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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Three Alpine Club members talk about their favourite route on a 4000er: Paul Newby on the West Ridge of the Dufourspitze, Max Streeton on the Weisshorn Schaligrat, and Becky Coles on the Lauteraargrat which links the Schreckhorn and the Lauteraarhorn.
Aimed at whetting appetites for a future trip, the talks will be followed by a Q&A session.
Thank you for all the positive comments about yesterday evening’s virtual lecture. If you would like to send any feedback please email the office or post them on Facebook.
We are sorry that the Zoom limit of 100 participants prevented some of you from attending. Please note that a recording will be publicly available shortly.
We are delighted by the interest shown, and as a result the Zoom limit for future virtual lectures has now been increased to 500 participants. The next lecture will be on
Tuesday 14 April at 19:30
The Eiger Challenge
Jerry Gore takes us on a 25 minute bumble up the 1938 route on the North Face of the Eiger. After his two very different experiences on this iconic route, Jerry gives us his take on how to prepare and train for a successful ascent.
Jerry’s light hearted glimpse at the world of uphill alpinism will be followed by a Q&A session.
If you would like to join this lecture please check your emails again on Monday 13 April, when a link will be sent out. The link will also be available on the Alpine Club Facebook Member Area
If you have ideas for future lectures, or other activities for these challenging times, you can share them here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kYB-IVQzvlrN3KBPlRCFXbcFRkVTcbBZf6SGU123Ypc/edit?ts=5e85c62f
We hope that you and your families are all keeping well.
While we are all practicing social isolation, the club is proposing to host a series of short virtual lectures, using Zoom. This technology has the advantage that those participating have the opportunity to ask questions directly to the presenters.
To launch this initiative the presenters of the last London lecture, Victor Saunders, Nick Smith and Nigel Buckley, are planning to broadcast a shorter version of their lecture, live, on
Tuesday 7 April
19:30
Following recent headlines about the climbing and trekking industry in Nepal, the Alpine Club has issued this statement, written in collaboration with the BMC, the UIAA and the mountain guides body the IFMGA, highlighting some of the issues facing the Nepali government and how we might help in its efforts to drive out bad practice and secure the future of mountain tourism in Nepal. The proposals were approved at the UIAA General Assembly on Nov. 2, 2019.
Read more for full statement