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22/01/2018
In UIAA

BEGEISTERNDER START ZUR UIAA ICE CLIMBING WORLD TOUR 2018 IN SAAS FEE

Klicke hier für die Englische Version Mehr als eine Viertelmillion Livestream-Zuschauer weltweit beim spektakulären Auftakt zur UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour 2018 in Saas Fee. Spannung und Spektakel pur im weltbekannten Ice Dome von Saas Fee. Die Speed-Wettkampf am Freitag boten eine atemberaubende Show, die Lead-Wettkämpfe am Samstag abend sorgten für hautnahes Drama bis zur letzten Minute. Die UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour in Partnerschaft mit The North Face Korea wird nächstes Wochenende in Rabenstein, Südtirol, mit...

22/01/2018
In Featured, Members Area

Climbers Against Cancer make Swiss donation

On Saturday evening representatives of the UIAA were honoured to organise a special ceremony ahead of the Lead Finals at the 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. During the ceremony, the Swiss Cancer Research Foundation were presented with a donation of £25,000 by Climbers Against Cancer (CAC). CAC was created by the late John Ellison, a British climber, who after being diagnosed with terminal cancer established a charity that has since raised hundreds of thousands of...

21/01/2018
In Featured, Mountain Protection, Mountain Protection Award, Mountain Sustainability

Creating Consciousness: A campaign to clean, recover and protect Los Calambucos Valley

Since entering the UIAA Mountain Protection Award platform in 2016, the Mountain Cultural Center, or CCM in its abbreviation in Spanish (Centro Cultural de Montaña), from Arequipa, Peru, has been making consistent and promising steps towards mountain protection, steadily fulfilling their goal of linking the different mountain recreation and tourism locales for conservation within regions in Arequipa and in Peru. In so doing, they continue to grow a network of key mountain recreation and tourism...

20/01/2018
In Featured, Ice Climbing, Media

BLISTERING OPENER TO 2018 UIAA ICE CLIMBING WORLD TOUR

Klicke hier für die Deutsche Version A global audience in excess of a quarter of a million people watched live coverage of a pulsating opening event of the 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour. Renowned as a magnificent arena for ice climbing the snow-covered Swiss resort of Saas-Fee once again delivered an outstanding competition. Both Friday’s speed competition and the conclusion of the lead discipline on Saturday evening provide gripping drama with verdicts in the balance until...

18/01/2018
In Featured, Mountaineering

WATCH: 2017 UIAA BEST CLIMBING FILM

The UIAA has awarded a Best Climbing Film prize at the Trento Film Festival for the past three years. The most recent winner - a 12-min documentary featured the 2016 expedition to the Himalayas of Nepal led by David Lama together with Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer and Alex Blümel. The film charts the team in their feelings of fatigue, anxiety, exposure and ordeal during their five weeks attempting one of the world’s greatest, unsolved puzzles of alpinism: The...

17/01/2018
In Featured, Mountain Protection, Mountain Sustainability, Safety

UIAA TALKS SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY AT ISPO TRADE SHOWS

Safety and sustainability, two of the three pillars of the UIAA, will be on the agenda of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation at upcoming international tradeshows in China and Germany. Led by UIAA Safety Commission President Amit Chowdhury and Safety Label Administrator Stephanie Stettbacher, the UIAA’s presence at ISPO Beijing, 24-27 January, will focus on mountain safety. ISPO Beijing is the leading multi-sports exhibition in Asia uniting leading market players, concentrated know-how, pioneering innovations and...

16/01/2018
In UIAA

SAAS-FEE ERÖFFNET DIE 2018 UIAA ICE CLIMBING WORLD TOUR

Der Startschuss für die UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour in Partnerschaft mit The North Face Korea erfolgt diesen Freitag in der Schweiz. Eine Weltcup Veranstaltung vom 18.-20. Januar in den atemberaubenden Schweizer Alpen. Live Übertragung der Halb- und Finalrunden der Disziplinen Lead und Speed. Klicke hier für die Englische Version. “Saas-Fee ist ein Standort wie kein anderer,” erklärt Kurt Arnold, Präsident des Organisationskomitees der Schweizer Etappe der UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour. “Die Feriendestination Saas-Fee, mit seinen 4000ern, alpinem...

16/01/2018
In Ice Climbing, Media, UIAA

SAAS-FEE OPENS 2018 UIAA ICE CLIMBING WORLD TOUR

Switzerland is the first stop on the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour partnered by The North Face Korea. World Cup event in the sublime Swiss Alps from 18-20 January. Livestreaming of semi-finals and finals in lead and speed. Click here for German version “This is a location unlike any other in the world,” explains Kurt Arnold, President of the Organising Committee for the Swiss leg of the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour. “We have the resort of Saas-Fee, the 4000m...

15/01/2018
In Featured, Mountaineering

FROM THE ARCHIVES: WHEN THE UIAA PUBLISHED THE LIST OF THE 3000ERS OF THE PYRENEES

Throughout its near 86 years of history, the UIAA has led a number of pioneering achievements in the world of climbing and mountaineering. From the creation of its Safety Label and Safety Standards in the 1960s through several groundbreaking ethical declarations over the course of the following decades, its international standards for rock climbing grades and role at the forefront of mountain protection, the UIAA has always worked with the interest of mountaineers and the...

11/01/2018
In Featured, Ice Climbing, Media

TIME TO BREAK THE ICE!

The resort of Malbun, Liechtenstein hosted the first official ice climbing competition of 2018 with the staging of the annual UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Championships from 5-7 January. The event provided an opportunity for the next generation of athletes to display their talent. The competition was organised by UIAA member federation Liechtensteiner Alpenverein LAV. Results and photos can be found here. [caption id="attachment_69497" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Action from the 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Championships. Photo: UIAA/Michael...

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