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29/03/2018
In Featured, General Assembly, Members, Members Area, Mountain Protection, Mountain Protection Award, Mountain Sustainability

2018 UIAA MOUNTAIN PROTECTION AWARD OPENS FOLLOWING MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN NEPAL

Kathmandu, Nepal hosted UIAA Executive Board and Management Committee meetings from 22-24 March, an opportunity for UIAA delegates from around the world to exchange ideas, advance on strategic discussions and share updates on progress following October’s UIAA General Assembly held in Shiraz, Iran. The meetings were hosted by the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) and bookmarked by two special discussions. During the opening ceremony, representatives from both the UIAA and the NMA – including the organisations’ respective...

27/03/2018
In Featured, Mountain Medicine

Golden rules for novice climbers

Our latest UIAA MedCom advice article focuses on a less technical, less high-altitude related subject. Instead it is directed at general suggestions designed to guide those who are unfamiliar or less experienced with mountain terrain and who wish to hike or climb. This information is published in the UIAA MedCom paper No: 1: 4x4 Health Rules for Mountaineers. The paper is available in English, Chinese, Czech, German, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Before departure to...

23/03/2018
In Featured, General Assembly, Members, Members Area, Mountaineering

FROM THE ARCHIVES:
THE INAUGURAL UIAA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The first UIAA assembly took place in 1933 at Cortina d'Ampezzo at the invitation of the Italian Alpine Club and in the shape of a fourth international mountaineering congress. Thirty-three organizations were present, emanating from eighteen countries which were the real founders of the Union: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, the United States, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia; but in the end the UIAA was to consist of no more than...

22/03/2018
In Youth

Registration open for 2018 Youth Climbing Camp in Ariege

Registration is open for the UIAA Global Youth event in Ariege, France. The camp takes place from 7-12 July and is open to youngsters from 16-25 years old. The main goal of the camp is to help young climbers develop their skills - on single or multi-pitches and on different types of rock. Full programme and registration details here....

22/03/2018
In Featured, Members Area, Mountaineering, Rock Climbing

Application now open for 2018 International Climbers’ Meet

The American Alpine Club (AAC) is hosting its 10th annual International Climbers’ Meet (ICM), to be held the week of 7-14 October in Yosemite Valley.  The ICM offers three days of education programming, host climbers available for guidance, and, as per usual, an international cast of characters that will be crushing Yosemite. Applicants should have intermediate or advanced level experience with: Placement and removal of protection Multi-pitch rope management At least two years of technical rock...

16/03/2018
In Featured, Mountain Qualification Label, Mountaineering, Skills

Mountain Skills: The most common group dynamics

The latest in our series of extracts from the UIAA Alpine Skills Summer handbook focuses on group dynamics and forms part of a chapter dedicated to 'Leading a Group'  which tackles the way people behave and relate to others in an exacting environment which can elicit unexpected aspects of people's personalities. Groups are their own creatures, and group members with the greatest charisma, authority or self-assurance will set the tone. Some groups are very cautious, while others are quite bold...

16/03/2018
In Featured, Members Area, Mountaineering, Rock Climbing

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE MOUNTAINS

To mark International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March, the UIAA dedicated the latest instalment of its Passion for the Mountains series to exploring how, and when, a lifetime relationship with the mountain environment commenced for a number of women with close ties to the UIAA. Uniting all of these entries is the importance, and influence, of family and friendships.   Hilde Aass President, Norwegian Alpine Club - Norsk Tindeklub, Norway Growing up in Norway, the mountains and nature have...

14/03/2018
In Access, Featured, Members Area, Rock Climbing

EASING ROCK CLIMBING
ISSUES IN JAPAN

Focusing on the access landscape in five countries in 2017 - Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Poland and Spain - the UIAA Access Commission's Series continues with a brief article about Japan, submitted by Hitoshi Onodera, Commission Member from the Japanese Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association. Japan, despite being an island and a relatively small country in terms of land mass, has numerous mountainous and rocky areas. These may not be high mountains - there are several +3000m peaks and the iconic Fuji is...

12/03/2018
In Featured, Members, Members Area, Mountaineering

EARLY OPENING OF MOUNTAIN HUTS AT OISANS/ ÉCRINS

The following communication is courtesy of UIAA member FFCAM (Fédération française des clubs alpins et de montagne) regarding the early opening of ten refuges in the Massif des Ecrins for visitors interested in cross-country skiing and other activities. Refuges will open from 24 March. A reminder that courtesy of a reciprocity agreement, climbers from member federations of the UIAA are entitled to use about 1,200 mountain huts in the entire alpine region, including those run by FFCAM, – from...

09/03/2018
In Youth

Youth Report: 2018 UIAA Ice climbing camp in Guillestre

The first UIAA Global Youth Summit Event of 2018 was held in Guillestre, Hautes-Alpes, France from 18-24 February. It took the form of an ice climbing camp. The following report is courtesy of UIAA Youth Commission member and event organiser Christian Biard (FFCAM) and translated by Pierre Hullin. Many different teams were present, a good illustration of the Fédération française des clubs alpins et de montagne (FFCAM) involvement towards the young and towards ice climbing activities: Ice...

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