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!
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The latest title in Mick Conefrey's triptych of early Everest expeditions seeks to get under the skin of the man at the centre of the 1924 expedition: George Mallory. Using contemporary docuemnts, letters, memoirs and diaries, Conefrey seeks to unearth the man behind the mountaineering legend.
Allen & Unwin