The Alpine Club, the world’s first mountaineering club, was founded in 1857. For over 150 years, members have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering development and exploration.
With membership, experienced and aspiring alpinists benefit from a varied meets programme, regional lectures with notable guest speakers, reduced rates at many alpine huts, opportunity to apply for grants to support expeditions, significant discounts at many UK retailers, extensive networking contacts, access to the AC Library and maps - and more!
Becoming a MemberLectures
Here is a list of lectures at the Alpine Club. Select additional pages using the numbers at the bottom.
The lectures provide a good opportunity for AC members to meet one another and exchange news, views and information. New members and prospective members are particularly welcome. Prospective members are asked to contact the AC office before attending. Lectures generally start at 7:30pm.
For the lectures in London, non-members are asked to register their attendance in advance either by filling in the relevant form on the lecture page or by contacting the office at admin@alpineclub.org (Please note that a donation is requested on entry).
Anyone who has had an interesting trip and would be prepared to lecture is invited to contact the AC Office or the lecture organisers.
Each event includes a clickable map with the address of the venue.
Events Calendar
Instead of a lecture on Tuesday 26 October 2021 we shall be showing a film conceived by John Porter and centred around Everest by those that were there. This is an opportunity to both see the film and hear a commentary by AC members who were inspired by the early pioneers.
To celebrate the centenary year of the first Everest Expedition, the Alpine Club have produced a film: Everest – By Those Who Were There – 1921 -1922 – 1924. Julie Summers, Sandy Irvine’s great niece, guides us through those early expeditions using images, artefacts and written materials never seen or exhibited before. Extensive use of clips from John Noel’s 1922 and 1924 films take us back in time and bring these early pioneers back to life. Alpine Club members inspired by those early pioneers, contribute their thoughts: Reinhold Messner, Rebecca Stephens, Sir Chris Bonington, Dawson Stelfox, Melanie Windridge, Sandy Allan, Crag Jones, Leo Houlding, Ed Douglas and AC President Victor Saunders. They discuss the scientific, geographical, and technological achievements as well as the remarkable contributions of the Sherpas and Bhotias. The film takes us from the first thoughts of climbing Everest in the 1890’s to the mystery of Mallory and Irvine’s disappearance. It provides a new perspective on the social, political and mountaineering importance of the world’s highest mountain.
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