The UIAA Office received a brief update from Pavlos Georgiades, President of the Mountaineering, Climbing & Orienteering Federation of Cyprus. Georgiades is also President of the UIAA Youth Commission. “The advice the government have provided is that climbing teams are not currently allowed to train outside....
Montagnes Magazine has provided a FAQ resource (in French) for climbers to pose questions related to access, restrictions and visiting mountain areas....
The following article is courtesy of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis continues to create challenging circumstances for many industries including sporting goods. At the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), our thoughts continue to be with our...
The following is an update to the previous communication provided by Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) President and UIAA Management Committee member Françoise Jaquet. SAC Timeline Since March 2 and throughout the evolution of the recommendations of the Federal Council and the Federal Office of Public Health, the...
The following resources have been made or available, or shared, by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). World Health Organisation (IOC) Risk Assessment for Sport Events and Considerations for sports federations/sports event organizers when planning mass gatherings in the context of COVID-19: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/points-of-entry-and-mass-gatherings. WHO publication for sports federations /...
The UIAA Ice Climbing Commission hosted its annual meeting on the weekend of 9-10 May. Held online, 13 Commission members from ten countries as well as representatives of the UIAA Executive Board and Office, dialled in. The Commission addressed the following subjects: 2019/2020 season A review of...
The following update was published the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) on 7 May. Over the past two weeks, the newly formed BMC Covid-19 Working Group has been working hard to develop proposals for phased re-opening of the outdoors for hill walking and climbing. The culmination of...
On 1 May, the American Alpine Club (AAC) published some guiding principles for climbing in the Covid era (see below). Climbers across the country have set personal needs aside, cleared the crag out of concern for their community, and taken precautions to help "flatten the curve." Thank...
The UIAA Sport Events Coordinator and British Mountaineering Council President Lynn Robinson contribute to a video discussion organised by Climbmax Climbing on the impact of Covid-19. ...
Montreal, 6 May 2020 – Following on from its COVID-19 guidance of 20 March, today the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued updated guidance for Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) focused on the resumption of athlete testing as deconfinement leads to the restart or return to normal of doping control programs in a number...