from The Mountain Blogspot
Iran and the Axis of Skiville 7pm - 10th January 2012 The Alpine Club 55/56 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3QF In 1996 Henry Iddon wrote to the British Embassy in Tehran to enquire about the skiing in the country, but it wasn't until 2011 that the opportunity arose to visit Iran and Mt Damavand (5671m) on a skiing mountaineering trip to the highest volcano in Asia. Damavand is the symbol of Iranian resistance against despotism and foreign rule in Persian poetry and literature. Meanwhile by 2011 Iran had been
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from The BMC News
The Alpine Club, driven by current president Mick Fowler, reinstated its annual symposia on the 26th November with an informative coverage of the mountains of China.
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from The BMC News
The Alpine Club is hosting an important symposium on mountaineering in China on Saturday 26th November 2011 at Shap Wells, Cumbria.
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from The BMC News
Supported by grants from the BMC, MEF and Alpine Club, Hamish Dunn and Tom Ripley travelled to the little-visited Cordillera Carabaya, where they made a coveted first ascent of 5,613m Chichiacapac's South Face.
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from UKClimbing.com News
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Well known British climbers Mick Fowler and Dave Turnbull are off to the remote far west of Nepal in October to attempt an unclimbed 6,000m peak.
Fowler - president of the Alpine Club - works for HM Revenue and Customs in the United Kingdom and manages to fit his expeditions around a full time job. He will be using over half of his annual leave entitlement for this trip.
Dave Turnbull is the British Mountaineering Council's (
) chief executive.
Fowler commented on their...
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from INCLINED
Southern Appalachian Section Chair David Thoenen just emailed us his complete trip report from the Iran leg of the 2010 2011 American Alpine Club / Alpine Club of Iran Climber Exchange. We’ve been posting updates as the AAC team in Iran was able to contact us, but the full report follows (Scroll to the [...]
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from Sonnie Trotter
This will be my third consecutive year teaching the Alpine Club of Canadas Under 25 Climbing Camp. And theres less then a month before it happens. The ACC has only a few spots left available, so if youre between the ages of 18 and 25, and climbing is your passion, this is where to start. [...]
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from Climbing Narcissist
The American Alpine Club launches their Five Year Plan as well as the Cornerstone Conservation Grant program American Alpine Club Making Changes, Launching New $25k Conservation Grant Program from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan of ClimbingNarc.com on Facebook Related posts: New AAC Grant Inspired By Jonny Copp Micah Dash Devils Lake Bouldering: Alpine Club and Beautiful Soup New Multimillion Dollar Loan Program From The Access Fund News Notes 4/12/2011 Action Alert Regarding NPS Wilderness Fixed Anchor
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from INCLINED
As mentioned last week on Inclined, Club members are off to Iran this week to climb with the Alpine Club of Iran. Team member Mary Ann Dornfeld shared her thoughts on the exchange with us just before leaving. We wish Mary and all the other team members the best of luck. We’ll be continually posting [...]
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from INCLINED
On June 5, a group of American Alpine Club climbers will leave for the Alborz Mountains in Iran—continuing a Climber Exchange Program with the Alpine Club of Iran (ACI) that was begun last year. The AAC group will spend two weeks with the ACI to explore new routes and repeat some of the area’s classics. [...]
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