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Only a very few of the 1000s of climbing sites are listed. The list will be added to as we discover other interesting / motivating / humorous / totally silly sites. Suggestions welcome!
The first two sections list Belgian climbing clubs and other Belgian sites. In the third section you'll find the sites of some of the other national bodies and federations in Europe. The last sections provide just a taster of the sort of general climbing sites you can find on the Web.

Clubs in Belgium CAB Club Alpin Belge (French speaking)
... or directly to the CAB members' page
Klimenbergsportfederatie Flemish amalgamated club (Dutch speaking)
CAB Brabant (the local section of the CAB, and the one that most of us belong to)
Escal'pades un cercle du CAB

 

Climbing in Belgium

The best current site for climbing in Belgium is the
Belgian Climbing Network which is trilingual and includes a list of Belgian climbing walls and info on over 140 Belgian crags! And here's the site of our local climbing wall - NEW ROCK

 

 

Other clubs and federations throughout Europe

FFME: http://www.ffme.fr may soon merge with CAF (below)
GAL: http://groupealpin.lu
BMC: http://www.theBMC.co.uk
The (original) Alpine Club: http://www.alpine-club.org.uk
CAS : http://www.sac-cas.ch
CAI: http://www.cai.it
DAV: http://www.alpenverein.de
Oest. : http://www.alpenverein.at
CAF: http://www.ffcam.fr
Slovenia: http://www.pzs.si

 

Just a few videos to inform / motivate /
 scare / appal / amuse
(all links worked OK June '15)		 Belaying by Petzl, the people who should know:
bad belaying: http://vimeo.com/80489871
belaying with a GriGri: http://vimeo.com/80481246
belaying with a Reverso: http://vimeo.com/80477504
The full Petzl library on vimeo - well worth a look, especially the RocTrip collection (don't miss the DWS in Turkey 2014):
 Rock climbing, but not as you know it:
... and the scary white fluffy stuff:
Something more serious - the work of the PGHM (en français):
 ... and Chamonix is also celebrating 150 years of alpinism:
 Classic films by Sid Perou from the 70s, 80s & 90s:
 Some videos for purchase (occasionally there are also freebies):
 Finally, my favourite :-)

 

Quelques autres sites particulièrement intéressants

 

More links than you can shake a stick at on BCN's page of links

... and if you need to trace an article in one of the leading climbing mags, here's a very useful searchable index (in French).

http://www.climb-europe.com (major portal)
http://www.climbgreece.com (everything except Kalymnos)
http://www.climbkalymnos.com (all about Kaly ... as an alternative to the paper topo check out the App on http://thesend.co.uk/kalymnos-rock-climbing-topo/ ... you get free updates & you'll also be contributing to the bolt fund)
http://www.in2white.com (spot the climbers!)
http://www.climbing.lu (all you need to know about Berdorf)
http://www.cosiroc.fr (COSIROC's Climbing in France)
http://www.promo-grimpe.com (escalade en Dauphiné)
http://www.slf.ch/lawinenbulletin/lawinengefahr/index_EN (Swiss avalanche bulletins in EN)
http://www.camptocamp.org (check this out before your big route!)
http://www.jimmychinphotography.com/index.htm (some nice images)
http://www.ukclimbing.com (the UK climbing site) http://www.rockfax.com (guides and miniguides on-line)
http://www.escalade-alsace.com (escalade sur le grès des vosges - one of our favourite destinations)
http://www.planetmountain.com/home.html (very good ... if you can understand Italian :-)
http://www.sardiniaclimb.com/ (In Italian and English)
http://www.tvmountain.com/ (more clips)