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04/09/2018
In Featured, General Assembly, Media, Members, Members Area

MONGOLIA PREPARES FOR UIAA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

In a little over a month’s time the 2018 UIAA General Assembly will take place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. For many delegates it will be their first opportunity to visit a fascinating country with a rich climbing and mountaineering culture. The event will be hosted by the Mongolian National Climbing Federation (MNCF). Established in 1955, the federation’s principal function is to develop all forms of mountain activity from mountaineering to hiking, ice climbing to skyrunning, rock climbing...

03/09/2018
In Featured, Media, Members Area, Mountain Protection, Mountain Protection Award, Mountain Sustainability, Mountaineering

EIGHTEEN PROJECTS NOMINATED FOR PRESTIGIOUS AWARD

Submissions for the 2018 UIAA Mountain Protection Award came from all corners of the globe with the project’s dedicated assessment team confirming the nomination of eighteen projects. As of 31 August, all project profiles have been available to view on the UIAA website. Each nominee is also being promoted through the UIAA’s social media channels. The 2018 Award welcomes projects from a diverse range of fields. Six projects are re-nominations and twelve have applied for the...

31/08/2018
In Mountain Qualification Label, Safety, Standards

EAWS announces changes to avalanche standards

EAWS (European Avalanche Warning Services) have introduced a standard for typical avalanche problems and changed the names of avalanche sizes and the wording of the European avalanche danger scale. Full details can be found here. Please also find a recent article about the UIAA Safety Commission's progress in launching Safety Standards for avalanche rescue shovels and probes....

30/08/2018
In 2018 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, Mountain Protection Award

Giroparchi Nature Trail by Fondation Grand Paradis

The goal of Giroparchi Nature Trail is to allow new generations to acquire full awareness of the exceptional beauty of the natural heritage that characterizes our mountains, to understand the biodiversity of the first Italian National Park, the Gran Paradiso National Park, and to become aware of the importance to build a sustainable tourism approach by respecting the flora and fauna....

27/08/2018
In Featured, Media, Mountain Medicine, Mountaineering

UIAA Medical Advice: Emergency Field Management of ACS, HAPE and HACE

Acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) are the most important and most common altitude-related diseases. Up to altitudes of about 5000-6000m, symptoms of altitude illness are a direct result of inadequate acclimatization. The UIAA Medical Commission has produced a dedicated paper titled ‘Emergency Field Management of Acute Mountain Sickness, High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, and High Altitude Cerebral Edema’. The latest edition was published in 2012 and is...

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