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Singapore
Adventure Club
In the early 1960's, a group of adventurous
young people with a common interest in outdoor activities got
together to form a club for other like-minded people. 12 of them
formed a pro tem committee and registered the club in August
1963. Thus was formed the Singapore Adventurers' Club, the first
all-volunteer adventure club in Singapore.
From a membership of about 20 when it was
first established, SAC is more than 500-strong today.
Significantly, of the original 12 founder members in the pro tem
committee, 4 of them continue to play a significant role in the
Club's activities.
SAC organised its first mountain trekking
expedition to Mount Ophir in West Malaysia in 1963 and has not
looked back since.
Although Mount Ophir continues to be a
favourite destination, SAC teams have scaled Mount Kinabalu
(East Malaysia), Gunung Tahan (West Malaysia), Mount Apo
(Philippines), Mount Rinjani (Indonesia), Kalapatta (Nepal),
Jade Mountain (Taiwan), and Mount Wilhelm (Papua New Guinea),
just to name a few. In recent years, our members scaled trekking
peaks like Mera (6,476m), Parcharmo (6,187m), Imja Tse (6,189m),
Paldor (5,928m) in Nepal, and climbing Kilimanjaro, the highest
peak in Africa, becomes an annual affair.
In keeping with its focus on adventure,
the Club has Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to scale Mount
Everest, as its patron.
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