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23/02/2015
In Youth

ARISF sponsors UIAA Global Youth Summit camp in Guillestre, France

Emma, 17, celebrates ie climbing in Guillestre, France (Photo: FFCAM) Sixteen young people from across Europe gathered in in Guillestre, France (8-14 February 2015) for the first ARISF sponsored International Youth Ice Climbing Camp organized by the French Alpine Club (FFCAM). The youth from France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium learned how to use different kinds of ice climbing equipment including ice screws, ice axes, crampons, and techniques to climb safely and try their hand at "dry tooling.” Instructors from FFCAM included Camille...

18/02/2015
In Featured, Members Area, Mountain Qualification Label

Jordanian desert climbers hold UIAA Training Standards course

Jordan is the latest country to receive training from the UIAA Training Standards Panel. UIAA Training Standards Chair Steve Long reports that three courses were held for the mountain communities of Ajloun, Dana, Karak and Wadi Rum on the request of UIAA associate member Jordan Tourist Board. The Jordan Tourist Board selected candidates from the local communities for the first round of training course under the direction of Long and a team of trainers from France, UK, Catalonia...

18/02/2015
In Ice Climbing, Youth

Turkey hosts its first UIAA Global Youth Summit ice climbing training camp

UIAA ice climbing competition judge Carlos Teixeira teaching ice climbing in Turkey (Photo: Irasfil Ashurli for UIAA) The spectacular frozen waterfalls that dot the cliffs near Erzurum was the venue for the first International Youth Festival of Ice Climbing held in Turkey. More than 70 participants from more than a dozen countries attended the four-day festival 21-25 January, which was also the venue of a well-attended UIAA Global Youth Summit (GYS) ice climbing training clinic held by Carlos...

17/02/2015
In Featured, Safety

Buyer Beware: The perils of buying crampons online

It's buyer beware when purchasing crampons online  (Photo: BMC for UIAA) The British Mountaineering Council has posted a warning about dangerous crampons being sold online. As the warning states: Getting equipped to tackle the mountains in winter can seem an expensive business, with the cost of boots, axe and crampons totting up to a fair sum. It may be tempting to save money by snapping up a cheap bargain online. Be warned though, this may cost you a lot more than a pair...

01/02/2015
In Featured, Ice Climbing

WoonSeon Shin of Korea and Maxim Tomilov of Russia are Lead “World Champions”

  Under a perfect February blue sky and a stunning alpine backdrop, the world’s best competition ice climbers gathered in Rabenstein, Italy for the UIAA Ice Climbing World Championship in Lead presented by The North Face Korea. When the ice settled two days later WoonSeon Shin of South Korea and Maxim Tomilov of Russia had earned the right to call themselves World Champions, a title they can hold for two years. It was mixed climbing at its best. Ice and rock. And...

31/01/2015
In Featured, Ice Climbing

Russia’s newest Speed star is Vladamir Kartashev and Maria Krasavina serves notice that she’s back with her win

The sight of men and women charging up an ice tower with razor sharp tools, eyes ablaze and ice chips flying around them is enough to intimidate most people. But not Vladamir Kartashev, 20, who stood his ground to stake his claim as one of Russia’s newest Russian Speed stars. Kartashev kept his cool and beat an experienced field of veteran competition Speed climbers to win his first gold medal in a UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour...

29/01/2015
In Members Area, Mountaineering

UIAA Award for the Best Climbing Film to be honoured at the Trento Film Festival

The Trento Film Festival is the oldest film festival dedicated to the mountains, adventure and exploration The Trento Film Festival, the oldest film mountain film festival and the UIAA, the international global organization for climbing and mountaineering have partnered to honour the best in film dedicated to the mountains, adventure and exploration. The festival takes place 30 April – 10 May 2015 in Trento, Italy and this year’s evnt will include a new award, the UIAA Award For the best climbing...

29/01/2015
In Ice Climbing, Youth

Youth ice climbing a top priority of the UIAA

The UIAA ice climbing youth development programme is in full swing as as seen at the Saas Fee World Youth Championships (Photo: David Sweizer for UIAA) It’s been a busy winter season for the UIAA as it relates to youth and ice climbing. The activities ranged from the first ever UIAA Youth Mixed Climbing Competition held in Durango, Colorado, a training camp in Kirov, Russia, the third annual World Youth Ice Climbing Championships in Saas Fee, Switzerland and...

27/01/2015
In Featured, Safety

Spanish laboratory certified to UIAA Safety Standards

UIAA Safety Standards are recognized around the world (Photo: Dave Custer for UIAA) AITEX (Textile Industry Research Association), a renowned centre for research, innovation and advanced technical services in Spain, is the newest test laboratory accredited to certify climbing equipment to UIAA Safety Standards. The UIAA Safety Label is globally recognized and can be found on climbing equipment from many of the biggest gear and rope manufacturers. AITEX joins the list of European laboratories; other UIAA certified labs exist...

26/01/2015
In Access, Featured, Members Area

Robert Pettigrew awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire

Robert Pettigrew, former UIAA Access Commission president is now Member of the Order of the British Empire (Photo: BMC for UIAA) Former UIAA Access Commission president Robert Pettigrew has been awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for outstanding service to the community and local "hands-on service” which stands out as an example to other people. Renowned mountaineer Doug Scott who is a member of the UIAA Traditional Values Working Group (TVWG), and has know...

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