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The Alpine Club
Our new exhibition of mountain photography includes not only peaks & faces, but also some of the key characters from British mountaineering history.
Here Chris Bonington catches Don Whillans enjoying a cigarette on the Central Pillar of Freney.
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We're excited to announce that we will now be selling digital access to the two most recent editions of the Alpine Journal.
This means the Journal will be available to purchase even after we sell out of physical copies and can be read more easily on the go.
Details here➡️ tinyurl.com/3jzybbbj
Our new exhibition explores the four key technological ages of mountain photography and the figures who drove them forward.
'The Four Ages of Mountain Photography' opens at our Charlotte Road premises this Thursday and will run until 30 July.
Book your visit ➡️ tinyurl.com/j6jcvs4w
This talk is tomorrow night and there's still time to book your free spot in the audience ➡️ tinyurl.com/4j73v5uk
New Offer!
On the AC Shop, you can currently pick up two books from author and mountaineer Dave Wynne-Jones for just £20.
Enjoy a blend of practical advice and personal meditation with 'An Expedition Handbook' and 'The Way Taken' ➡️ tinyurl.com/33jvjms6
Our next London lecture will be given by author & AC member Anna Fleming.
Anna will be discussing the Cholitas Escaladoras, a group of Indigenous women climbers who climb & guide in the Bolivian Andes while wearing traditional skirts.
Join us from 7pm on 9 June. Open to all ➡️ tinyurl.com/4j73v5uk
Blue is usually a pretty good colour to help you stand out while climbing in the UK.
(Un)fortunately, the good weather arrived for the Sunday of our Early Summer Younger Members' Meet, so here's a somewhat camouflaged Felix on 'The Bracken Clock' (E2 5c) at Pavey Ark.
Fascinating and inspiring ascent/ski descent from Marco Malcangi and AC member Fay Manners who have made the first ascent of the southwest ridge of Ranrapalca in more than 45 years as well as its first ski descent!
We have more than 10 meets running across the summer for members & their guests (full listings here ➡️ alpineclub.org/events#Meets) & we've just added a weekend trip to Cornwall into the mix.
Running 24-26 July, it will take in some of the best crags in West Penwith ➡️ alpineclub.org/event/2026-c...
Our librarian has made a concertina to hold these postcards by ET Compton. This allows for easy handling and keeps them together as a group for users.
On 28/05/2026 Fay Manners and Marco Malcangi skied a new line on Nevado Ranrapalca, the 6162m peak often described as 'one of the most breathtaking mountains of Peru´s Cordillera Blanca.' The pair…
Our next London lecture will be given by author & AC member Anna Fleming.
Anna will be discussing the Cholitas Escaladoras, a group of Indigenous women climbers who climb & guide in the Bolivian Andes while wearing traditional skirts.
Join us from 7pm on 9 June. Open to all ➡️ tinyurl.com/4j73v5uk
