathering.

        • Women with Altitude.

        • Youth Trad Climbing Camps.

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  • Training, often free or subsidised.

  • Financial support:

    • Bursaries for Young Alpinists.

    • Expedition Grants.

    • Women with Altitude: Under-25 Bursary.

• Discounts

  • Accommodation:

    • Henry's Cottage in the Mourne mountains (maintained by Belfast Climbing Club): £5 minimum contribution (per person per night)

  • Indoor climbing walls:

    • Hotrock Climbing Wall, Co. Down, Northern Ireland:

      • 30% discount on Adult Regular Entry Fees: £3.50 instead of £5.00.

      • 30% discount on Adult Annual Membership: £70 instead of £100.Mountaineering Ireland Shop: various discounts.

Insurance:Covered by the Member Insurance Scheme, which includes, on a worldwide basis:Permanent Injury Personal Accident Cover.Public Liability Cover.Eligibility to apply for cover by the travel and activity insurance policies of the British Mountaineering Council (BMC).
 

Events:





Library.
Personalised membership card.
Printed copy of the quarterly Irish Mountain Log.
Training:
Grants.
Schemes, assessments and awards.
Workshops.
Discounts
Mountain Hut Exchange:
Following purchase of a reciprocal rights stamp from Mountaineering Ireland, you will be eligible for the same overnight accommodation rates as members of hut-owning associations in thousands of mountain huts in Canada and Europe under this programme of the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme (UIAA), of which Mountaineering Ireland is a member. Note that the reciprocal rights stamp is separate from your Mountaineering Ireland personalised membership card.
Member Discount Scheme:
Ireland:
Accommodation, including motorhome rental.
Courses (foraging, mountain, outdoor and wilderness skills).
Maps.
Outdoor clothing and equipment shops.
Restaurant.
Treatments (orthopaedic, physical, spa and sports therapy).
International:
Accommodation.
Ferry travel on Stena Line.
Holidays.
Online outdoor clothing and equipment shop.
Tours.
Indoor climbing wall: