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No women allowed: LA adventure club votes to continue as a men-only institution

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In this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, Adventurers Club of Los Angeles members listen as attendees tell stories about past achievements in Los Angeles. For members of this venerable institution that has been meeting once a week since 1921, their biggest challenge may be deciding whether to admit women to what has always been a "gentleman-only" club. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – They have climbed the world’s highest mountains and stood atop the North Pole, but women still can’t join the Adventurers Club of Los Angeles.

The venerable LA institution decided Thursday night to uphold a 93-year-old tradition and remain a “gentlemen-only club.”

The group’s immediate past president, Marc Weitz, says members voted 32-30 in favour of admitting women.

Although that’s a majority, balloting still fell short of the two-thirds yes vote required to make such a change.

Weitz, who lobbied to let women in, says he’s disappointed. He might raise the issue again next year.

Club members include men who have sailed around the world, run marathons on every continent and undertaken numerous other adventures.

Women who have done the same may occasionally attend as guests.

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