Alpine Club 1548130 217712577 2008-06-07T08:57:04Z Svetovid 2394817 direct interlink 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 [[Mountain hut|alpine hut]]s and paths, and are active in protecting the Alpine [[Natural environment|environment]]. The oldest is the UK [[Alpine Club (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 (UK)|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]] [[Category:Mountaineering]] [[Category:Climbing organisations]] {{climbing-stub}} [[de:Liste von Alpenvereinen]] [[es:Club Alpino]] [[it:Club alpino]] '''External Links''' * [http://www.mensvogue.com/health/articles/2007/12/alpine_club Article for Men's Vogue]