12/09/2017
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UIAA
06/09/2017
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UIAA
Paraloup: La montagna che rinasce (the reborn mountain)
Paraloup is a wonderful village located at 1360m in the Alps near Cuneo, Italy. In 1943-44 it was involved in the resistance fight against nazifascism: famous historical people like Nuto Revelli himself, Duccio Galimberti and Giorgio Bocca fought in the “Italia libera” band that was based there.
31/08/2017
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UIAA
Community Action Nepal: Post-earthquake recovery programme in Nepalese mountain communities
Community Action Nepal is a charity and NGO/INGO which has been operating in Nepal for nearly 20 years. It has an excellent track record of working with local communities in the mountainous areas of Nepal, raising their standard of living and strengthening indigenous community-based culture
29/08/2017
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UIAA
Mount Everest Biogas Project (MEBP): Environmentally sustainable solution to the impact of human waste on Mt. Everest and beyond
Eco Everest Expeditions was started in 2008 and is led every year by Dawa Steven Sherpa, managing director of Asian Trekking.
28/08/2017
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Featured, Mountaineering, UIAA
Historic ascent of Shispare northeast face
As reported to the UIAA by its Honorary Member Tom Nakamura (Japan), Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima successfully summited the 7611m peak of Shispare, Pakistan, via a new route of the northeast face at 14:30 on 22 August. This is considered to be the first ascent of the...
21/08/2017
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UIAA
Wildlife Alliance: Community-based ecotourism in the Cardamom Mountain Range, Cambodia
Chi Phat is a remote mountain community with more than 3,000 residents (632 households) located in the Cardamom Mountain Range.
17/08/2017
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UIAA
Tallaght: Help the Hills
Our goal has been to become a voice for our mountains, to educate and promote Tallaght as a gateway to our mountain areas.
14/08/2017
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UIAA
Acceso PanAm: Managing human waste in advance base camps in Patagonia
Our goal is to find simple, inexpensive options to manage human waste in advance base camps in Patagonia that are remote, have no septic systems or transport via helicopter sling loads.
01/08/2017
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Youth
REVIEW: INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CLIMBING CAMP, ARIÈGE (FRANCE)
Between 8-13 July, 2017 in Ariège, a department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France, played host to one of this summer’s UIAA International Youth Climbing Camps. The meet comprised an enthusiastic group of youngsters from 10-14 years of age, of differing levels of climbing background....
21/06/2017