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Lectures & Events
Northern lectures ,South-West lectures and special events are at the bottom of this page.
For details of meets in the UK and abroad click here.
LONDON LECTURES
The next series of London lectures starts in September
Tuesday 9th September. George Band - Red Snows 50 Years on
George and Alan Blackshaw are the only survivors of the first group of foreign mountaineers (all from the Climber's Club) allowed to penetrate the Iron Curtain in 1958 to climb in the Russian Caucasus. Their adventures were recorded in 'The Red Snows' by John Hunt and Christopher Brasher. They befriended Soviet mountaineers in Moscow and the mountains, and in the spectacular Bezingi area climbed Jangi-tau, Shkara and Dych-tau, the latter by a new route adjacent to the classic ascent by Mummery and Zurfluh in 1888.
Tuesday 23rd September. Colin Scott & David Tait - Makalu - A View From Both Sides
Sir Edmond Hillary described Makalu (8463m) as 'without doubt one of the hardest propositions of all'. The presentation will focus on the recent attempt on Makalu by two teams of climbers from the British Services: a team of 10 lead by Suadron Leader David Tait on the North side of the mountain (via the Makalu La) and the 6 man team (led by Squadron Leader Colin Scott) attempting a first British ascent of the South East Ridge (integral).
Tuesday 14th October. James Edwards - Edwardian Adventures (Tales of Modern Alpinism)
Not a historical retrospective, as the title may suggest, but a journey into the climbing adventures of one James Edwards. James has been a keen new router up in Scotland over the last decade and has transferred these skills to tackle adventurous faces as far away as the Himalaya and Southern Alps of New Zealand. During the evening James will take us through some of his new routing trips and discuss the idea that you don’t have to be a superhero to have adventures.
Tuesday 11th November. Ian Smith - Edward Whymper - The Making of a Mountaineer.
An AC Member and a professional librarian, Ian has been working on a biography of Edward Whymper for some while. Whymper kept a detailed diary for six years during his apprenticeship in Lambeth. Now fully published for the first time, Ian will look at what this document tells us about Whymper’s character, his background, his remarkable family and London during the 1850s. This first diary is the only record Whymper left of his life in London, but he kept detailed journals of all his travels. Ian will briefly look at what Whymper chose to record, and what he didn’t, at the important points in his life – the Matterhorn, Greenland, Ecuador - and consider the nature of his, often candid, diaries. Over his life Whymper’s diaries give a hitherto unrecognised picture of an often misunderstood character. The lecture will also promote the launch of “The apprenticeship of a mountaineer: Edward Whymper’s London diary 1855 – 1859,” edited by Ian Smith and published by the London Record Society.
Both General and Informal meetings at the club house in Charlotte Road start at 7:30pm, with the bar opening from 6pm. The library is usually staffed by volunteers between 5pm and 7pm. |
Please contact the Administrator if you are interested in giving a lecture to the Alpine Club. |
Informal meetings provide a good opportunity for members to meet one another, and exchange news, views and information. New members and prospective members are particularly welcome. Prospective members are asked to contact the Administrator before attending. |
Alpine Club London lecture organisers are Derek Buckle, Henry Day and Oliver Sherman. |
NORTHERN LECTURES & EVENTS
The next series of Northern regional events starts in October - Details to be announced later.
REGULAR NORTHERN LECTURE VENUE: 'Outside Cafe', Hathersage, Derbyshire on Wednesdays at 7.30pm
Anyone who has an interesting trip they are prepared to lecture on is invited to contact Edward Douglas |
SOUTH-WEST LECTURES & EVENTS
2008
The next series of South West regional events starts in October.
Saturday 11 October - South West Region Annual Dinner
Battleborough Grange Country Hotel & Restaurant, Brent Knoll, Somerset (1 mile from M5 Jct.22)
www.battleboroughgrangehotel.co.uk
Speaker: The Alpine Club President - Paul Braithwaithe.
Cost: £22 (3 courses). 7.30pm for dinner at 8.00pm. 60 places available.
Booking and cheques to The Alpine Club, 55 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3QF. Please book early this year!
Tuesday 25 November- Dave Wynne-Jones: 'Climbing in the Alps of Tibet'
An account of exploratory climbing & trekking in the Yangmolong massif, north-east of Batang in Western Sichuan, sharing something of the lives of local people.
2009
Tuesday 20 January - Simon Clark : 'Pumasillo 1957'
Pumasillo (20,490ft and located in the Cordillera Vilcabamba of Central Peru) was thought to be the highest unclimbed peak in the Americas. Simon's first ascent on 23 July 1957 was a significant achievement in the Club's Centenary Year, recording a hard and photogenic ascent in magnificent surroundings. George Band selected the photo of Simon on the top of Pumasillo for the front cover of his book 'SUMMIT- 150 years of the Alpine Club'.
Tuesday 10 February - Pat Littlejohn OBE : 'Ethiopian Adventure Rock'
Introduction to a New adventure climbing destination - the Tigray province of northern Ethiopia. Great scenery, a unique culture and very challenging climbing on desert sandstone towers and big walls of quarzite and basalt.
Tuesday 10 March - Dr David Hillebrandt: ' A neurotics Guide to High Altitude. Alpine and Expedition Medical Problems'
After a short powerpoint introduction David Hillebrandt (BMC Hon Medical Advisor, UIAA Medcom Vice president and holder of the UK Diploma of Mountain Medicine) will run a question and answer session on all and any aspect of mountain medicine. Come and share your personal medical problems. A neurotic climber's dream session.
VENUE: Upper Room of the Nova Scotia, Cumberland Basin, Hotwells, Bristol, BS1 6XJ
The Nova Scotia Hotel is a well-know Bristol landmark, situated at the western end of the Floating Harbour, with ample local parking and good beer. Lectures start at 7.30pm. Click here for map
Alpine Club SW Regional organisers are Colin Knowles, Tony Westcott and Craig Cook |
OUT OF LONDON MEETS AND EVENTS
Special Events Summer 2008
Thursday, 17th July - Everest evening, 21.00 - Majestic, Chamonix. Free entrance George Band, Doug Scott, Maurice Herzog and Jean Afanassieff will be speaking in Chamonix at a conference on Everest, partly as a homage to Edmund Hillary. This will also be an opportunity to promote the Club's initiative "Spirit of Mountaineering" which aims to commend mountain rescues where the rescuers abandon their objective in order to help others.Friday, 18th July - Summer party, Chamonix bringing together AC members and others from a variety of horizons.
If you are planning to be in Chamonix at these dates, come and support George and Doug at the conference and let me know of your presence so we can send you joining instructions to the party! Francoise Call
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2009 AGM and Shap Wells Dinner 28th November 2009
In order to balance the requirments for financial reporting, as well as please our Northern members we have booked for the AGM to be held in Shap Wells in November 2009 followed by a dinner. Because of this the Shap Wells dinner planned for February 2009 has been cancelled. A contributary factor is that the February Shap Wells dinner clashed with the centenary dinner of the ABMSAC which would have meant that attendance at our dinner would have probably been very diminished.
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Many UK meets have an evening dinner which is open to all, whether on the meet or not. A lecture often follows the dinner.
Click here to view a list of meets
LONDON BUNKHOUSE
A bunkhouse is located in the basement of the Club's London Headquarters and is available on weekdays
to members when they are on Club or other mountaineering business. Please confirm availability with the Administrator.
There are blankets in the bunkhouse so full sleeping bags are not neccessary, but please bring a sheet sleeping bag.
Please note - the bunkhouse is temporarily unavailable.
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