News
Tonight – Sir Edmund Hillary Memorial Lecture
Tonight, Alan Hinkes, the first Briton to summit all fourteen 8000m peaks will deliver a lecture about the last climb to complete the set ”Kangchenjunga Finale and the 8000m Peaks”. The lecture is the fourth sponsored by the Himalayan Trust UK and will … [more]
Bonington carries Olympic Torch up Snowdon
MHT’s founding Chair and current trustee, Sir Chris Bonington joined the Olympic torch relay by taking it to the top of Mount Snowdon earlier today, at 1085 metres above sea level it is Wales’ highest summit. Images and further information on … [more]
Keswick Museum book fair & display
MHT will be putting a small selection of items from its collections on display at Keswick Museum this Saturday to complement the Keswick Mountain Festival. The Museum will also be hosting a book fair and MHT will have its own stall … [more]
Mick Burke Collection
The latest collection to be added to those already held by MHT is that of Mick Burke, noted alpinist and film cameraman who sadly disappeared in a storm on Mount Everest in 1975. The collection comprises slides (and an index … [more]
Peck Climbing Equipment goes on display
Thanks to a recent donation from Derek Gamble Managing Director of Peck Climbing Equipment, a variety of items including crackers, chocks, peg-pitons, bandoliers and the noted MacInnes Terrordactyl is currently on display at Charlotte Mason Library, University of Cumbria, Ambleside. … [more]
Echoes from the Crags
MHT have just added another interview to its oral history project – Echoes from the Crag with Leo Dickinson, an adventure film maker who filmed the solo ascent of Eric Jones on the North Face of the Eiger as well as … [more]
New exhibition space
MHT are thrilled to announce the forthcoming availability of a new exhibition space for displaying items from our mountain heritage collections within Keswick Museum. Following confirmation from the Heritage Lottery Fund of their support of the Enhancement Project for Keswick Museum, … [more]
1922 Olympic medal on Everest
Kenton Cool’s expedition to Mount Everest later this year with the 1922 Olympic medal awarded to Dr Arthur Wakefield highlights the huge value of mountain heritage. It also sees Kenton honouring a promise originally made by Deputy Leader Lt Colonel Strutt to take a … [more]
The MacIntyre Years – Doing More with Less
John Porter, acclaimed mountaineer, founder of the Kendal Mountain Film Festival and former MHT trustee, will be at ShAFF to give a short lecture on the 10th March at midday before hosting ShAFF’s first ever charity auction in support of … [more]
New Blog
Dan Smith, University of Northumberland design student is in the process of creating a new everywhere jacket, based on that worn by George Mallory on his expedition to Everest in 1924. The jacket is a work in progress and it’s … [more]