Alpine Club
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The Alpine Club was:
- 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.
Today, Alpine clubs stage climbing competitions, operate Alpine huts and paths, and are active in protecting the Alpine environment. The oldest is the English Alpine Club, a gentlemen's club founded in London in 1857/58, (see List of London's gentlemen's clubs).
Today there exist Alpine clubs in many countries:
- Deutscher Alpenverein (DAV) - Germany
- Österreichischer Alpenverein (ÖAV) - Austria
- Schweizer Alpen-Club (SAC) - Switzerland
- Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) - Italy
- Alpenverein Südtirol (AVS) - South Tyrol
- Club Alpine Francais (CAF) - France
- 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
