Talks and Presentations 

This Programme provides an opportunity for AAC members and their friends to learn,and exchange experiences about Austria and mountains world-wide in an informal atmosphere. These meetings are already held in several venues and we aim to expand the programme to other venues across the UK

Venues

RISC READING :  Starting at 20.00 in The Conference Room, RISC, 35 - 39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS. Ten minutes walk from Reading Station, parking at rear of building.  Admission: members £3.50, non members £4.00, on door.Come and join other AAC members and friends from 18.30 in the Global Café downstairs, food available until 21.00, bar until 23.00.

CSRC LONDON: Starting at 19.30 at The Chadwick Street Recreation Centre, 1 Chadwick Street, London SW1P 2EP (use St James Park tube or Victoria).  Organised jointly by the AAC, Rucksack (RC) and Fell & Rock (FRCC) Clubs, the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club (ABMSAC), and Tuesday Climbing Club (TCC). AAC members and guests welcome.  Admission free; Food available in bar beforehand until 19.00, bar until 23.00. 

Do you need to book for any of these presentations? – Not for any that appear on this page, simply arrive at the meeting place; (any which need booking in advance will be listed only within the Members' Only Area of this website).

For further information about any of these venues or lectures please contact the AAC Office .


AAC Lectures and Members' Evenings

2010               

October 7
Thursday

Skiing under Asian skies        John Hardwick (AAC)          
Joint AAC/Gwent Mountaineering Club lecture. Ski touring in exotic locations: Lebanon, Russia, China, Mongolia and Japan. 19.45 for 20.00 hours at Goytre Village Hall, Penperlleni, near Abergavenny. (Grid Ref SO 324046 - take A4042 north from M4 at jn 25A - 7 miles north of Cwmbran turn right at Goytre Arms PH.  Second left and village hall and car park on lefthand side). Admission free, bar facilities.

 

October 13
Wednesday

Subject to be announced             Charles Clark ( ABMSAC)
CSRC  – London

 

November 10
Wednesday

Mountain biking in High Places.      Alan Jackson & Sarah Bridge (TCC) 
CSRC  – London

 

November 17
Wednesday

To the Ice Cliffs of Miranda.  John Hardwick (AAC)
A fantasy trip around the solar system looking at future(?) mountaineering possibilities. RISC - Reading

 

December 1
Wednesday

Fifty Years of Mountains  Graham Elson(AAC)
Graham well known to AAC members will shows slides accumulated over the years of worldwide mountaineering.   RISC - Reading

 

December 15
Wednesday

Rambling in the Alps     Michael Hatch and Alun Price-Davies (AAC)
Michael and Alun describe and illustrate Hutting Tours in Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany and Italy run by Ramblers' Holidays with whom AAC has had a long association.  CSRC – London

 

2011

 

January 12
Wednesday

Waiting confirmation of one of the following:
Cycling in Arctic Norway or Arctic Expedition Medicine 
CSRC – London

 

February 9
Wednesday

Some African Hills and Mountains – Zambia, Kenya and the Cape. Stewart Fisher (FRCC)         CSRC – London

 

March 9
Wednesday

Climbing ‘The Shield’ at Yosemite        Dominic Orton & Bill Deakin (RC)
CSRC – London


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