Ice Climbing refresher and intensive courses offered

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The UIAA Ice Climbing Commission is offering a series of refresher and intensive courses for route setting and judging.

The first event begins on December 16 in Kirov, Russia. This is for national route-setters and judges and is aimed at a mainly Russian-speaking group.

Participants learn about the organisational structure of UIAA Ice Climbing and are introduced to the regulations of the Lead, Boulder and Speed disciplines, and how to judge fairly and compile results.

Kirov is the scene of the second course week from January 6 to 9, 2010, but this is open to all, providing the instruction in English.

Saas Fee, Switzerland will host three different courses starting on January 21. The first will be a day of theory followed by a session of World Cup assistance. The last day (January 24) will be a refresher course aimed at very experienced route-setters. All three courses will take into account aspects for Youth.

The final course week will take place in Busteni, Romania from February 8 to 12. Three days will be devoted to route-setting and two to judging.

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