Friday 15th October 2010 7.30 pm Elgin Town Hall £10.00 Rebecca Stephens MBE is the first British woman to have climbed Everest – an achievement recognised around the world. Rebecca then went on to become the first English-speaking woman in the world to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. Rebecca continues to adventure at every opportunity. She has sailed the Southern Seas to the South Magnetic Pole and Antarctica, competed in an eight-day Eco-Challenge with polar explorers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Mike Stroud, running, biking and canoeing across the Canadian Rockies. Most recently, she has crossed the island of South…

A few facts, figures, thoughts and photographs Dave Hewitt, Editor of The Angry Corrie Thursday 18 March 2010, After the AGM (starts 7.00 pm) Glen Moray Distillery Visitors Centre Dave Hewitt discusses the list of Munroists – the various clerks of the list, people who have completed multiple rounds, unlisted Munroists (of which there have been many), Doppelmunroists (people in the list twice), and out-of-sequence Munroists. Also some statistics on which Munros have hosted the most, or fewest, completions. Dave Hewitt is editor of The Angry Corrie, and outdoors correspondent at caledonianmercury.com

Friday, 26th February 2010,  Elgin Town Hall Supper Room,  8.00pm – midnight. £8 including stovies! Our toes are tappin’ already!  We thought it was about time we had another Club ceilidh.  We have a fantastic band, Inverness-based Champin’ at the Bit lined up. We need this to be a great success, so please tell all your friends and bring everyone along for a great evening of dancing and crack. Tickets available from Committee members and at the forthcoming Bus and Weekend meets. Graham Milton (Email Graham)

A very good turnout and some really high quality submissions in this year’s competition, held on Thursday, 21 Jan at Glen Moray.  Congratulations to Elliott Harbottle and Dave Whitelock for the winning entries. The event was judged by Bob Bruce, Chief Photographer of the Northern Scot. All the submissions will be uploaded onto the Flickr page in due course, but meantime here are the winning entries: Winner: JAS Awards 2010 – Scottish and overall winner Winner, JAS Awards 2010 – Intenational

Thursday, 21 January 2010, 8.00 pm Glen Moray Distillery, Bruceland Rd. Elgin For this, the second annual J Alister Sword Photo Awards, we are changing the format  from an online competition to a real time event! There are two categories again – Scotland and the rest of the world. Members should only submit a maximum of 2 photos per category. Members are asked to print off their selected photographs and take them along to the event for judging.  We have invited Bob Bruce, Senior Photographer for the Northern Scot, to come along and judge the event. Also, Alan Duncan and Dan Moysey will each be making a short slideshow presentation…

Friday, 27th November 2009, 8.00-10.00 pm, Glen Moray Distillery, Bruceland Rd, Elgin By popular demand, a repeat of last year’s whisky tasting extravaganza from Glen Moray Distillery, our Club sponsor. Graham Coull, Distillery Manager will provide a fascinating insight into the history of distilling, legal and illegal, while you savour the hand-picked samples. The cost of the evening is £10.00, a steal at this price. Please support this event and come along for a great evening.  Although pre-booking is not necessary, could those members planning to attend please email me to let me know, as the distillery would like a rough idea of numbers? Graham Milton

Wednesday 21st October 2009 7.00 pm Elgin Town Hall, Supper Room Tickets: Climbers and mountaineers: £10.00; Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children): £40, all others £15 – available from Elgin Library, Active Outdoors and MMC Committee members at any of the forthcoming bus or weekend meets. THE THREE PEAKS Everest – K2 – Kangchenjunga Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest mountaineers of all time, Doug Scott has made numerous significant first ascents in the Himalaya. In a brand new and stunningly illustrated talk, Doug tells of his adventures and insights on the world’s three highest mountains. This is not simply a talk for committed climbers and mountaineers however.…

Thursday 19th February 2009 This meet has had to be cancelled. We hope to be able to rearrange it next season.