Alaskan Alpine Club Museum seeks kit

Posted by Tina Gardner on 14/04/2008

The Alaskan Alpine Club is creating a museum and archive. Please spread the word to anyone who may have something relevant to donate.

You can donate old or new climbing equipment, publications, and other items for display. Your name and a date will be tagged to the items and you can also offer a story about the items. In the years to come people will know that a person with your name was a climber back in these times. The Alaskan Alpine Club has members around the world so this opportunity is open to anyone. They suggest that you can donate your old gear, get some new stuff and go climbing!

Maxine Willett of the Mountain Heritage Trust said: "It's great to see that other countries are recognising the importance of their mountaineering heritage and making headway in preserving it. Fortunately, the UK has such a body - the Mountain Heritage Trust."

For details on donating, see the Alaskan Alpine Club website. If anyone has items which are of historical interest, but not necessarily of relevance to the Alaskan collection, please contact Maxine at the Mountain Heritage Trust on 01768 840911 or email maxine@mountain-heritage.org

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