Report and photos of the February Southern day walk

Report and photos of the February Nouthern day walk

The AGM and Annual Dinner was held over the first weekend in February at the Inn on the Lake in Glenridding.
At the Annual Dinner there was a pictorial review of the 2024. Thanks to Don Hodge for compiling this review from the website and for Ed Bramley posting it on youtube.
Report and photos

Report and photos of the January Northern Day Walk

A select group made the Twixmas Meet this year.

Six made the New Years Day swim from the Glenridding steamer pier!

Report and photos

From 28 February the Britannia Hut will have two new wardens to replace Dario Andenmatten. They are Maria Anthamatten and Konstantin Zurbriggen who live in Saas-Grund. We wish them every success.

Maria has been the warden of the Mischabel Hut for 13 years.

PIONEERING PENSIONERS - discuss climbing the 6,258m ‘Pakistani Matterhorn’

In September 2024, at the age of 68 and 74 respectively, renowned British mountaineers Mick Fowler and Victor Saunders made the first ascent of Yawash Sar, a 6,258m peak in Pakistan. Occasionally referred to as the ‘Matterhorn of the Khunjerab’, the mountain had withstood attempts from previous teams and took Fowler and Saunders a total of 7 days to climb.

The lecture will on 27 March 2025 at 6.30pm at the Royal Geographical Society in London. Dubbed ‘The Pioneering Pensioners’, the talk will cover the pair’s incredible ascent of Yawash Sar and their long history of climbing together (they first travelled together to Pakistan more than 40 years ago).

‘The Pioneering Pensioners’ has been organised by the Mount Everest Foundation (MEF) and is presented by UK outdoor brand Berghaus. Tickets are on sale now via Eventbrite at £22.38 each (including fees). Profits from ticket sales will go towards funding the MEF’s work supporting exploratory mountaineering and scientific expeditions to the world’s mountain regions.