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! 

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Lectures

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

Jonathan Bamber: Tupendeo - One Mountain, Two Stories
Tuesday 09 May 2017, 07:30pm
Contact Derek Buckle
Tuesday 09 May 2017
 In 1992, Jonathan Bamber and a team of 5 other climbers visited the remote and politically volatile Kaban Valley in the Kishtwar region of the Indian Himalayas on an MEF supported expedition. They had two objectives, both unclimbed peaks in an area rarely visited by climbers. Their first objective was Tupendeo, a mountain that looks quite like the Dru and possessing a beautiful, reasonable looking line to its summit. At just under 6000 m, this was a perfect goal for a lightweight, Alpine style ascent. Twenty three years later, in 2015, a Swiss team including Mammut sponsored climber Stephan Siegrist and Thomas Senf arrived in the same valley to encounter a mystery on the mountain. One which they tried to uncover back in Switzerland. This film tells the story of the two very different experiences of Tupendeo and the eventual answer to their unexpected discovery. 
Location London
55/56 Charlotte Road
London
EC2A 3QF
Uk