News

ESC Summer Slide Show 2012

Submitted by dphelan on 5 February 2012 - 7:54pm

Wednesday 20th June at the Alpine Club - Dave Wynne-Jones will present "Mongolia: Exploring the Tavn Bogd on Ski" - an illustrated account of the Spring 2011 ESC ski-mountaineering expedition to the highest summits of the Mongolian Altai. Topics will include holy summits; eagle hunters and the dangers of high altitude cooking.

All members and their guests are welcome to attend. A buffet supper at 6.30pm will be followed by the slide show at 7.30pm, and there will be a cash bar. Cost is £10.

Adding Photos to the Website

Submitted by PeteLancaster on 24 January 2012 - 8:15pm

The Galleries section of the website displays photos taken by members, and is a useful way of letting everyone know what is going on in the club - from days out in Scotland to longer tours in the Alps and further afield.

All members of the club can add galleries and photos (as long as they are logged in), and a new help page has recently been added to the website which describes how to do this.

Alan Blackshaw OBE VRD

Submitted by MikeHendry on 6 August 2011 - 6:22pm

The Blackshaw family has asked us to advise members that they have had to postpone the Memorial Service planned for 2nd February.  It will be rearranged for a later date and details will be posted on this news item.

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Club Tours Filling Up

Submitted by PeteLancaster on 4 December 2011 - 9:44pm

About half of the tours on the Club Programme are now either full or have only one or two places left. If you are keen to join one of the trips in 2012, it would be wise to book now, so that you can get the choice you want.

Rupert Hoare 1st February 1956 - 20th September 2011

Submitted by MikeHendry on 22 September 2011 - 8:56am

A walk has now been planned for Saturday 5th November, the day after Rupert's memorial service in Chichester: see details below.

Another Lizzy Hawker record

Submitted by MikeHendry on 5 October 2011 - 3:46pm

Eagle Lizzy Hawker has set yet another world record, this time for women's 24 hour road-running. 

Autumn Circular and 2011 Yearbook

Submitted by JohnBarnard on 26 September 2011 - 8:25pm

Copies of the 2011 Club Yearbook, along with the Autumn Circular and formal notice of the Annual General Meeting, should start being distributed to all members in the next week or so.

The Circular and AGM notice is also available on the website as a PDF file under Info | Circulars.

Jim Harrison

Submitted by MikeHendry on 24 July 2011 - 6:12pm

We are sad to report that Jim Harrison died on 24th July, peacefully in his sleep at his London club.

Summer Circular Available

Submitted by JohnBarnard on 13 July 2011 - 8:28pm

The club's summer circular is now available on the website under Info | Circulars.