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Meet photos in 2020
Meet photos in 2019
2020 Meet Reports
Annual Dinner, Glenridding, February New Members Virtual Meet, March 2019 Meet Reports
Fort William Meet, Scotland, October Presidents Meet, Patterdale, October Brecon Beacons Meet, October Beer Meet, Devon, September Alpine Hotel Meet, Klosters, July N Wales Meet, June M'goun Trek, Morocco, June Glenfinnan Meet, May Derbyshire May Day Meet New Members Meet, GSH, April Pitlochry Meet, Scotland, March Annual Dinner, Glenridding, February Club information
How to join us Committee whos who The club has migrated its membership database to a proprietary system (MemberMojo), both to provide increased functionality, and to improve the resilience of that function into the future. You can now keep your own contact details up to date on the membership database. Development and Training package. The aim is to provide financial assistance for training courses to increase members skills.
The latest report on the training completed by members is available. Our Data Privacy Policy is available to view. ABMSAC Child Protection Policy and consent form. The web site for the Swiss Alpine Club has links into pages for the separate Sections. A source for all types of climbing information, access and insurance in the UK is the BMC Archive
Photo Archive 2001 to 2018 Meet reports 2001 to 2018 We continue our pdf archive of books and Journals that give an insight into the Association in its earlier days. One of our members, James Bogle, has written up the History of the Association and this was published in 2005. We have a copy of the "Inauguration of the Cabane Britannia, 1912. There are also Journals from 1909 to 1919, 1920 to 1929, 1930 to 1939, 1940 to 1949, 1950 to 1959, 1960 to 1969 and 1970 to 2019. The chapters from the Centenary DVD are now loaded on YouTube.
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Upcoming Meets - 6 July update
It is hoped that the Picos de Europa Meet in September will go ahead. Paul Stock has contacted members who paid a deposit/expressed interest. The new details are in the Meets section. The August Bank Holiday Meet at the George Starkey Hut has been cancelled. The rescheduled July Bunkhouse/Camping Meet to Derbyshire has been cancelled. It will be rebooked for next May. ADVANCE NOTICE OF ANNUAL DINNER MEET - Looking forward we have provisionally booked the Inn on the Lake, Glenridding for the 2021 AGM and Annual Dinner over the weekend 5 - 7 February. The 4 course dinner on Saturday 6 February will be £30 per person. Confirmation and details of room rates will follow later in the year. The Joint Alpine Camping Meet to the Ecrins in July has been cancelled. The Alpine Hotel Meet It is with regret that the July meet to St Luc and Saas-Almagell has been cancelled. In addition to the problems of travel restrictions in the UK, most of the attendees are over 70, and as such are not prepared to take unnecessary risks involved in travelling or staying with a group. Pamela will inform both hotels of the clubs decision. The June trip to Snowdonia has been rescheduled to 11 - 12 June 2021. The May trip to Braemar has been cancelled. All other meets are on hold at the moment. Should anything change with regards to Club meets then the attendees will be contacted by the meet organiser and information will also be placed on the club website. Latest News 6 July
The final batch of Journals, the 1960s are now available. They show several far reaching changes to the Association. Membership was at a high with over 700 members annually. Many members were now from outside London and wanted more than the London centric activities that the Association provided. Weekend meets in huts were started and organised outside the usual venues. In the mid 60s the Journal was totally revamped.
It is hoped that the Picos de Europa Meet in September will go ahead. The new details are in the Meets section. The latest info from the BMC on - Club Meets and using huts. Worth a read. The Journal for this year is underway and will be published on the website next month. It is hoped that later in the year we can publish a bound copy of the Journal. Editor Continuing our digital archive we have started to add the chapters from the Centenary DVD for members to see on YouTube. We started the ball rolling with some our Centenary events in 2009, with accompanying reports from the Journal. BMC Membership update - How members receive their membership cards for 2020 and the process for members receiving Summit magazine are both different in this year due to the challenges the BMC is facing during the coronavirus crisis.
There is a light hearted gallery of photos of members using their buffs around the world, which has been updated. If you have any photos please send them to the Editor. The Committee has produced some advice to club members attending club meets during the current Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Please read the note. News
The third monthly donation to the Patterdale Community Fund was sent in June. The next batch of Journals, the 1950s are now available. They include insights into the pound devaluation leading to the currency crisis in the mid fifties, curtailing trips to the Alps to the Jubilee Celebrations in 1959. In Switzerland: At its press conference on April 29, the Swiss Federal Council decided to relax from May 11, various measures relating to the state of "extraordinary situation". SAC are delighted because it means that the practice of mountain sports will again be possible under certain conditions. We have a report on the first virtual meet in the clubs 111 year history. In addition, two keen members managed to get on to training courses in January and March before the Coronavirus changed everything that we do. Mary has produced a great report, with photos of the New Members Virtual Meet that took place at the end of March.
Membership renewals - Over the past few months, the club has been migrating its membership database to a proprietary system (MemberMojo), both to provide increased functionality, and to improve the resilience of that function into the future. See further details in the club section in the left column. George Starkey Hut
Closure of George Starkey Hut -
In the light of Government advice on dealing with the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, we are closing the Hut from 18 March and will review the situation at the end of July.
The hut is in Patterdale near Ullswater, at the heart of the Lake District’s Eastern Fells. It is ideally placed for the High Street range to the East, whilst from the front there is a splendid view of Helvellyn and its neighbouring fells: to reach them, all you have to do is put on your boots and walk from the hut. There are rock climbing and mountain biking opportunities from the front door, canoeing and sailing on Ullswater and pony trekking locally.
Please note that the key box code for the GSH was changed in 2019, so if you are booked into the hut and don't have a key make sure you get the new code from the Hut Booking Secretary. After the 2019 AGM of the George Starkey Hut the Directors agreed that from 1 January 2019 the rates will go up for members from £6 to £7 per night and for non-members/guests from £11 to £13. For any questions about registering or booking please email the Hut Booking Secretaries on george.starkey.hut@gmail.com.
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Last Updated: 6 July 2020
