Member Associations Directory

Donate

IMPROVING MOUNTAIN LIVES,
SAFEGUARDING OUR MOUNTAINS

Application process now open for the 2017 UIAA Mountain Protection Award.  The deadline is 30 June, 2017 (extended to 14 July, 2017). During its five years of existence, the annual UIAA Mountain Protection Award has made a tangible difference to mountain lives, communities and the...

EXPERTISE, EDUCATION AND A LOVE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. THE UIAA MOUNTAIN PROTECTION COMMISSION, WORKING TO SAFEGUARD ALL MOUNTAINS

oThe upcoming launches of this year’s Mountain Protection Award and Respect the Mountains series, both core UIAA projects in the field of mountain sustainability, provides an opportune moment to talk to Dr Carolina Adler, UIAA Mountain Protection Commission President, about the UIAA and the UIAA...

Youth Olympic Games welcomes ice climbing

Following on from its popular appearance in the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, ice climbing will feature as part of the sports initiation programme at the 2nd edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games to be held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12-21 February....

John Ellison, a true inspiration

The UIAA is saddened to hear about the death of inspirational British climber John Ellison. John passed away on 27 December after a four-year battle with an incurable cancer. Following his diagnosis in 2012, John founded and spearheaded Climbers Against Cancer (CAC), raising hundreds of...

Inaugural UIAA Rock Climber’s Award: South Africa

The first UIAA Rock Climbers’ Award at a rock climbing festival was held in the scenic Umgeni Valley in KwaZulu – Natal, South Africa in June 2015. The event in KwaZulu – Natal which was organized by the Southern Climbing Centre with support from UIAA member federation, the Mountain Club of...

UIAA Rock Climbers’ Award to be inaugurated at South African climbing event

Main Image: Climbing in the Umgenin Valley in KwaZulu – Natal, South Africa (Photo: Roger Nattrass for UIAA) The UIAA – International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation is proud to announce a partnership with Southern Rock Climbing Centre in South Africa for a rock climbing festival that will feature the first UIAA...

Mountaineering Commission meeting highlights

Tadao Kanzaki, president of the Japan Mountaineering Association (centre) speaks during a rescue and accident data sharing agreement involving the UIAA, Japan Mountaineering Association (“JMA”), Japan Workers’ Alpine Federation(“JWAF”), and Japan Rescue Organization LLC(“JRO”). (Photo: UIAA) The UIAA Mountaineering Commission met recently in Osaka, Japan for...

Chamonix to celebrate the “Golden Age of Mountaineering” this summer

The Chamonix Valley remembers the “Golden Age of Alpinism” this summer (Photo: http://1865.chamonix.fr/en/) It is an era remembered today as the “Golden Age of Alpinism” and 1865 marked its zenith. That was the year which ended a  a glorious decade of climbing with 65 first ascents...