Protecting Uplands and Rural Environments by
Pure Project

NOMINEE PROFILE Location: Ireland Project 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...

Mountain protection worldwide through citizen science and volunteering by Biosphere Expeditions

NOMINEE PROFILE Location: Worldwide Project 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...

AN INSIGHT INTO MOUNTAIN ACCESS IN SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa is not only about sunny beaches and game reserves teeming with African wildlife.  The country is also home to extensive ranges of mountains, offering opportunities for hiking, mountaineering, canyoning, rock climbing (trad and sport), bouldering, and even a few spots for ice climbing...

Les Frères Ladevant: Always Climbing

Whether in the gym, on the walls of a World Cup venue or climbing in their beloved Alps, the Ladevant brothers are inseparable. Almost three years divide older brother Tristan, 20, and Louna, 17. In their two full seasons on the UIAA Ice Climbing World...

EIN MANN SCHREIBT GESCHICHTE

Click here for English version Noch nie in der 16-jährigen Geschichte des Eiskletterwettkampfs hat ein Iraner an einem Weltcup Gold geholt. Das Blatt wendet sich als Mohammadreza Korouyeh Safdarian in der 2. Runde der 2018 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour in Rabenstein den Lead Wettkampf...

Registration for UIAA European Cup in France now open

Athletes and member federations are informed that registration for January’s UIAA Ice Climbing European Cup event in Champagny/L’Argentière-la-Bessée is now open. The event will be held from 11-13 January and follows on from successful competitions in Domzale, Slovenia and Bratislava, Slovakia. Organised for the first...

Project Cordillera: Connecting adventure tourism with high mountain communities and local efforts to protect the environment

Project Cordillera is an award-winning social enterprise that connects adventure tourism with high mountain communities and local efforts to protect the environment.

Youth ice climbers come to the fore

Champagny-en-Vanoise in the French Alps witnessed the closing act of the 2017 UIAA Ice Climbing season from 10-11 February. After five World Cup events on three continents and the biennial World Championships at the same venue last weekend, it was the turn of the youth...

Batushev and Feoktistova take Speed Golds in Rabenstein

Russia’s Pavel Batushev and Ekaterina Feoktistova  won speed gold medals in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup event in Rabenstein, Italy on Saturday 28 January. Batushev set a time of 9.23 seconds to finish ahead of Vladimir Kartashev who recorded a best time of 9.24. Bronze medal went...

International community commemorates Kanchenjunga and Makalu

They are two of the highest mountains in the world. Imperious, impressive and witness to numerous feats of human endeavour. Between 20-23 November the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) organised a Diamond Jubilee celebration of the first ascent of both mountains. Kanchenjunga (8,586m) is the third highest...