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Since its foundation in 1857, there have always been members of the Alpine Club who have carried sketch-books into the mountains, keeping a record of their endeavours and the peaks they had climbed. Descriptions of these artists form the principal part of the text of this Dictionary, together with many illustrations of their work. In 1895, the Alpine Club's move to Savile Row, with its generous accommodation, enabled exhibitions of scale and scope to be held and the beginnings of a collection to form. The subsequent move to South Audley Street, shortly before the Second World War, enabled members' exhibitions to continue, together with displays of mountain paintings from external galleries and dealers. In 1991, the move was made to the present premises at Charlotte Road. Throughout these many changes the Club's collection has grown, almost exclusively by virtue of gifts from members, families and friends. In recent years, the exhibition tradition has continued. As well as displays from permanent collection, including works by John Ruskin, ET Compton and TH Somervell, there have been individual shows by modern artists such as Julian Cooper, Jim Curran and John Dugger, and even group exhibitions of conceptual art. Members have been offered a changing and varied diet which is reflected in the pages of this book. This is the second edition which now includes an Addendum showing new material added to this collection. The first edition was published in 2007. This edition is compiled and written by Peter Mallalieu, Keeper of Pictures at the Alpine Club. The book shows over 150 mainly full page, full colour drawings and paintings, with accompanying descriptions and background to the artist.

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The history of the Swiss Alpine Club and the alpinists' first mountain huts go hand in hand - both first appearing in 1863. In 2013, 150 years later 'The Huts of the Swiss Alpine Club' has been published as a celebration of these icons of the Swiss mountain landscape. The huts now belong to the cultural heritage of the Swiss Alps and the mountains would seem incomplete without them. Today there are 152 SAC huts and they can be found high up on the Matterhorn or above the Glacier d'Otemma while others are lower down the mountains in green, grassy areas - each one has its own history. Nowadays they are used by alpinists, mountaineers, skiers and families. 'The Huts of the Swiss Alpine Club' celebrates the huts' diverse architecture and jaw dropping locations. This lavish book is a glossy, photographic record of these buildings. Background information is given for each and is accompanied by inspiring mountain photography. In addition the authors have provided an overview map, a short history, and appendices giving operational details of each hut and statistics and graphs.

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This, the 152nd publication of the Alpine Journal, takes you on a selection of significant first ascents of 2014, from Antarctica to Greenland, Europe to High Asia; on adventures in rock climbing, mountaineering and exploration of the high mountains of the continents. The volume includes the first ascent of Gasherbrum V, exploration of a hard-to-reach granite cirque in Alaska, hard climbing on unexplored cliffs of Greenland only reachable by sailboat, and descriptions of still-unclimbed peaks in Tibet and South America. Area notes from local experts in mountainous regions around the world give inspiration as well as the recent developments.History and science are, as always, well attended and include the history of mountain guiding in the Golden Age of mountaineering; new light on what might have happened on K2's first ascent; stereographic photography in the Victorian era, and the prevalence of algae in the mountains. To celebrate the first ascent of the Matterhorn, Robin Campbell has curated and discussed a collection of early drawings of the mountain. Roger Birnstingl gives us previously untranslated letters from the scandalised Italians on the race for the first ascent of the Cervino; Ian Smith tells us about Whymper in the aftermath of the first ascent; John Cleare goes back 50 years in his story of the centenary ascent with the BBC.

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The bright future of British Mountaineering is under the spotlight in this edition of the Alpine Journal with contributions from the latest generation of leading alpinists - Ben Silvestre, Uisdean Hawthorn, Tom Livingstone and Ben Tibbetts - and their compelling ascents in the Himalaya, Alaska and the Alps. Ian Parnell explains how mentoring schemes around the world have stimulated debate in Britain and led to a revamp of the Alpine Climbing Group. In this centenary year of the Armistice, we also commemorate the sacrifice of another era's young members who died in the First World War and recall how fighting reached the highest parts of Europe as troops from opposing armies faced off in the Alps and Dolomites. Jonathan Westaway examines the inspiring life of E O Shebbeare, an early Everest climber whose forestry career prefigure todays environmentalism. The clinical psychologist and Himalayan mountaineer Malcolm Bass applies his professional skill to his passion for alpinism, Mike Searle looks back on the Nepali earthquake - and forward to the next one. Victor Saunders take a wry look at societies attitude to risk. Terry Gifford considers mountain literature as a form of 'dark pastoralism' and Donald Orr takes a fresh look at the mountain art of Ferdinand Hodler. With its comprehensive look at mountain literature and coverage of first ascents around the world, the alpine journal is an indispensable resource for alpinists around the world.

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The Alpine Journal reports on the world's most significant mountaineering from 2022, featuring articles from Nepal, Pakistan, Greenland and the Alps by leading alpinists Mára Hole’ek, Callum Johnson, Jacob Cook and Tom Livingstone. How women were written out of mountaineering history also features in this year's Alpine Journal, with Suzanne Strawther saving an early female ascent of the Matterhorn from oblivion, the lost art of Alpine pioneer Elizabeth Campbell, an excerpt from Rachel Hewitt's ground-breaking book In Her Nature and from John Middendorf a reappraisal of Miriam O'Brien, a leading alpinist from the 1920s. John Harding looks back on the mountain life of writer Robin Fedden, Dennis Gray recalls the legend that was Don Whillans and John Wilkinson revisits the aftermath of the first winter ascent of the Aiguilles du Diable: the Devil's Needles. Climate change and its impacts on the world's mountains are becoming obviously and rapidly worse. We have reports from the Himalaya and on how retreating glaciers are affecting the flora of the Alps. With reports, reviews, art and comment from around the globe, the Alpine Journal has everything the dedicated alpinist needs to inspire and reflect.

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The long shadow of Covid 19 kept many of the worlds mountaineers close to home in 2020, but there were still extraordinary achievements further afield including the first winter ascent of K2 and a remarkable first ascent on Baruntse from the bold Czechs Mara Holecek and Radoslav Groh. Those unable to reach the Greater Ranges found plenty to explore in the Alps, which saw the largest number of new routes in recent years. This years Alpine Journal has reports on all of it. The year was also marked with the loss of two giants of British mountaineering, Doug Scott and Hamish McInnes, both honorary members of the Alpine Club, as well as controversial Italian legend Cesare Maestri, recalled by Alan Heppenstall. Peter Foster describes the climbing life of C F Meade, Leo Dickinson shares his picturesque life of as a documentary filmmaker and Nicholas Hurndall Smith takes on the mantle of the illustrious Leslie Stephen. With mountains increasingly under the media spotlight as climate change alters their very fabric, Julian Attwood has a detailed prescription for how the mountains of Wales could be returned to their former glory, locking up carbon and improving biodiversity. Alton Byers reports on how another mountain environment has done better than you might imagine. With reports, reviews, art and comment from around the globe, the Alpine Journal has everything the dedicated alpinist needs to inspire and reflect.

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2011 marks the centenary of the death of Edward Whymper, one of the most important figures in the history of mountaineering. His ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, and the deaths of four members of his party on the way down, attracted attention throughout the world, bringing him praise and criticism in equal measure. In later years, he largely devoted his life to lecturing and writing guidebooks, touring Britain, Europe and America. Whymper was an early member of the Alpine Club and in the club's archives is a set of magic lantern slides he used to illustrate his lectures. Based on extensive research, former AC Archivist Peter Berg has combined these images with extracts from Whymper's books and diaries and writings by his contemporaries, to recreate the lecture 'My Scrambles amongst the Alps', first given in 1895. These pictures, mostly not seen for 100 years and never been published as a set before, give us a unique glimpse of the mountain world at the end of the 19th century. We visit the Zermatt valley and its peaks, passes and glaciers, experience Whymper's many attempts to climb the Matterhorn, explore the Mont Blanc region, including the ill-fated building of an observatory on the summit, and share some of the joys and sorrows of mountaineering. Setting the lecture in context, is a foreword by the distinguished mountaineer and former AC President, Stephen Venables.

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The Alpine Journal is a substantial annual record of mountaineering achievement which has been published continuously since 1859.

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The Alpine Journal is the oldest mountaineering periodical in the world, created as a record of mountain exploration and culture, and its 153rd publication celebrates some of the outstanding ascents of 2015. Two of Britain's best younger alpinists, Will Sim and Ben Silvestre, describe hard first ascents in Alaska, while a third, Andy Houseman, has an account of the first ascent of Link Sar West in the Karakoram, beautifully illustrated by Jon Griffith. The celebrated Italian mountaineer Simone Moro details his first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat, after scores of attempts by himself and many others. There is also Mick Fowler's account of the first ascent of Gave Ding in far western Nepal, exploratory mountaineering of the highest order. The Journal also records exploration in the Andes, Pakistan, Zanskar, Tajikistan and two expeditions to Greenland. The Journal also has some exceptional writing on more cultural topics. Abbie Garrington looks at George Mallory's correspondence with his admirer Marjorie Holmes, while we also publish for the first time a long and revealing letter Jack Longland wrote from Everest in 1933. Jim Milledge describes the career of Stanhope Speer, pioneer in mountain medicine and noted spiritualist, while John Porter recalls his months spent working for Ken Wilson, climbing publisher and force of nature.

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With restrictions on travel easing, the world's leading alpinist were able to return to the high mountains with renewed enthusiasm. This year's Alpine Journal reports on several of the highlights, including first ascents on Tengkangpoche and Jugal Spire in Nepal: inspiring new routes by British teams climbed in the best style. This year is also the centenary of the 1922 Everest Expedition, celebrated in this edition with art of Everest and a report from the Alpine Club's successful exhibition featuring images and artefacts from its valuable collections. More recent heritage also features, with Abbie Garrington capturing the moment in history when rock music and the mountain world enjoyed a fascinating synergy. In another year of record temperatures and shocking images of glacial retreat from drying mountains, Sturart Dunning reports on the jaw dropping Ronti landslide in the Nanda Devi region and the role of climate change in such events. Cath Flitcroft reports on the BMC's developing environmental work and how climbers face the travel conundrum. Big wall legend John Middendorf writes on the early history of the piton, Eric Vola reveals how Raymond Lambert lost his toes and Simon Pierse remembers the life of Wilfred Noyce. With reports, reviews, and comment from around the globe, the Alpine Journal has everything the dedicated Alpinist needs to inspire and reflect.

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Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is renowned as the world's journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. The AAJ publishes each year's most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves and carefully edited by a team of experts. Each year, many newly discovered climbing destinations are revealed, from Alaska to the Karakoram.

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The AAJ goes beyond social media, video clips, and marketing copy with in-depth reports on major climbs, written by the climbers and carefully edited by a team of experts Recon sections cover the history, recent climbing activity, and new-route potential of a wild area. This year: the wild mountains of Tierra del Fuego 2020 edition includes a special report: the state-of-the-art of women's climbing Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is renowned as the world's journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. The AAJ publishes each year's most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves and carefully edited by a team of experts. Each year, many newly discovered climbing destinations are revealed, from Alaska to the Karakoram.

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Hundreds of first-person reports and photos The AAJ goes beyond social media and "hot flashes" news with in-depth reports carefully edited by a team of experts Expanded climbing history section Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal (AAJ) is renowned as the journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. Lavishly illustrated with color photos and maps, the AAJ is where the world's leading climbers tell the stories of their biggest routes--the climbs that will be tomorrow's legends. Each year we reveal dozens of newly discovered climbing destinations and unclimbed summits, from Alaska to the Karakoram. All reports are carefully edited by a team of experts, ensuring accuracy and objective reporting.

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Published annually since 1929, The American Alpine Journal is renowned as the world's journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. The AAJ publishes each year's most compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves and carefully edited by a team of experts. Each year we also reveal many newly discovered climbing destinations, from Alaska to the Karakoram.

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Hundreds of first-person reports and photos The AAJ goes beyond social media and marketing copy with in-depth reports, carefully edited by a team of experts The Recon section covers the climbing history and new-route potential of Ushba, the Matterhorn of the Caucasus in eastern Europe Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine Journal is renowned as the world's journal of record for long new climbs of all kinds. The AAJ publishes each year's most compelling mountaineering stories, told by the climbers themselves and carefully edited by a team of experts. Each year's edition reveals newly discovered climbing destinations and unclimbed summits, from Alaska to the Karakoram, with hundreds of color photos.

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Here lie unclimbed 5000-meter peaks, virgin granite walls, and thousand-foot smears of ice--enough to make a mountaineer's heart race.

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Celebrating a tradition of bravery, thirst for knowledge, and pursuit of glory, this book tells the stories of the most famous mountaineers in history and explores the climbs that they conquered.Mountaineers is filled with stirring tales of adventure and intriguing characters, from the Brits who insisted on hauling cases of vintage champagne up to Everest base camp in 1924, to the Italian Duke of the Abruzzi who took 10 iron bedsteads up Alaska's Malaspina glacier. It chronicles the stories of the pioneers who first conquered the heights of this planet, from Otzi the Iceman to Edmund Hillary, important scientific discoveries that were made along the way, and accounts of great bravery, fellowship, altruism, and humour in the face of adversity.The book features fact files for over 100 famous mountaineers and stunning photography of the mountains they scaled, and contains rare artefacts that were found on their journeys, previously unpublished photographs, and specially commissioned route maps to recreate history's greatest ascents. The book also charts the development of technology, equipment, and techniques from the tweed hacking jackets and pipe-smoking of the early mountaineers to the sophisticated kit being used today.

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1:25,000 hiking map to Valle Antrona centred on Antronapiana, including Pizzo d'Andolla, Villadossola and Pieve Vergonte. Published in association with the CAI, the Italian Alpine Club. Trails are marked on the map. The key is in Italian, German and English. Printed on waterproof, tear-proof paper.

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1:25,000 hiking map covering the east end of the Valle Anzasca, centred on Pieve Vergonte, including Villadossola and Anzola d'Ossola. Published in association with the CAI, the Italian Alpine Club. Trails are marked on the map. The key information and more detailed information on the rear of the sheet are in Italian, German and English.

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Waterproof, Tear-Resistant, Topographic Map.The Haute Route-aka the High Route or Mountaineers' Route-traverses the French and Swiss Alps. It was conceived as a summer mountaineering route in the mid-nineteenth century by members of the English Alpine Club. Though originally called 'The High-Level Route' by members of the Alpine Club, in 1911, a group first successfully established a winter route from Bourg St. Pierre to Zermatt on skis and afterwards the name of the route was translated into French. As a result of their success, the French term stuck, and the journey gained a reputation amid skiers and ski mountaineers as a classic must-do winter/spring tour. There is also a non-technical Walker's Haute Route that has gained in popularity and become a classic in and of itself. This Topographic Map Guide outlines two different variations of the Haute Route from Chamonix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland: one for hikers and one for skiers. The northernmost route or, Walker's Route, depic

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1:25,000 hiking map to the north west of Val Formazza including Monte Cervadone and Blinnenhorn. Published in association with the CAI, the Italian Alpine Club, who are responsible for the trails. Trails are marked on the map. The key information and more detailed information on the rear of the sheet are in Italian, German and English. Printed on waterproof, tear-proof paper.

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1:25,000 hiking map to the Valle di Bognanco including Iselle, Crevoladossola, Domodossola, Villadossola and Antronapiana. Published in association with the CAI, the Italian Alpine Club, who are responsible for the trails. Trails are marked on the map. The key information and more detailed information on the rear of the sheet are in Italian, German and English. Printed on waterproof, tear-proof paper.

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1:25,000 hiking map to the south east of Valsesia centred on Borgosesia, including Varallo, Postua, Cellio and Monte Fenera.Published in association with the CAI, the Italian Alpine Club, who are responsible for the trails. Trails are marked on the map. The key information and more detailed information on the rear of the sheet are in Italian, German and English. Printed on waterproof, tear-proof paper.

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When eleven climbers died on K2 in 2008, two Sherpas survived. Their astonishing tale became the stuff of mountaineering legend. This white-knuckle adventure follows the Sherpas from their remote villages in Nepal to the peak of the world’s most dangerous mountain, recounting one of the most dramatic disasters in alpine history from a fascinating new perspective. Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award and an official selection of the American Alpine Club Book Club.

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1:25,000 winter activity map for Val Formazza, including Blinnenhorn Formazza and Monte Basocino. Published in association with the CAI, the Italian Alpine Club, who are responsible for the trails. Ski touring and snowshoe trails are marked on the map together with winter hiking routes and ski slopes. The key information and more detailed information on the rear of the sheet are in Italian, German and English. Printed on waterproof, tear-proof paper.

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1:25,000 winter activity map to the west of Valle Antigorio and Val Formazza, centred on Monte Cervandone, including Goglio and Baceno. Published in association with the CAI, the Italian Alpine Club, who are responsible for the trails. Ski touring and snowshoe trails are marked on the map together with winter hiking routes and ski slopes. The key information and more detailed information on the rear of the sheet are in Italian, German and English. Printed on waterproof, tear-proof paper.

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1:25,000 winter activity map to Valsesia, centred on Campertogno and Rassa, including Alagna Valsesia, Boccioleto, Mollia and Scopello. Published in association with the CAI, the Italian Alpine Club, who are responsible for the trails. Ski touring and snowshoe trails are marked on the map together with winter hiking routes and ski slopes. The key information and more detailed information on the rear of the sheet are in Italian, German and English. Printed on waterproof, tear-proof paper.

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No goggles or glacier glasses, no hi-tech axes or day-glo Gore-Tex adorned Alpinists of the mid-nineteenth century. From the 1850s to the early twentieth century, the achievements of Irish mountaineers are largely obscured in British historical accounts. This sets the record straight. Frank Nugent, mountaineer-explorer, reveals a significant Irish contribution beginning with the Golden Age of Alpine Mountaineering when the first ascents of mountains like the Eiger and Weisshorn and the first traverse of the Matterhorn from Italy were by Irish climbers. Significant climbers of the time were: John Tyndall, a scientist from Carlow; John Ball MP from Dublin was the first president of the Alpine Club and led the popularisation of the sport with a series of guidebooks; Anthony Adams-Reilly from Westmeath produced the first reliable map of the Mont Blanc massif; Elizabeth Whitshed from Greystones, a pioneering woman mountaineer, was one of the first to engage in winter Alpine climbing; Valentine Ryan from Offaly is often considered the finest Alpine climber of the early twentieth century.The Alpine's Club's first publication in 1859 was Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, edited by John Ball. A climbing record of the Alpine Club, it was the blueprint for the Alpine Journal published annually ever since. The varied social, political and scientific backgrounds of Irish Alpine pioneers provide absorbing insights into nineteenth-century Irish society.

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Published by the Swiss Alpine Club, Outdoor and Mountain Medicine is a detailed reference work for everybody travelling in the mountains and keen to know more about medicine and health in the outdoors.In addition to first aid and makeshift rescue, topics like training and nutrition, women and children in high altitude, health problems on treks and expeditions, medical issues in rock climbing, canyoning, mountain biking and so on are explained by experienced mountain doctors. Countless practical tips are presented in an easy to understand format, supported with colour photos, illustrations and tables.

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Mapper of Mountains follows the career of Dominion Land Surveyor Morrison Parsons Bridgland, who provided the first detailed maps of many regions of the Canadian Rockies. Between 1902 and 1930, this unheralded alpinist perfected phototopographical techniques to compile a series of mountaintop photographs during summers of field work, and spent his winters collating them to provide the Canadian government, tourists, and mountain climbers with accurate topographical maps. Bridgland was a great climber and co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada. Mapper of Mountains also tells the story of the Rocky Mountain Repeat Photography Project, which studies the changes sustained in the Rockies, repeating the field work accomplished by Bridgland almost a century ago.

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One of the finest mountaineering books. A phenomenal tale of strength and valour.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOE SIMPSONIn 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club resolved to try. This is the enthralling story of the first conquest of Annapurna and the harrowing descent. With breathtaking courage and grit manifest on every page, Annapurna is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told.As well as an introduction by Joe Simpson, this new edition includes 16 pages of photographs, which provide a remarkable visual record of this legendary expedition.The distinguished French mountaineer Maurice Herzog was leader of the 1950 expedition to Annapurna. He was one of the two climbers to reach the summit.

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