The Alpine Club, the world’s first mountaineering club, was founded in 1857. For over 150 years, members have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering development and exploration.
With membership, experienced and aspiring alpinists benefit from a varied meets programme, regional lectures with notable guest speakers, reduced rates at many alpine huts, opportunity to apply for grants to support expeditions, significant discounts at many UK retailers, extensive networking contacts, access to the AC Library and maps - and more!
Becoming a MemberSymposia
Below is a list of Alpine Club Symposia.
Organised by members of The Alpine Club, events focus on the mountains of a particular area, or on a specific aspect of mountaineering. Each symposium runs for a whole day and is typically held at a weekend in the Lake District, North Wales or the Peak District. During the day experts on the subject, including top mountaineers from around the world, give a series of illustrated presentations, creating an event that is both informative and inspiring. Take a look at the impressive list of speakers at recent and forthcoming symposia to see why these events are so popular. The symposia are usually open to members at a discount, as well as non-members.
Symposia are particularly useful for anyone planning an expedition or looking for new places to visit. Many expeditions have started in the bar after a symposium; but be warned: these events can be dangerously inspirational!
Events Calendar
To Tuesday 27 October 2015
View Janet’s website for further information and to see the artworks:www.janetjohnsonart.co.uk
Exhibition of water colours and oils by Janet Johnson
Encounters with Rock Snow and Ice - opens same night as the lecture on the Golden Age of Women's climbing.
This second exhibition five years after the first focuses on further encounters with rock,snow and ice in the alpine terrain in Europe and Norway. There will be first encounters with climbing modest 4000 metre peaks inspired by being a member of the club, for an artist who is essentially a skier. Janet grew up in Pennsylvania in the USA where she was skiing down a small hill in her backyard by the age of five.
Janet is an Associate Member of the Club since 2010. The first exhibition she organised was of watercolours and oils based on the Haute Route, first completed by members of the Alpine Club in 1861.
Along side this short exhibition at the Alpine Club, Janet will be exhibiting throughout the year, a group of watercolours titled Arolla Sublime, at the Grand Hotel & Kurhaus in Arolla Switzerland opening in August 2015 and running to August 2016.
The Paintings can be viewed during AC London Lectures or by arrangement with the AC office (+44) 020 7613 0755 during business hours. More photographs are available in an accompanying news article Janet Johnson - Encounters with Rock Snow and Ice
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