IR ICE ROCK: Competitive ice climbing season is at its height

Dear colleagues and friends! ICE ROCK team successfully takes part in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup. On the very first stage in Saas-Fee Alexey Dengin took the gold medal, Alexey Tomilov placed second. It was unforgetable experience! Original Article. This news article is independent...

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...

An appreciation of mountain ecology and promotion of best mountaineering practices

Mujer Montaña, one of the organisations vying for the 2017 UIAA Mountain Protection Award (MPA), is currently hosting a special set of events in the Cordillera Blanca range, Peru. This latest initiative follows four hugely successful International Mountaineering and Climbing Encounters held in Bolivia, Argentina,...