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