28/04/2020
CZECH REPUBLIC: ADVICE FOR CLIMBING GYMS
UIAA full member, Czech Mountaineering Federation, has published a blog detailing restrictions and rules concerning visiting climbing gyms during the pandemic. It can be found here....
28/04/2020
Opinion position on Preacclimatisation for Expeditions to Extreme Altitude
Published by High Altitude Medicine & Biology on 17 April 2020, members of the UIAA Medical Commission have written an opinion position titled ‘Preacclimatisation for expeditions to extreme altitude’. The article was compiled during the Commission’s most recent meeting, held in Bolzano, Italy, November 2019. The paper tackles the subjects of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) prevention and intermittent normobaric hypoxia preacclimatisation. The full article, made freely available online courtesy of High Altitude Medicine & Biology, can...
27/04/2020
CROATIA: IMPACT ON ORGANISATION
The following communication, a translation from the original in Croatian, was published by the Croatian Mountaineering Association (HPS) on 27 April. We inform all HPS members that the Office of the Croatian Mountaineering Association will continue to work every day from 9am to 3pm. During this time, information on hiking and mountains can be obtained and hiking literature, diaries, maps and articles can be ordered. In order to avoid close physical contacts, the HPS Office does not...
27/04/2020
QUEBEC: COLLABORATION WITH AUTHORITIES
The following update is courtesy of longstanding UIAA associate member Fédération Québécoise de la Montagne et de l’Escalade (FQME) and was originally published in French on 23 April. The below is a translation. The link also provides updates to previous releases. While the situation of COVID-19 continues to disrupt everyone's daily life, the FQME wants to inform you of new developments and to make sure that its entire team is doing everything in its power to...
27/04/2020
GET ACTIVE INDOORS
The following resource aimed at keeping people active indoors has been created by Ordnance Survey in the UK. Over 50 national organisations in the outdoor recreation industry have come together to keep you connected with the outdoors and engaged with our natural environments whilst we all continue to self-isolate to help protect our communities. As a collective, we hope to educate, entertain, inspire the nation, sharing in your challenges and achievements to help keep everyone both...
24/04/2020
A TRIBUTE TO JOE BROWN
British climbing mourned the passing of one of its greatest sons recently, with the sad death of the legendary Joe Brown on 15 April at the age of 89. Affectionately known as the ‘Human Fly’, Brown was born in Ardwick, Manchester in 1930, the youngest of seven children. He subsequently went on to become one of the leading figures in British climbing throughout the 1950s and 60s, notably through his partnership with Don Whillans. Brown’s father,...
23/04/2020
BRITISH MOUNTAINEERING COUNCIL: VIDEO Q&A
On 22 April, British Mountaineering Council CEO Dave Turnbull took part in a live video Q&A with the federation's membership on Facebook. Points discussed included access and insurance. The video feed can be viewed here: ...
23/04/2020
GOOD ROCK CLIMBING PRACTICE DURING PANDEMIC
On 22 April, UIAA Access Commission member Miłosz Jodłowski wrote the following article for the Polish Mountaineering Association, a founder member of the UIAA. The communication focused on staying safe as and when restrictions are relaxed. The below is a Google translation of the original in Polish. Significant easing of restrictions associated with the coronavirus epidemic meant that many climbers training at home so far began planning trips to the rocks. However, remember that not all...
22/04/2020
SOUTH AFRICA: MATERIAL FOR CLIMBERS
The following update comes courtesy of Greg Moseley, President of the Mountain Club of South Africa and UIAA Management Committee member. Moseley used the federation’s April newsletter, to offer the following words and tips on enduring lockdown: May you live in interesting times – well, we are certainly doing that! Albeit not in a way that we would choose! Obviously, the Covid-19 pandemic is having a serious impact on our chosen way of life in the...
22/04/2020
UIAA RESTATED PRIORITIES FOR 2020 AND BEYOND
The following article is a minor update the original communication first published on 20 February. Following up on meetings dating back to the 2019 Annual General Assembly in Cyprus and involving the UIAA General Assembly and Management Committee, assiduous work was done by the Executive Board on collectively realigning and reformulating the UIAA’s vision, objectives and role. Taking elements from the expertise which went into the preparation of the 2019 UIAA Strategic Plan (produced by a dedicated...
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