ISLAMABAD, Mar 14 (APP):Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) provides the national forum for nature and adventure lovers who are fascinated by the charm and challenge of mountains and are endowed with the spirit of mountaineering and climbing.
Pakistan is blessed with magnificent, lofty and compelling mountains offering great opportunities for mountaineering, trekking and other adventure activities.
The ACP aimed to cultivate mountaineering culture amongst the nature lovers and interested persons, specially youth by providing facilities for climbing, mountaineering and mountain related activities.
ACP also make efforts to promote and organize mountaineering expeditions either singly or in collaboration with other mountaineering organizations, clubs and climbers from abroad.
Alpine Club of Pakistan also organize training in mountaineering, rock, snow, ice climbing, sports climbing, ski-ing and trekking and for other club activities.
Mountaineering is an exciting affairs and Pakistan is home to five of the 14 highest peaks in the world. Two of them are K2 (8611 meters) which is the second highest peak in the world and Nanga Parbat (8125 meters) which also known as killer mountain. There are numerous peaks above 6500 to 7700 meters, which have still remained unnamed and unclimbed. Alpine Adventure Guides offers a number of mountaineering options that mountaineers choose according to skill and strength.