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
Curator of Durham University’s major exhibition "Eternal Ascent - Bentley Beetham and the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition” Stephen Livingstone will recreate Bentley Beetham’s famous lantern slide lecture about the Mount Everest 1924 Expedition using photographs from the Bentley Beetham Collection and words taken from a series of articles written for the Sunday Sun newspaper.
Beetham delivered his annual talk to the staff and pupils of Barnard Castle School up until his retirement from teaching in 1949 when his boxes of lantern slides were abandoned in a cupboard. Stephen’s presentation is a unique opportunity to dust off the slides and share the experience of Beetham’s epic trek across the plains of Tibet to within touching distance of the summit of Everest.
The talk will be held at the Alpine Club's premises at 55 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3QF from 7PM on 24 September 2024.
For safety reasons, we are required to keep a register of all attendees. If you plan to attend, please complete the form below. (This applies to both members and non-members).
There is no official charge for entry, but we do ask non-members to make a small contribution towards the continued running of the lectures if they are able.
55/56 Charlotte Road
London
EC2A 3QF
Uk
