Tuesday 8 January. Matt Traver:  Kangertittivatsiaq, East Greenland  -  A Journey into the Unexpected
An account of his 2012 expedition which made three first ascents and three attempts in the previously unclimbed Mythic Cirque of East Greenland.

Tuesday 22 January. George Cave:  2012 Russian Altai Expedition
In August this young team made their first unsupported expedition to the greater ranges when they visited the South Chuyski Range of the Russian Altai. Climbing as two ropes of two over 9 climbing days they successfully climbed Irbitstu (3,967m) by both its SW slopes and the more challenging N Ridge, Dzhaniktu (3,942m) via a 12 hour north to south traverse and made ascents of two other 3,700m peaks.

Tuesday 12 February . Dave Farrow: First ascents in the Kyrgyz Ala-Too by the Cambridge Tien Shan Expedition
Last summer, an 8-strong expedition from Cambridge went to explore some unclimbed peaks in the Kyrgyz Range of the Tien Shan mountains. The expedition, supported by the AC Climbing Fund, was a great success, gaining the first ascents of six 4000m peaks, and exploring a rarely visited valley, just 4 hours from the Kyrgyz capital.

Tuesday 26 February 2013. Catherine Moorehead: 'The Spine of the Thunder Dragon - a West-east Traverse of Bhutan'.
Catherine describes a crossing of Bhutan, from a fly-past of Kanchenjunga via the cliff-face Tiger's Nest lamasery to the capital, Thimphu. A trek follows through rarely-visted country in Central Bhutan up to the Chinese Border, en route for the World's highest unclimbed peak, Gangkhar Puensum, before moving to 'off-limits' country in Eastern Bhutan then descending to Guwahati on the Brahmaputra and returning to Calcutta on a 24-hour rail journey through Assam and West Bengal.

Tuesday 12 March. Ed Webster: First Ascents - From Super Crack to Everest
In this talk Ed will cover his most well-known first ascents and new routes; in New Hampshire with Henry Barber, in Colorado's Black Canyon with Layton Kor, in the Canyonlands of Utah - particularly the 1976 first ascent of Super Crack in Indian Creek Canyon, and of the Primrose Dihedrals on Moses Tower. He will then move on to snow and ice and altitude to cover his new route, Webster's Solo, up the East Face of Changtse in Tibet and climax with his first ascent of the Neverest Buttress up Everest's Kangshung East Face with Stephen Venables & Team in 1988 to provide an Everest teaser before the RGS show 2 nights later.

Tuesday 26 March. Colin Beechey: Further Adventures on classic Alpine routes
Colin has been climbing for over half a century, but due to work and family commitments has only taken short Alpine holidays, of 2 weeks duration or less. Following on from his talk last year, Colin will describe a further selection of favourite classic alpine routes, some popular and some less well known, mainly in the AD to D grades, achievable by any competent alpinist. Hopefully the slides will show that even in a short holiday a lot can be achieved with a combination of good luck and keen climbing partners. The talk will include The Bietschhorn, Briethorn Triftigrat, Liskamm to Dufourspitze traverse, NE face of Kingspitze, Salbitschijen S ridge, Taschorn Kin face, Lauteraarhorn, Aig Dorees traverse, Nadelgrat traverse.

Tuesday 9 April. Barbara Swindin: Just Beyond Her Reach - A Personal and Historical Perspective on British Women Climbing all the Alpine 4000m Peaks
Barbara will be talking about some of her most interesting experiences climbing in the Alps between 1970 and 1995. Back in 1979, she still considered herself to be a “Perpetual Second”, and will compare her own exploits with those of some of her eminent British female predecessors from the Victorian era onwards. By the end of 1990, Barbara had climbed most of the major summits and was on the brink of becoming the first British woman to complete the List of 4000m Peaks, but then fate intervened. She traces the development of her Alpine climbing skills, addresses some of the issues particularly concerning women climbers, and tells the tale of her final climbs in her book, “All But One”, signed copies of which will be available on the evening.

Tuesday 23 April. Boris Korzh: Imperial College Alaska Expedition
During the Summer of 2012 four members of Imperial College spent 31 days in the Saint-Elias mountain range in Alaska, undertaking ski mountaineering and alpine climbing in a seldom visited area. Thanks to the length of the expedition, even the bad weather did not last long enough to hinder the success of the climbing. The team was able to explore the area extensively, moving base camp on several occasions. 13 different summits were reached, with the majority being either first ascents or new routes, in the range of PD to D. The highest point reached was Siri Peak (12,109 ft), via a new route, which is the highest mountain in the area.

Tuesday 14 May. Peter Graham & Malcolm Scott: The Grand Cappuccino
Last summer Peter Graham and Malcolm Scott travelled to the remote Waddington Range in British Columbia in the hope of climbing a new line on The Incisor on Mt Combatant, but the ever-fickle glaciers of the area made the approach unjustifiably dangerous. Luckily they found an equally fine objective in making the second ascent of the Grand Cappuccino via a new route on its stunning south west face. The team was supported by the AC Climbing Fund.

Wednesday 22 May. Amit Chowdhury: Climbing in Lesser Known Areas in the Indian Himalaya
Most climbers don't realise that nearly 1100 Km of the total length of the Himalaya is in Indian territory. There are hundreds of peaks, many of them very beautiful and very challenging, that remain un-climbed and unexplored. Access to several areas is difficult but over the years has become easier than is believed. Climbers from the UK have a special reason to be in the Indian Himalaya as most of the early exploration was done by British climbers like Younghusband, Longstaff, Smythe, Shipton and Tilman. In this talk Amit, who is the Honorary Secretary of the Indian Mountaineering Federation, would like to share his insights from his own climbing in some of these lesser known areas and some suggestions to enable British climbing and exploration in the Indian Himalaya.

Thursday 30 May. Mazeno Ridge of Nanga Parbat
Last summer Rick Allen and Sandy Allan made the first ascent of Nanga Parbat via the 6 mile Mazeno Ridge. They then descended the Diamir Face, making the first complete traverse of the mountain. Their climb was a massive commitment, taking 14 days to complete the ascent, and a further 4 to descend. It is one of the most notable Himalayan ascents in recent years, and for which the pair were recently awarded the Piolet d'Or. Rick's story will be well worth hearing.

Tuesday 11 June. Hywel Lloyd: Everest 60 Year Anniversary- The story of the nine Everest expeditions leading to the successful ascent in 1953.
In this talk, which accompanies a small exhibition of photographs, archives and artefacts relating the history of the nine Everest Expeditions from 1921 onwards (all sponsored by the AC & RGS), Hywel will concentrate on those expeditions that led up to - and included - the successful ascent in 1953.

Tuesday 25 June. Pam Holt: New Routing in the Cordillera Apolobamba, Bolivia
Recipients of the Alison Chadwick Memorial fund and the MEF, Pamela Holt and Dr. Christine Pattison attempted a new route on Cololo 19,500ft ( 5961m) in the remote Cordillera Apolobamba of Bolivia in 1986. Pamela completed a traverse of the mountain in 1989 with Bath University, visiting the area again a few years later with a Leeds group climbing peaks which had not seen a British ascent. The lecture will give an account of the difficulties encountered, the unexpected outcome and plant collecting undertaken on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

Tuesday 9 July. Ian Howell: The Great Rift - Eastern African Mountains
Ian has spent a number of years working in Eastern Africa where he pioneered many new routes on the region's major mountains. In this talk he will be describing some of the geology of the Rift Valley system in addition to revealing some of the classic climbs that are on offer.

Tuesday 23 July. Derek Buckle: In the Shadow of the Elephant
Derek will be talking about the 2012 AC Expedition to the Indian Himalaya where the team explored the upper reaches of the Semartoli Valley in the Kagbhusandi region of the Garhwal. During their time in the valley the team succeeded in making first ascents of four 5,000m peaks in an impressive cirque dominated by the massive Hathi Parvat, 6,727m, before completing a circular trek back to Joshimath via the well-known Kankul Pass.

Tuesday 10 September. Mick Fowler: Shiva
Mick will be talking about his recent expedition to Shiva. Details to follow.

Tuesday 8 October. Leslie Ayres: Passages from Stonefields
Leslie is an artist and guide living in Norway. An exhibition of his work will open at the AC on the day of his lecture, which will cover semi philosophical anecdotes about nature and our relationship with climbing, risk-taking, art and much more. It promises to be a varied and intriguing evening.

Tuesday 22 October. Phil Wickens.: 2013 AC Antarctica Expedition
During January 2013 seven Alpine Club members sailed to the Antarctic Peninsula on board the yacht Spirit of Sydney.  From two inland camps on the Belgica Glacier various members of the team made five significant first ascents.  The party also made the first ascent of Lancaster Hill east and west summits from the Troos Glacier and was fortunate to encounter various species of whales, penguins and other animals at remarkably close quarters. As usual with talks by Phil, this promises to be a photographic extravaganza.

Tuesday 12 November. Dennis Gray: An Evening of Mountain Poetry
After presenting a historical introduction Dennis will be inviting some of the AC regulars to read their favourite poem. Finally during a break some short excerpts from the CD Wanderlust, that he and Paul Cherry produced as a charity Disc for the MEF will be played. This CD was made up of many different tracks by 15 different climber/singer/musicians. This promises to be yet another evening with a difference.

Tuesday 26 November 2013. Knut Toensberg: Ski Mountaineering among the Trolls
Our Norwegian member, K. I. Toensberg will show us some pictures and talk about ski mountaineering in the western part of Jotunheimen, the Norwegian mountain area or home of the trolls. Included are some new routes, some new and not yet climbed ones as well as classic mountain traverses with skis, crampons and ice-axe. He will also include a handful of his father's and grandfather's photos from the same area, some shown at an Alpine Club exhibition in the 1920s.