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Get The FAQs!
TMR stands for Texas Mountain Raiders, while RAIDers stands for Rock, Alpine, Ice, and Desert. Aside from the acronym, the term "Raiders" is meant to be a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek description of a motivated adventurer who will travel any necessary distance to seek out that which the heart desires.
No, the club has alpinists and mountaineers with more than 15 years of experience, climbing in such locations as South America, Alaska, Mexico to Canada. We have folks that aid climb big walls, and members that primarily boulder. Some of our members prefer to climb ice whenever they can and rock climb as a second choice. We have members seeking to summit the highest point in all 50 states. The bottom line is that there's a good chance that some people in the club like the same kind of climbing you do.
Check the TMR event schedule for details on upcoming club functions.
The best places to climb in the Houston area are in and near Austin. Specifically Enchanted Rock State Natural Area as well as Reimers Fishing Ranch just west of Austin, and the Green-belt area inside Austin itself. All these areas are within weekend trip driving distance from Houston. Members of the TMR have been all over the globe. Check out some of these locations.
If you love climbing and just can't ever seem to get enough, you've found the right place. If you're looking to build your climbing partner network, joining is a great way to help out. If you're somewhat curious about climbing feel free to stop by and see what its all about.
For liability reasons, you must be 18 years of age. However, club members are welcome to bring their children along on any club function and they are welcome to stay at the club campsites with a guardian with no added membership expense.
The TMR web site has just about everything you'd want to know about the club, please check it out at www.HoustonClimbing.com/TMR. Additionally, you can also stop by our monthly meeting or club climb night to talk to us in person and find out what the club is all about.
Come to the club functions that interest you, meet some climbers and start climbing. Typically, club officers will help assure that you get to meet an assortment of club members to help things out. However, to some degree the club is what you make of it and you're welcome to contribute to the club itself by helping to organize trips, writing trip reports for the club, taking picture slides while climbing for presentations at club functions or anything else you think that will help improve the Houston climbing community.
