We are planning an exploratory expedition to Nepal's Chanla region in October 2021 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of our alpine club. Join our journey!
25/09/2022
There it is! So much beauty in one piece of paper 📝
As more and more team members arrive in Kathmandu, it is time to attack logistics ⚙️
One important, if not the most important part is the expedition permit. Can you see the smile in their faces..?! 😉
20/09/2022
AND IT IS ON! 🗻
The first expedition members arrived in Kathmandu. More will follow over the next days.
Pic 1: Bodhanath Stupa (Tibetian shrine) #
Pic 2: Never stop exploring
Pic 3-5: This is Pasupatinath, a major (if not the most important) hindu temple. Families bring their dead beloved ones there to wash them in the river before burning them.
Pic 6: Statue of one of the Malla kings. If the bird on the cobra leaves, he dies.
01/09/2022
Many of our members chose Top Extreme Light as their expedition shoes! During this summer, we have been testing them in multiple routes with excellent results: the boots have an excellent robustness and weight ratio. Many thanks to for the support!
Picture 1-2: from Aletschhorn summit (4195m) with Jungfrau (4158m) and Mönch (4108m) in the background
Picture 3: from Oberaletschhütte with Nesthorn (3822) in the background
18/08/2022
It‘s a hard knock life! 😎
Not too long ago our expedition members spent two days on the Furkapass for a hands-on rescue training weekend.
Day 1: Self and companion rescue out of a crevasse 🧊
Day 2: First aid under difficult conditions, repel and transport of a injured team member ⛑
We all learned a ton! A big shout-out to the organisation team and & for having us.
Stay tuned for the upcoming news! 🏞
05/08/2022
Our expedition leader Bruce (Piolet d’Or 2010) and expedition CFO Gedas went for the highest training tour they could find without leaving the Alps 😎
Follow their journey:
1) South Buttress of Mont Blanc: Pilier Rouge du Brouillard 🌄
2) Glacier approach: Bruce crossing the snow bridge that Gedas fell through 🤸♂️
3) Serac cragging to reach the base of the route 💀
4) Gedas leading the crux pitch 🧗♂️
5) Bruce in the quartz band 🧗♂️
6) Gedas beyond the airiest move on the pillar 🚀
7) Bruce following the brutal wide cracks on the upper pillar 🧗♂️
8) Extensive ridge work on Picco Luigi Amedeo 🤠
9) Finally: Close to the summit 🎉
10) Descending by the well-travelled (but spectacular!) Trois Monts route 👀
Wanna see more? Stay tuned and check our channel once in a while 🎉🎉🎉
01/08/2022
3 members went for the Piz Palü full traverse from East to West this weekend. After a biwak at -1, the fresh snow on top made the ridge from the East summit to Piz Palü particularly beautifull ❄️
27/07/2022
We are going to be in Nepal in LESS THAN 2 MONTHS 🤯
Here are some recent training activities from some of our expedition members 🧗♂️
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11/07/2022
We are very excited and proud to announce the start of our fundraising campaign wich accompanies our expedition to
Learn more about the project —> Link in bio
Today we are starting the fundraising campaign, and we are reaching out specially to all of you to not only consider contributing but also to support the distribution of the campaign.
If we all engage, we believe we can make a huge impact in this village of the land that is going to host us. We will be dramatically upgrading 300 people's lives by installing toilets, cooking stoves and water filters.
Everyone is kindly intived to make a contribution and to like & share this post.
09/07/2022
In June, and Ven climbed Tödi Nordgrat. Checked his account for some more details!
It was also a nice way to celebrate the first ascent done in 1911 by two AACZ members: G. Miescher and K. Steiner.
07/06/2022
Basic Life Support (BLS) Training -
Last week our expedition team had a refresher in Basic Life Support. Let‘s hope we‘ll never have to use it. But when: We are prepared! Thanks Sarah, Emmanuel & for having and teaching us!
Basic Life Support (BLS) Training -
Letzte Woche stand für unser Expeditionsteam ein BLS -Refresher auf dem Programm. Lasst uns hoffen, dass wir es nie brauchen müssen. Doch wenn: Wir sind ready! Danke Sarah, Emmanuel & für das spannende und wertvolle Training!
27/05/2022
Pictures from Yoann, who took his skis for an Easter Trip in Monte Rosa massif 🗻
This was a good opportunity to try out the equipment for the expedition, as well as testing his altitude cooking skills with a home-made dal 🇮🇳
26/04/2022
One of our member went to the Junfrauregion during the Easter vacations with his friends from South Tyrol to climb the Jungfrau, Grosses Grünhorn, Grosses Fieschhorn and Mönch. They had a beautiful night in tents on the snow ✨. The climbing was rather dry because of the small amount of snow left on the summit 🏔
Follow if you want to see more of his preparation trips