Alpine Club - Alpine Club

Japanese: アルパイン・クラブ - アルパインクラブ

The name means "mountaineering club," but the term "The Alpine Club" refers to the British Alpine Club. It is the oldest and most traditional mountaineering club in the world, founded in 1857 by A. Wills and others. The membership requirements are extremely strict, with the club having fewer than 800 members at any one time, and women were not allowed to join until 1975, when two new members joined. The club showed an early interest in climbing Everest, and was the headquarters of the exploration field at the time. In collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society, it has dispatched several Everest expeditions since 1921. Among the members of these Everest expeditions came famous climbers who will go down in history, such as GHL Mallory, J. Hunt, and Hillary.
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Japanese:

〈山岳会〉の意だが，The Alpine Clubというときには英国山岳会をさす。世界で最も古く，伝統ある山岳会で，1857年A.ウィルスを中心に創立。入会の資格はきわめてきびしく，常時800人足らずの組織で，1975年２人が入会するまで女性の入会は認められなかった。エベレスト登山に早くから関心を示し，当時の探検分野の総本山であった。王立地理学協会と共同で，1921年以来数回のエベレスト遠征隊を派遣している。このエベレスト遠征隊のなかから，後世に名を残す名登山家，G.H.L.マロリー，J.ハント，ヒラリーなどが輩出した。
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