The Yale Mountaineering Club, known from 2001-2008 as the Yale Climbing Club, is a student organization composed of students at Yale University. Founded in 1934, the Yale Mountaineering Club, along with the Harvard Mountaineering Club, is one of the oldest and most celebrated collegiate mountaineering and outing organizations in the U.S.
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