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The village of Khumjung, Nepal, that lies nestled in the shadow of Mount Everest, was the newest venue for the UIAA's expanding series of Global Youth Summit events.

The UIAA has begun to accept registrations from athletes accredited by UIAA member federations for the 2012 Ice Climbing World Cup that starts on 14 January in Cheongsong, South Korea.

The UIAA supports the celebration of 11 December 2011 as International Mountain Day.
 

The Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) has chosen veteran mountaineer Colonel H.S. Chauhan to become president of India's apex mountaineering body.

On October 8^th, the UIAA celebrated the General Assembly in Kathmandu, Nepal kindly hosted by our member federation the Nepalese Mountaineering Association (NMA).

The BMC International Winter Climbing Meet returns to The Cairngorms in 2012 and will be based at Glenmore Lodge. The Meet will run from Sunday 22nd to Sunday 29th January.

Walter Bonatti, one of the greatest mountaineers of the 20th century - and UIAA honorary member, passed away on September 13 in Rome.

Bonatti was a UIAA honorary member.

The International Mountain Summit (IMS) will discuss a lot of issues of importance for the global mountaineering community at its 2011 meeting in Brixen-Bressanone, Italy.

Former UIAA president Alan Blackshaw passed away on August 4 in hospital in Inverness, Scotland. He was born in Liverpool on April 7, 1933.

Ahead of the 2011 UIAA General Assembly in Kathmandu, Nepal (October 5-8), the UIAA President, Mike Mortimer, spells out the reason for holding the event in the Himalayan nation and the challenges facing the world’s international mountaineering body.