Challenge 150
To celebrate our 150th Anniversary we have devised three challenges, attempting to achieve targets around the 150 theme. This is a super opportunity and incentive for every AC member to get up some peaks and join in the collective mountaineering achievements of the Club in 2007.
Our progress during the year will be tracked on the website, where there are more details.
The results will be presented in the AJ and at Club events late in 2007.
The aim of each challenge is to score of 150 points during the year. The first two challenges are combined efforts, giving every active member a chance to contribute. The third challenge is for hyperactive individuals.
• The first will record ‘Greater Ranges’ climbs climbed by all AC members.
• The second is for all European Alps enthusiasts.
• The third is for individuals to attempt to score a total of 150 peaks in a year.
Scoring for Worldwide Challenge 150
This classification grades high mountain routes into eight categories which we will translate directly into points. It rewards quality to which we will add bonus points for new routes.
I A route with no high altitude camp on a summit less than 5,600m
II A route with no high altitude camp on a summit between 5,600m and 6,800m, relatively straightforward
III A route with one high altitude camp on a summit between 5,600m and 6,800m, straightforward or complex
IV A route with several high altitude camps on a summit between 6,500m and 7,500m, straightforward or complex
V As for IV but with complex commitment factors
VI A route with several high altitude camps on a summit between 7,500m and 8,500m, straightforward
VII As above but with complex commitment
VIII Reserved for peaks above 8,500m and Mick Fowler.
So two AC members on the normal route on Makalu II, 7,678m, (VI/PD, snow) would score 2x6=12 points while the Normal Route on Mera Peak, 6,476m (III/F, snow), would earn them 2x3=6 points.
Scoring for Europe Challenge150
• 1 point for every AC ascent of a 4000m peak, so multiple ascents of Mont Blanc all score.
• 2 points for every ‘grande course’, major ascents in the Alps which may be less than 4000 metres (so big routes on, for example, the Eiger and the Aiguille Noire de Peutery count)
Scoring for Individual Challenge 150
1 point for each mountain you climb during the year. Absolute height depends on region.
• UK & Scandinavia 750 m.
• USA and Europe 2000 m.
• Greater Ranges 4000 m.
• Others at the judges’ discretion eg Antarctic peaks, Patagonia etc
Reporting and Recording
Members should send their routes and summits to 150 Peak Challenge (via the AC Office) to keep the website updated and enable progress reports for the newsletters during 2007. In any cases where adjudication is needed, Lindsay Griffin will be the judge.
Malcolm Eldridge
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