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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 1d

Mick Fowler & Victor Saunders have been at mountaineering's cutting edge for decades. Now in their 60s and 70s, they're still on the hunt for challenging unclimbed peaks.

They join us at this year's KMF Spirit of Discovery session to discuss their latest expedition to Nepal ➡️ tinyurl.com/5debvte6

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 1d

"The sweep of the deep gully yawns below, with nothing but smooth and compact rock above. It's a lonely place..."

Thoroughly enjoyable piece by Guy Robertson. As much a tribute to Martin Moran as to the route.

Very much looking forward to welcoming Guy to our Annual Dinner this year.

IN FOCUS: The Wailling Wall, by Guy Robertson

The gear is far from perfect, and as with all North-West sandstone routes on big winter-only cliffs, the threat of detachable rock always lurks menacingly. An assured and powerful approach is...

www.ukclimbing.com

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 2d

Next Tuesday (14/10), Ron Kenyon joins us at Charlotte Road to discuss a year in which he climbed all of the Lake District's Wainwrights wihtout using a car.

As well as personal recollections, Ron will be sharing advice on how to tackle the fells by bus, bike, foot and ski ➡ tinyurl.com/2t7j9cxb

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of inspiring ascents currently being achieved in the Karakoram, not least this one by Michał Czech, Wadim Jabłoński, Adam Kaniak.

First ascent of Chumik Kangri by Michał Czech, Wadim Jabłoński, Adam Kaniak

Michał Czech and Wadim Jabłoński from Poland, together with Adam Kaniak from Slovakia, have made the the first ascent of Chumik Kangri (6,754m) in the Karakoram, Pakistan.

www.planetmountain.com

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 3d

As the weather in the UK starts to turn cold & wet, here's a throwback to one of our more successful wet & windy meets from this year - the Glan Dena Meet in North Wales, where members managed an incredible amount of climbing/scrambling despite the damp!

Write-up ➡ alpineclub.org/news/meet-re...

Two climbers stand at a slabby belay station, a lake below them in the background.

A climber mid-scrmable turns to smile at the camera.

Two women in running gear smile and throw out their arms in the middle of a valley, a ridgeline rising behind them.

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 3d

Wonderful to have one of our more 'unique' traditions featured in the latest issue of the BMC's Summit Magazine.

You can read the full article on club traditions, including some from the London Mountaineering Club and the Midland Association of Mountaineers, here ➡️ www.thebmc.co.uk/en/summit-ma...

The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 3d

This year's Rick Allen Memorial Talk is being given by AC member @annamfleming.bsky.social.

Anna will be discussing her book Time on Rock and her experience of mountaineering with Bolivia's Cholita climbers.

Held on 21 October at Birmingham University, the talk is free to attend & open to all.

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 4d

A huge shout-out to AC members Johnny Nicholson, Richard Livesey, Alec Phillips, & Jonty de la Harpe who came to the aid of some scramblers in distress during last weekend's AC Younger Members' Meet in the Lakes.

Not only did they help coordinate a rescue, they also completed their mammoth link-up!

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 5d

We're thrilled to be taking part in Norsk Tinde Klubbe's Slingsby Week next July.

The event celebrates British climber W C Slingsby's contributions to Norwegian mountaineering & coincides with the 150th anniversary of his ascent of Storen.

Members can register here ➡️ alpineclub.org/event/slings...

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 7d

Our new Club t-shirts are now online!

Printed in the AC's iconic blue on AWDis Ecologie 100% organic cotton, the new designs feature the AC logo on a unisex shirt that is stylish, soft and stretchy.

Get yours now ➡️ alpineclub.org/shop/alpine-...

A label explaining that the t-shirt has been manufactured with 100% organic cotton from sustainable sources.

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 8d

Our current exhibition is a celebration of art works that have been donated to the Club.

It includes a number of works of uncertain location, like this one by E W Powell.

Let us know your location suggestions in the comments or come along to the exhibition for a closer look ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdfwbtks

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 9d

We're excited to be returning to @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social this November with our 'Spirit of Discovery' session.

Alongside climbing tales from west Nepal & glacier science from Bhutan, we'll also be profiling Khurdopin Sar, one of Pakistan's great, unclimbed peaks ➡️ tinyurl.com/5debvte6

A mountain peak rises from a complex, broken glacier, a perfect snowy ridge rising to its peak in the left of the photograph.

The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 10d

This year saw the Club hold its 12th annual Aspirants' Meet in Saas-Fee.

This year's was our biggest to date, with more than 80 attendees enjoying the Saastal & 36 Aspirant members passing through the subsidised training.

Many thanks to all those who attended & made it such a fabulous 2 weeks!

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 10d

We've just confirmed a new ice climbing meet in Hemsedal, Norway for early 2026.

The area offers an incredible range of venues, from roadside ice cragging to imposing mountain monoliths.

Members can secure a place by booking now ➡️ alpineclub.org/event/2026-h...

The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 11d

Just 3 days left to apply for the 2026-28 cycle of the Young Alpinist Group, which supports young UK and Irish mountaineers between the ages of 19 and 29 to climb successfully and safely in the Greater Ranges.

Details and application form here ➡️ tinyurl.com/3pc3mp9a

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 12d

This letter by 1953 Everest Expedition member George Lowe was recently discovered in a second-hand book and kindly donated to our collections by Paul Speight .

In it, Lowe writes to an acquaintance, Pamela, offering advice on photography ahead of her trip to the Antarctic.

Dear Pamela,

What can I say to allay your anxiety! My filming and photog. was forty years ago & it was all rather hit & miss. The modern cameras & films are now very accurate in getting exposure right. The film I had was rated at 64 (Kodachrome) & exposure was guessed - & at that time there was a tendency to overexpose. I would be wary of moving 2 x f. stops. If your S.L.R. Minolta is giving good results in varied light here – I would trust it to work at the S. latitudes. The light on the ice at early morning & late day is beautiful. Now, for my trekking in the Himalayas I tend to use Kodachrome 200 & it is satisfactory for me. I think you will find other travellers on the polar ship will be of best help to you. I must say I envy you your trip. Ed. Hillary & Bunny Fuchs went on the polar ship in Feb. of this year & both enjoyed it. (Not many trees down there!)

Give my good wishes to Tony & Vicky & have a wonderful holiday.

Yours sincerely,
George Lowe
14 Oct. 94

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 13d

Yudai Suzuki has continued his extremely successful run of exploratory climbing, this time adding a new route to Hasho II (6080m) with Genki Narumi, and Hiroki Yamamoto.

Japanese Trio Makes First Ascent of the East Face of Hasho II in the Karakoram » Explorersweb

At 6,080m, Hasho II is the highest summit in a remote and glaciated corner of Pakistan. It had only been climbed once before.

explorersweb.com

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 16d

Tomorrow night we welcome Nigel Vardy to Charlotte Road to discuss 'Frostbitten', the story of his 1999 rescue from #Denali and his return 25 years later to meet with the people who saved his life.

Join us from 7PM ➡️ alpineclub.org/event/nigel-...

A man in a black down jacket stands in front of a small plane on a glacier with mountains rising behind him.

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 19d

"There are whole worlds in and around the ice, poorly known and understood until recently. Mountains are like high islands, Battin says, with unique ecosystems and endemic species."

An eye-opening piece on the complex biodiversity being both lost and created by glacial retreat.

‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake

As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost

www.theguardian.com

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 21d

Don't miss out on this round of MEF expedition funding 👇

Mount Everest Foundation @mef-official.bsky.social · 21d

Our current funding round closes to applications on the 30th of this month.

If you're from the UK, New Zealand or Nepal and are planning an exploratory mountaineering or scientific expedition, don't miss your chance to apply ➡️ tinyurl.com/c2pnhhhn

A climber seen from behind advancing up a large snow field towards rocks.

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Alpine Club Library @alpineclublib.bsky.social · 22d

We've still got a few places left on our tours for #HeritageOpenDays on Thursday & Friday.

Have a tour from our librarian and handle a few items from the collections - plus see a bunch of things that never make it into exhibitions! (and some books!)

www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...

Dorothy Pilley's stereoscopic photograph viewer and photographs

Green tent repair kit, including patches and thread

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 23d

Next year the Club will be heading to the #Dolomites for our February ice climbing meet.

Uncrowded, with a mix of grades and set in some of the most dramatic scenery in Europe. (At least that's what the guidebook says!)

Members can secure their places now ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fzb6nfj

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 23d

“So I spent two-and-a-half hours in this crevasse, chipping and digging and squirming, and at times I thought this was not going anywhere."

A phenomenal interview with Colin Haley on a phenomenal achievement.

Colin Haley Solos Cerro Torre in Winter - Climbing

An exclusive interview with the 41-year-old American Colin Haley who just made the first winter solo of Patagonia’s famed Cerro Torre.

www.climbing.com

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 27d

The mixed conditions (read: deluge) couldn't dampen spirits on the ACG meet earlier this month.

Despite the short weather windows, attendees enjoyed multiple ascents of the Cassin Route on the Piz Badile, with teams also climbing Cengalo, Dente Della Vecchia and the Ago Di Sciora by various routes.

A climber smiling at the camera from a ledge.

A climber ascending away from the camera up a pinnacle of rock framed against a dark blue sky.

A climber traversing a thin crack on a slab above a valley and river below.

A climber smiling towards the camera from a position in a large corner crack.

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The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social · 29d

“My dad was here with Casarotto and took a photo, later printed in black and white, that we had hanging at home: you could see Casarotto, tiny and alone, on that immense wall. Growing up with an image like that inevitably makes you dream. And that dream finally came true."

Famous Patagonia Route Gets First Winter Ascent - Gripped Magazine

Matteo Della Bordella and Marco Majori have made history with the first winter ascent of Casarotto route on Fitz Roy

gripped.com

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