25/01/2017
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Featured, Ice Climbing, Media, UIAA
PyeongChang 2018 organizers express support for ice climbing
On the occasion of the recent 2017 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup event in Cheongsong, Korea, representatives from the UIAA and the Korean Alpine Federation (KAF) met high-ranking officials of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Seoul, South Korea and...
21/01/2017
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Ice Climbing, Media
LEADING BY EXAMPLE IN SAAS FEE
NEWS FLASH: Triumphant in Saas Fee, Korean athletes Han Na Rai Song and HeeYong Park have won lead gold medals in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup for the second week running. Having claimed their first gold medals of the season in their home event in...
21/01/2017
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Ice Climbing, Media
SPEED MACHINES OF SAAS FEE
In setting the two fastest times on Saas Fee’s speed wall (8.87, 8.95), Vladimir Kartashev (main picture) was the indisputable winner of the men’s UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup speed competition in Saas Fee. Fellow Russian athletes Leonid Malykh (9.81) and Pavel Batushev (9.87) took silver...
12/01/2017
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CONDITIONS COOLING, COMPETITION INTENSIFYING
The third event of the 2017 UIAA Ice Climbing season, partnered by The North Face Korea, takes places in Cheongsong from 14-15 January. Livestreaming will be available from the semi-finals and finals of the lead and speed events. Cheongsong is one of the most popular...
16/12/2016
UIAA Honorary Member Tom Nakamura explores new frontiers
UIAA honorary member Tom Nakamura has an insatiable desire to share his passion for the mountains. At a recent conference on Climate Change and Tourism in Nepal, he presented photographs from a recent trip to the hidden mountains of Southern Tibet. Nakamura’s findings were also recently the subject of an...
16/10/2016
Review: 2016 UIAA General Assembly
The 2016 UIAA General Assembly was held in Brixen (Bressanone), Südtirol, Italy from 12-16 October. The event, the largest annual gathering of UIAA member federations and representatives, took place during the International Mountain Summit (IMS), and was organised by the Alpenverein Südtirol AVS. The event welcomed over one...
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