The Himalayan Club

The stated mission of the organization was "to encourage and assist Himalayan travel and exploration, and to extend knowledge of the Himalaya and adjoining mountain ranges through science, art, literature and sport."

Chewang Motup Goba from Ladakh is the current president of The Himalayan Club.

[1] The idea to start such an organization was proposed in 1866 by Mr. F. Drew and Mr. W. H. Johnson to the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

[2] Douglas Freshfield, active member of the Royal Geographic Society wrote in the Alpine Journal in 1884, "The formation at Calcutta or Simla," he said, "of (a) Himalayan Club, prepared to publish Narratives of Science and Adventure' concerning the mountains, would be the most serviceable means to this end.

"[2] The organization was finally established on 17 February 1928 in the office of Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood.