Our warm congratulations go to our member Ron James for the MBE awarded for his voluntary services to mountaineering Alpine Club participation in the Piolets d'or 2009 Ceremony with Spirit of Mountaineering commendations. We sadly have to report the death of our member John Evans who fell coming down after a climb on Clogwyn y Grochan in the Llanberis Pass on Tuesday 28th April. See BBC report.   The Club welcomes Amber Mooney as its new Administrator, and thanks Judi Curry for the services she has provided to us. MEMBERS - ARE YOU RECEIVING THE HON SEC'S MONTHLY EMAIL? If not, it is because we don't have your correct email address. Please correct it, preferably using Alpinet, or email the Administrator. We are pleased to announce that Hamish McInnes has accepted the offer of Alpine Club Honorary Membership.

The Alpine Club's Climbing Fund is supporting the Imperial College Outdoor Club's expedition to the Sortebrae Region of Eastern Greenland led by Dominic Southgate, and Jeremy Windsor's & George Rodway's expedition to Kellas Peak in Sikkim/India For protection against spammers, direct links to members' email addresses will no longer be published on this site.Emails should be sent either via ALPINET or using handbook addresses. The Charlotte Road bunkroom is open again - see the new arrangements. Joint Membership Refunds Members can reclaim the BMC part of their subscriptions if they belong to several clubs.

The Alpine Club Spirit of Mountaineering Initiative A reward for real humanity in the mountains, and reflecting rather better on the mountaineering world. COMMENDATIONS made to six mountaineers for their rescue attempts on Annapurna in May 2008

The Himalayan Index   A comprehensive record of expeditions to Himalayan and Karakoram peaks over 6000m. The indexes to all the AC journals are now available on line thanks to the work of John Town and Henry Day. The Library Catalogue A facility to search the library catalogue and order copies of documents.