23/03/2020
UIAA UPDATE: COVID-19 STATEMENT
This statement was finalised following a UIAA Crisis Management meeting held online on Monday 23 March....
13/03/2020
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UIAA STATEMENT ON COVID-19
The President and the Executive team of the UIAA – International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation – wish to express their sincere sympathy with all of its member federations who in various degrees are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The UIAA encourages all member federations to...
10/03/2020
ALPINISM AND UNESCO: RESOURCES FOR UIAA MEMBERS
Following a long campaign stretching back to 2009 when UIAA members were asked to lobby their respective governments, late last year, Alpinism was officially recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (please refer to the dedicated article). Cultural Heritage recognizes various traditions, expressions...
09/03/2020
UIAA YOUTH COMMISSION REDEFINES FUTURE OBJECTIVES
The UIAA Youth Commission held its first 2020 meeting on 29 February in Cyprus, expertly hosted by the Cyprus Mountaineering Climbing & Orienteering Federation. Among those attending were President Mark Dennison (UK), Pavlos Georgiades, Niki Karoulla, Nektarios Vilandis (Cyprus), Tiberiu Pintilie (Romania), Barbara Bajer (Slovenia),...
28/02/2020
LAUNCH OF 2020 UIAA MOUNTAIN PROTECTION AWARD PARTNERED BY BALLY
*Please refer to the updated communication on this subject and the UIAA Covid-19 portal for the last information. Since its conception in 2013, the UIAA Mountain Protection Award has proved an emphatic success. In the past seven years, the MPA has showcased and supported 118 projects...
26/02/2020
REVISION TO UIAA STANDARD 101
The UIAA recently updated one of its core Safety Standards (101 – Dynamic Ropes). This is part of the UIAA Safety Commission’s commitment to ensuring its Standards meet the ever-changing nature and demands of the market and climbing and mountaineering world. The revision focused on correcting...
20/02/2020
UIAA RESTATED PRIORITIES FOR 2020 AND BEYOND
Recent dialogue and meetings dating back to the UIAA General Assembly in Cyprus and involving the GA, the UIAA Management Committee and the UIAA Executive Board, have focused on collectively realigning the UIAA’s role, objectives and vision. Taking elements from the expertise which went into the...
10/02/2020
TRAINING AND MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR ROCK CLIMBERS
A dedicated guide and programme for rock climbers - Adjunct Compensatory Training – has been created, spearheaded by UIAA Medical Commission corresponding member Volker Schoeffl as well as the worldwide trainer expertise of Dicki (Ludwig) Korb and Patrick Matros (Kraftfactory). The programme is sponsored by...
05/02/2020
FRESH IMPETUS FOR THE UIAA RESPECT THE MOUNTAINS MOVEMENT
The UIAA’s Respect the Mountains (RTM) Movement continued to evolve and develop throughout 2019, creating more opportunities for collaboration between the UIAA, its member associations and other partners, greater access to events for mountaineers and increased visibility for sustainability-focused projects showcased on a new international...
02/02/2020
SOFIE LENAERTS – ON TOP OF EACH CONTINENT
Eleven years ago, mountain climbing enthusiast, full-time employee for the Belgian Federal Police and the face of Watch Out, a weekly traffic magazine show on Belgian television, Sofie Lenaerts scaled the highest mountain range in Europe, Mount Elbrus, a dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountains....