American Alpine Club

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American Alpine Club (AAC)
Founded 1902
President Deanne Buck 
Members 23,330 (as of 2018)
Association headquarters Golden , Colorado , USA
Official languages) English
Homepage americanalpineclub.org

The American Alpine Club ( AAC ) is an alpine club founded in 1902 and based in Golden , Colorado , USA . It is the largest American climbing association. The main focus is on mountain expeditions, research and nature conservation. He is editor of the American Alpine Journal (AAJ) and maintains a large mountain sports library. The AAC has approximately 23,330 members and has been a UIAA member since 1932 .

history

Angelo Heilprin , initiator of the American Alpine Club

In May 1901, the naturalist Angelo Heilprin and twelve colleagues met in Philadelphia to determine the goals of the future association. Finally, the AAC was founded in March 1902. The founding members included mountaineers Annie Smith Peck and Fanny Bullock Workman . The first president was Charles Ernest Fay , who was followed by the scientist and writer John Muir .

The American Alpine Journal has been published since 1929 .

The AAC was involved in several important expeditions, such as the unsuccessful attempt to climb K2 in 1939 , the first American ascent of Mount Everest and the first ascent of Mount Vinson in Antarctica in 1966.

Since 1976, the Angelo Heilprin Citation has been awarded annually to people who have made special contributions to the AAC .

In the first decades - in the tradition of the British Alpine Club - new people were only accepted into the AAC at the invitation and suggestion of two members. In the 1980s and again in 1995, the conditions for membership were relaxed. Since then, the number of members has multiplied.

Fritz Wiessner has been honorary members since 1987 and William Lowell Putnam since 2002 .

literature

  • Clayne R. Jensen, Steven P. Guthrie: Outdoor Recreation in America . 6th edition. Human Kinetics , 2006, ISBN 0-7360-4213-X , pp. 251 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed November 16, 2013]).
  • James Frush: 100 Years of Alpine Leadership . From social club to alpine warrior, the American Alpine Club's presidents look back on a century of defining who we are. . In: American Alpine Journal . tape 44 , no. 76 , 2002, p. 55 ( Available online [accessed November 16, 2013]).
  • History of The American Alpine Club . American Alpine Club,accessed November 16, 2013.
  • Angelo Heilprin Citation . American Alpine Club,accessed November 16, 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AAC Officials , accessed June 11, 2019
  2. ↑ TheUIAA.org: Member Associations 2018-2019 - UIAA
  3. ↑ UIAA Member Associations , accessed June 11, 2019.