This agreement, drawn up by the founding associations over 30 years ago, offers members of alpine clubs party to the agreement an extraordinary range of mountain accommodation.
How well does the UIAA look after the interests of the world’s mountaineering federations and clubs? At the 2010 UIAA General Assembly in Bormio, Italy, representatives from around the globe voiced their desires – which are as diverse as the mountain cultures they come from.
The UIAA is a partner with the International Mountain Summit, a multi-faceted event that brings together some of the greatest climbers the world has ever known.
The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) is seeking a senior manager to coordinate the office functions and support volunteer activities of the federation from its office in Bern, Switzerland.
The UIAA is updating a mountain code, putting into ink mountaineering’s longstanding values of good sportsmanship, respect for cultures and care for the environment.
The draft code is intended to reach all who love mountain sport, from the hut-to-hut hiker to the expedition alpinist.
It also addresses some of the biggest debates in mountaineering today, such as the use of bottled oxygen on 8,000-meter-peak attempts.
The intent, say mountaineers involved in the process, is to create a document that reflects the sport’s high ideals and evolves with changing times.
Are you between 14 and 30 years old, an active climber or hiker, and enjoy meeting new people from other countries?
Then one of this year's UIAA Global Youth Summit events might be for you: a climbing camp in Romania, a Russian rock climbing festival, treks in Italy and South Africa and ascents of Mount Elbrus, Russia and Mt. Kazbek, Georgia.
"The 2009 UIAA Global Youth Summit offers the participants an opportunity to be active in some incredibly beautiful landscapes," says Anne Arran, president of the UIAA Youth Commission. The commission co-ordinates the events, which are organised by UIAA member federations.
Linda McMillan, the new president of the UIAA Mountain Protection Commission, presents her vision of how climbers, mountaineers and trekkers can help study and protect mountain environments.
In the following article, McMillan argues that the UIAA can “claim the high ground” on mountain protection:
From my work with the IUCN’s Mountains Biome group, I see the need and the opportunity to bring three important mountain stakeholder groups—science, sport, and tourism—together to improve mountain protection around the world. Most scientists have not yet realized the great natural potential of sport and tourism to help them to document, understand, preserve and protect precious natural and cultural resources in mountain regions.
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