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08/08/2019
In Featured, Media, Members, Members Area, Mountaineering, UIAA

Loving the mountains since 1869
German Alpine Club (DAV) celebrates its 150th birthday

On 9 May 1869, German and Austrian mountaineers founded the Deutscher Alpenverein (DAV) - German Alpine Association in English - as a “bourgeois mountaineering association”. Over subsequent 150 years, the DAV, a founder member of the UIAA, has grown to become 'the world's largest national mountaineering association, the nature conservation association with the largest number of members, as well as one of the largest sports associations in Germany'. Today, it unites around 1.3 million members...

06/08/2019
In 2019 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, UIAA

Mujer Montaña Construyendo Vidas 2019 – Bolivia
by Mujer Montaña

Photo: © Mujer Montana NOMINEE PROFILE Location: La Paz-BoliviaProject Status:  May-November 2019 Contact: Denys Emily Sanjines RodriguezEmail Facebook Instagram GOALS AND OBJECTIVES MISSION  To promote sustainable thinking by inspiring confidence and leadership in women of different ages, contributing to the struggle of gender equality for a more egalitarian world, contributing to the development of a mountain culture and thus encouraging the practice of this activity to inspire the respect for nature.  VIEW  To be a projection and dissemination platform for the exponents of mountaineering in the world and awakening...

06/08/2019
In 2019 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, UIAA

Mountain Sports Center with the approach of Environmental Sustainability by Passive Solar Energy
by Alpine Club of Iran

Photo: © Alpine Club of Iran NOMINEE PROFILE Location: IranProject Status:  October 2019-October 2021 Contact: Vahid MataniEmailFacebook A MOUNTAINEERING FOCUS Iran is generally mountainous and semi-arid, and more than half of the country's land is made up of mountains. The project unites mountaineering activities with welfare services, training and exercise and rescue services with the aim of preserving the mountains. In Iran, relatively large buildings in the mountainous highlands with full facilities such as convenient urban and regional road access,...

05/08/2019
In 2019 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, UIAA

Ama Dablam 2020
by High Altitude Mountain Cleaners

Photo: © High Altitude Mountain Cleaners NOMINEE PROFILE Location: NepalProject Status:   March 2020 – May 2020 Contact: Dominic Asselin Email Facebook WebsiteInstagram A MOUNTAINEERING FOCUS We are going to clean and remove all old fixed ropes and abandoned garbage on the normal climbing route of Ama Dablam that is used by most teams as the preferred climbing route or descent itinerary for the other route. We'll be climbing the itinerary and stay on it for 23 days to complete the...

05/08/2019
In 2019 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, UIAA

Converting organic waste to compressed biogas and organic fertilizer
by Gandaki Urja

Photo: © Gandaki Urja NOMINEE PROFILE Location: NepalProject Status:  February 2016 - ongoing Contact: Kushal GurungEmail Facebook Website A MOUNTAINEERING FOCUS The Gandaki Urja compressed biogas plant project is located in Pokhara, Nepal, in the foothills of the Annapurna range. Our project is focused on conserving fragile mountain ecosystems by managing the organic waste, and replacing fossil fuels and chemical fertilizers, as well as supporting the livelihoods of the mountain communities in the Annapurna range.  BEST PRACTICES IN MOUNTAINEERING AND MOUNTAIN-BASED SPORTS Converting organic...

02/08/2019
In 2019 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, UIAA

Protecting Uplands and Rural Environments by
Pure Project

Photo: © Pure Project NOMINEE PROFILE Location: IrelandProject Status:  2006-ongoing Contact: Ian DavisEmail FacebookWebsite A MOUNTAINEERING FOCUS The Pure Mile is an environmental initiative of The Pure (Protecting Uplands and Rural Environments) Project, which aims to foster a greater appreciation and awareness of our country roadscapes and mountains, by rewarding and acknowledging community and group efforts. The competition encourages communities and groups living in rural areas to adopt a mile stretch of road, or miles of road, and upland areas, The...

02/08/2019
In 2019 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, UIAA

PSD Nepal plastics upcycling & recycling in Langtang National Park, Rasuwa, Nepal
by PSD Nepal

Photo: © PSD Plastics NOMINEE PROFILE Location: NepalProject Status:  October 2018 - ongoing Contact: Samuel JohnsFacebookInstagramWebsite A MOUNTAINEERING FOCUS PSD Nepal plastics work is based in the historic Langtang Valley of Rasuwa, Nepal – both a National Park of environmental protection and a heritage site of rich cultural and historical diversity.  Langtang Valley, in the district of Rasuwa, Northern Nepal, is located 120km north of Kathmandu. The oldest national park in all of Nepal, Langtang was established in 1976, and now...

01/08/2019
In 2019 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, UIAA

Mountain protection worldwide through citizen science and volunteering by Biosphere Expeditions

Photo: © Biosphere Expeditions NOMINEE PROFILE Location: WorldwideProject Status:  1999 - ongoing Contact: Dr. Matthias HammerEmail Facebook WebsiteInstagram MOUNTAINEERING FOCUS Biosphere Expeditions is active in the following regions: Faragas Mountains, Romania: We are involved in creating Europe’s biggest protected area and managing this through citizen science and applied research and conservation.  Altai: We have helped create Saylugem National Park in the Altai Mountains, an area where snow leopards now thrive. When we started, there was no national park, no rangers, no community integration and...

31/07/2019
In 2019 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, UIAA

AlpineLearning Project Weeks by
Swiss Alpine Club SAC

Photo: © Swiss Alpine Club NOMINEE PROFILE Location: SwitzerlandProject Status:  2014 - ongoing Contact: Martin KünzleEmail Facebook Website A MOUNTAINEERING FOCUS What does nature-friendly mountaineering mean? What natural dangers lurk in the mountains? What does the everyday life of a hut warden look like? For five days the classroom is moved to several mountain huts of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and school children pursue these questions. During that time, the children dive into the world of mountaineering, learn how to use...

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31/07/2019
In Recalls, Safety

Simond confirms recalls

The UIAA has been made aware of recent recalls from one its Safety Label holders, Simond. The recalls are currently published in German only. Recalls:Schraubkarabiner RockyToucan LightThe principal Simond recall page can be found here. ...

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