Alpine Journal
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| Categories | Climbing, Mountaineering |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Annually |
| Publisher | The Alpine Club |
| First issue | 2 March 1863 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0065-6569 |
The Alpine Journal (AJ) is an annual publication by the Alpine Club of London. It is the oldest mountaineering journal in the world.[1]
History[]
The magazine was first published on 2 March 1863 by the publishing house of Longman in London, with Hereford Brooke George as its first editor. It was a replacement for Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers, which had been issued in two series: in 1858 (with John Ball as editor), and 1862 (in two volumes, with Edward Shirley Kennedy as editor).[2]
The magazine covers all aspects of mountains and mountaineering, including expeditions, adventure, art, literature, geography, history, geology, medicine, ethics and the mountain environment, and the history of mountain exploration, from early ascents in the Alps, exploration of the Himalaya and the succession of attempts on Mount Everest, to present-day exploits.
Online access[]
Issues from the year 1930 (bar the current issue) are freely available online. The second stage in this digitisation programme is intended to make all volumes back to 1863 available.[3]
Notable editors[]
The following people have edited the magazine:
- Leslie Stephen (1868–1872)[1]
- Douglas Freshfield[1] (1872–1880)
- Arthur John Butler (1890–1893)[4]
- George Yeld (1896–1926)[1]
- John Percy Farrar (1920–1926, co-editor)[1]
- Edward Lisle Strutt (1927–1937)[1]
- T. Graham Brown (1949–1953)[1]
- Johanna Merz (1992–1998)[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g Goodwin, Stephen (2004). "The Alpine Journal : a century and a half of mountaineering history". The Himalayan Journal, Volume 60.
- ^ Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, ed. Walt Unsworth, London: Allen Lane, 1981, p. 15
- ^ Alpine Journal Digitisation Project
- ^ A. T. Quiller-Couch, revised by Nilanjana Banerji, "Butler, Arthur John (1844–1910)", in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2007)
- ^ George Band (2006). Summit: 150 Years of the Alpine Club. London: Collins. p. 237. ISBN 9780007203642.
External links[]
- Official website including an online archive
- 1863 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Alpine Club (UK)
- Annual magazines published in the United Kingdom
- Sports magazines published in the United Kingdom
- Mountaineering magazines
- English-language magazines
- Magazines published in London
- Magazines established in 1863