21/02/2014
01/02/2014
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Featured, Ice Climbing
Ice Queens: The video
Angelika Rainer and Lucie Hrozova are among the most experienced competitors in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup Tour. Here’s a short video where the two discuss their sport in the spectacular setting of Cheongsong, Korea a few weeks ago. ICE QUEENS with Angelika Rainer...
31/10/2013
Sustainable tourism focus of Azerbaijan conference
Sustainable tourism was the focus of a two-day conference organized by Western University, the sponsor of the inaugural UIAA Mountain Protection Award, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Among the 20 speakers and 50 attendees were UIAA vice-president Peter Farkas and UIAA Mountain Commission president Linda McMillan, Hussein...
01/10/2013
Zdeněk Hrubý (1956 – 2013) loved the high mountains
Editor’s Note: Last month, we received sad news of the death of Zdeněk Hrubý (1956 – 2013), president of the Czech Mountaineering Federation. Hrubý fell to his death in August 2013 while attempting a new route via the southwest face of Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak)...
27/06/2013
Western University in Azerbaijan to sponsor Mountain Protection Award
Western University in Azerbaijan has come on board as a sponsor of the UIAA Mountain Protection Award and will organize an international mountain ecotourism conference in October, in the capital Baku, that will highlight the award. The sponsorship will go towards a cash prize of...
23/06/2013
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International Mountain Summit includes a focus on extreme sports
Our friends at the International Mountain Summit who host one of the biggest and much anticipated mountaineering conferences in Europe have sent us news about what’s happening this year in October. This year’s summit which is in its fifth year takes place in Brixen, Italy...
19/03/2013
International mountain accident database proposed by Mountaineering Commission
The UIAA Mountaineering Commission has approved a proposal to develop a standardized, international system of collecting and analysing accidents to better identify areas where safety and training can be improved, and help insurance companies better understand risk in mountain activities. The idea for a global...
18/03/2013
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Chamonix to host international mountain festival in early June
The month of June is usually an ideal time for classic rock and snow Alpine climbing and ski touring and what better place than around the famous mountain town of Chamonix, France. Here in the shadow of Mont Blanc, Francoise Call is organizing the Chamonix...
25/06/2012
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Tamotsu (Tom) Nakamura: A modern day explorer with an ancient heart
Japanese mountaineer Tamotsu (Tom) Nakamura is a modern day adventurer modeled along the lines of early explorers who carefully and methodically documented their journeys to remote areas of the world. In Nakamura’s case the area he has chosen to focus on are the mountains, glaciers...
24/06/2012
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