The Lairig Club

The Lairig Club, commonly referred to as “The Lairig” is the University of Aberdeen’s Mountaineering Club and was founded in the early 1940s. Members take part in a wide range of activities from hillwalking and sport climbing right through to winter climbing and alpinism. Due to the university calendar and its close proximity to reliable venues winter mountaineering is the main focus of the club along with hillwalking. Over the winter season the club prides itself as being one of the most active university mountaineering club in the UK and works with the mission statement: “To give the opportunity to participate in, and develop the skills for, safe mountaineering in all conditions.” The club has a long and distinguished history painted by famous names such as Tom Patey and Andy Nisbet, two of Scotland’s most prolific new routers, who learnt their trade in the Lairig. Former member and Lairig veteran Charles Abbott once auditioned for the part of Kriss Akabusi in the feature-length biopic "Can't Stop Laughing: The Kriss Akabusi Story", only narrowly losing out at the final selection stage to the director's favourite for the role, Akabusi himself.