19/10/2018
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09/01/2017
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BEIJING HOSTS MEMORABLE UIAA ICE CLIMBING WORLD CUP
Athletes from nearly twenty countries enjoy a competitive, close-fought UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup weekend as Russian athletes claim gold medals in lead and speed. The UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour, partnered by The North Face Korea, heads to Cheongsong, South Korea next weekend for...
22/04/2015
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UIAA Ice Climbing World Championship to be a standalone event
2015 UIAA World Championship in Rabenstein, Italy from UIAA – Climbing & Mountaineering on Vimeo. The UIAA Ice Climbing Commission met recently in Seoul Korea for its annual meeting. A key decision made at the meeting hosted by the Korean Alpine Federation was approval of a motion to make...
12/12/2014
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Speed Climber Kendra Stritch makes history by becoming first American UIAA World Cup winner
Kendra Stritch made history by becoming the first American to win a stage of the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour (Photo: UIAA) Unseasonably warm weather meant there was no ice on the Speed wall at the UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour stop in Bozeman. But that...
13/01/2020
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ICE CLIMBING: EXPERIENCE TO THE FORE IN CHEONGSONG
If the opening round of the 2020 UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup season, partnered by Outdoor Research, heralded the rise of a new generation, round 2 of the season witnessed some emphatic statements by athletes who have dominated the World Tour throughout recent seasons. Experience...
08/02/2019
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DECISIVE PERFORMANCES DELIVERED IN CHAMPAGNY
Round 5 of the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup season, the penultimate, took place in Champagny-en-Vanoise, France on 8-9 February. One of the most striking and impressive ice towers in the world provided the setting for a competition which delivered some potentially decisive results in...
16/12/2018
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MARIA TOLOKONINA AND NIKOLAI KUZOVLEV WIN COMBINED WORLDS IN MOSCOW
Russia’s Maria Tolokonina and Nikolai Kuzovlev became the first ever UIAA Ice Climbing World Combined Champions on 16 December winning the inaugural edition of the competition which ranks athletes based on their performances in both the speed and lead disciplines. The event – held from...
01/05/2017
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Ueli Steck. One of the greats
Ueli Steck, one of the world’s most revered and respected climbers and mountaineers, died in an accident in Nepal on Sunday 30 April. A brief communication on Steck’s own website reported: “Ueli Steck was killed while trying to climb Mount Everest and the Lhotse. His family...
23/04/2017
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EMERGING TALENT SCALES NEW HEIGHTS
As the most recent UIAA Ice Climbing season confirmed, Canadian Noah Beek is one of the emerging talents in the world of ice climbing. The 20-year old competed in all rounds of the 2017 season – including the UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Championships. Beek...
29/01/2017
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