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 MemberLectures
Here is a list of lectures at the Alpine Club. Select additional pages using the numbers at the bottom.
The lectures provide a good opportunity for AC 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 AC office before attending. Lectures generally start at 7:30pm.
For the lectures in London, non-members are asked to register their attendance in advance either by filling in the relevant form on the lecture page or by contacting the office at admin@alpineclub.org (Please note that a donation is requested on entry).
Anyone who has had an interesting trip and would be prepared to lecture is invited to contact the AC Office or the lecture organisers.
Each event includes a clickable map with the address of the venue.
Events Calendar
Mick’s talk will focus on the three attempts he made with Victor Saunders to achieve the first ascent of Mount Chombu (6332m) in North Sikkim since he first came up with the idea in 2016. They made two attempts in 2019 but in the first expedition, they had to withdraw due to bad weather conditions on the mountain. Another attempt in the same year looked promising as weather conditions were favourable but unfortunately, they fell ill because of food poisoning. They had reached 6107m, only 250m from the summit, but had to retreat. The third and final attempt was made in April-May of 2022 but weather conditions were dangerous leading to the expedition being called off midway through on 15 May. Chombu remains unclimbed.
Chombu (Nick Hurndall Smith)
Start Time: 19:30
Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria St, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL
Contact: Timothy Elson - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
