The team flew from Delhi to Leh on 22 August and after acclimatising spent 2 days driving to Padam via Kargil.
The Alpine Club welcomes new members
As a recent recruit to the Alpine Club, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from my first club meet to the George Starkey hut in Patterdale, or for that matter from the impending weather forecast for the Lake District.
Thanks to all Club members who participated in two events for Nepal during the summer.
We're pleased to announce one of the winners for the 2015 Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival is Alpinist contributor Ed Douglas. Douglas's "Crazy Wisdom" from Issue 49—Spring 2015 won best Mountaineering Article.
On 14 July 1865 Edward Whymper reached the summit of the Matterhorn together with his ill-fated companions. 150 years later, the Matterhorn still dominates the life of the resort at its base - the Alpine Club was invited to participate in anniversary events in Zermatt
It is with sadness that we report the recent death of Robert Caukwell. He was a member of the AC for 47 years from 1960, resigning in 2007 due to illness.
For the 4th year now there was a joint Scottish winter meet of the AC and the Alpine Club of Marseille Provence.
Famous faces, big name brands and world-renowned mountaineers are donating their time and expertise as well as personal treasures to help raise funds for the earthquake relief effort in Nepal.
Bidding opens on Sunday 28 June in a series of two online auctions led by the BMC with support from the Alpine Club in partnership with eBay.
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The Alpine Club's Scottish Winter Meet was based in the Corran Ferry Bunkhouse and many classic climbs were achieved.
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This year the Alpine Club is supporting seven expeditions to the Greater Ranges with grants from its Climbing Fund.
The aim of these grants is to support AC members on expeditions that have an exploratory element or are attempting a new or unique project. Preference is generally given to expeditions comprising students and younger members, and to those woh have not previously been awarded a grant.
The AC T-shirts are great to wear. They come in unisex seize S / M / L and are made from 'technical' wicking fabric.
The colour is charcoal and they are manufactured by Fruit of the Loom of high quality standard.
Dennis was without doubt a leading British alpinist of the 1950's and into the 1960's. My own keenest memories of my own climbs with him were an ascent of Pigott's route in the big winter of 1962/3, when he led the final crack with its severe ice coating, shod in tricouni studded boots in the coldest conditions I have experienced in the UK, and an ascent around the same period of the Western Gully of Black Ladders. It was on such winter climbs, and in the Alps and the Himalaya that Dennis showed his outstanding abilities as a mountaineer.
An extract from a tribute written by Jim Gregson for the Karabiner Mountaineering Club
From 1946 onwards, Dennis had amassed a huge range of experience in the UK and the European Alps, but he also had the drive and ambition that allowed him to make his mark in the Greater Ranges. He had tried to get a place on the expedition which made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga but this was not to be. Instead, Dennis went in the same year, 1955, to the Rolwaling Himal where in a single lengthy trip his expedition team made first ascents of no less than 19 peaks of 20,000 feet altitude. In 1957 he went back to altitude in Nepal on expedition to Annapurna IV with Charles Evans and then to Distaghil Sar.
There are 153 Swiss Alpine Club huts available at concessionary rates to AC members. As is usual with concessionary rates in alpine huts, the reduction applies to accommodation charges only (not to food and drinks). The guardian should automatically recognise the concession when Alpine Club members produce their membership card but, in case of difficultly, the SAC document authorising such concessions is available here. AC members may wish to print off a copy and carry it with them as insurance against any issues.
The AC has published comprehensive English language guidebooks covering popular regions of the Alps. These are listed below and are all available for purchase from the Club except for The 4000m Peaks of the Alps which is available from Cordee.
Guides can be purchased using the PayPal checkout below or by contacting the Alpine Club Office on 020 7613 0755.
Prices
| Valais Alps West | 1998 | £5.00 |
| Ecrins Massif | 2002 | £5.00 |
| Dolomites (Small) | 1988 | £5.00 |
| Mont Blanc 1 | 2002 | £5.00 |
| Mont Blanc 2 | 2002 | £5.00 |
| Bregalia Bernina | 1995 | £5.00 |
| Bernese Oberland | 2003 | £5.00 |
An additional charge of £4.50 for postage and packing will be included with your order. Alternatively, you can arrange with us to collect your order from our Shoreditch premises.
Please note: The alpine landscape and climbing conditions have changed significantly since these guides were first published, as higher temperatures have melted snow, ice and permafrost. Users must use their own judgment on how this affects the feasibility or safety of any particular route or approach.
The Alpine Journal is a substantial annual record of mountaineering achievement which has been published continuously since 1859. The premier publication of the Alpine Club, every year it features the finest examples of mountain writing, art and photography from around the world, alongside book reviews, area notes and trip reports by cutting-edge mountaineers.
It is issued free to members, but is also available to purchase at £26.00 plus £4.50 P&P. The current issue can be purchased directly from the Club using the PayPal checkout below or by contacing the Alpine Club Office on 020 7613 0755.
If you would prefer to avoid the postage costs, orders can be collected from our Shoreditch premises. Please cointact us via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to make arrangements.
Previous Alpine Journal issues are available for purchase via Cordee.
Available in unisex sizes S / M / L the Alpine Club t-shirts are made from a technical, fast-wicking fabric that is comfortable to wear while active. The colour is black and they are manufactured by Fruit of the Loom.
T-shirts cost £16.00 each plus £4.50 postage and packaging. If you would prefer to avoid postage costs, you can arrange with us to collect your order from our Shoreditch premises.
T-shirts can be purchased using the PayPal checkout below or by phoning the Alpine Club Office on 020 7613 0755.
