Member Federations News

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.

George Band who made the first ascent of Kanchenjunga and was on the 1953 Everest expedition, died on August 26 at his home.

The Argentinian mountaineering federation (Federaciòn Argentina de Ski y Andinismo (FASA) has carried out an extensive survey of climbers in the country.

There are almost 1,200 mountain huts offering accommodation for a total of 66,000 people in the entire alpine region – from Slovenia to France, including the Pyrenees.

Slovenia's Alpine Club Kranj has unveiled a monument to great Slovenian climber, Nejc Zaplotnik, who died  on Manaslu in the Nepal Himalaya in 1983.

Ang Tshering Sherpa, Immediate Past President of the Nepal Mountaineering Association provides detailed mountaineering facts and figures in Nepal.

Earlier this year, the UIAA asked Member Federations to help define the future direction of the international mountaineering body over the next five years.

The French Mountaineering and Climbing Federation and other key mountaineering and climbing stakeholders in France have published a manifesto to promote a common vision for the future of mountain practices.

The American Alpine Club is hosting its annual International Climbers’ Meet (ICM) in Yosemite Valley.

The Eco Everest Expedition 2011, under the leadership of Dawa Steven Sherpa, succeeded in efforts to clean and collect garbage, debris and waste left by past expedition groups.