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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This year's Piolets d'Or ceremony celebrated alpinism in a new and refreshing way, with a healthy mix of pageantry, humour, respect and honour”. So said world-renowned Canadian author of mountain-related books, Bernadette McDonald, after her visit to the Ladek Mountain Festival, which took place from September 20-23 in Ladek Zdroj, a small spa town in southern Poland.
The Club is always looking for opportunities to make the Alpine Club a louder voice in influencing events in the mountaineering community. To this end, in May the AC used its base in the Lakes to play host to the UIAA’s Mountain Protection Commission. Delegates from Europe and Asia gathered at the club’s George Starkey Hut in Patterdale for the Commission’s annual face-to-face meeting.
If you are attending the club’s Joint Alpine meet to Randa between the 7th & 28th July and passing through Zermatt then you may want to look out for a couple of locations that have a bit of a connection with the club.
Please note the call for proposals for research papers from Jonathan Pitches at the University of Leeds.
Members who are interested in responding can contact Jonathan with questions.
We have invited the project organisers to use the AC facilities and archives.