Alpine Club

Alpine Club

The Alpine Club was once described as::"a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering, first of all in the Alps, members of which have successfully addressed themselves to attempts of the kind on loftier mountains." ("The Nuttall Encyclopaedia" 1907)Today, Alpine clubs stage climbing competitions, operate alpine huts and paths, and are active in protecting the Alpine environment. The oldest is the UK Alpine Club, which was originally founded in London in 1857 as a gentlemen's club "(see List of London's gentlemen's clubs)."

Today there exist Alpine clubs in many countries:
* Deutscher Alpenverein (DAV) - Germany
* Österreichischer Alpenverein (ÖAV) - Austria
* Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) - Switzerland
* Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) - Italy
* Alpenverein Südtirol (AVS) - Italy
* Club Alpin Francais (CAF) - France
* Alpine Club - United Kingdom
* Alpine Club of Canada - Canada
* American Alpine Club - United States
* Slovenska Planinska Družba (SPD) - Slovenia
* Planinska Zveza Slovenije (PZS) - Slovenia
* Nederlandse Klim- en Bergsport Vereniging (NKBV) - Netherlands
* Japanese Alpine Club - Japan
* Mountain Club of South Africa - South Africa
* New Zealand Alpine Club (NZAC) - New Zealand
* Club Alpino Español - Spain
* [http://www.cap.com.br/ Clube Alpino Paulista] - Brazil
* [http://www.ntk.no Norwegian Alpine Club, NTK] - Norway

External Links
* [http://www.mensvogue.com/health/articles/2007/12/alpine_club Article for Men's Vogue]


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