Mountaineering Commission
Mountaineering
Peak Classifications
The Mountaineering Commission (MountCom), was one of the four Commissions founded at the first UIAA General Assembly in 1933 in Cortina d’Ampezzo. The other three commissions were: Alpine Tourism, Mountain Science, Mountain Art & Literature.
Until 2022, MountCom comprised the Legal and Training working groups which are now independent commissions.
General purpose of the UIAA Mountaineering Commission:
- The Commission was created to promote best practices by identifying and addressing development, access, ethical, cultural and technical *) issues of international importance. The UIAA’s and the Mountaineering Commission’s strategic priorities are to focus on:- Providing guidance on critical and emerging mountaineering issues
– Setting and maintaining high ethical standards in international mountaineering such that the style of climbing without causing damage to the human or natural environment is maintained
– Encouraging and supporting national federations and their members in their mountaineering activities
Tasks of the Commission:
- Support member organisations in their climbing, mountaineering and mountain sport activities.
- Seek for solutions to all issues of international importance.
- Promote and develop mountaineering and mountain sports as activities with specific high human and social values.
- Encourage the development of best practice in mountaineering.
- Promote responsible access and conservation of mountain areas and promote awareness of, and respect for the environment among all users of mountain terrain.
MountCom’s activities focus on:
- In general, to provide support and advice to member federations and the global climbing and mountaineering community.
- Develop, promote, and monitor official UIAA recommendations and declarations on best practice in climbing and mountaineering by:
- Renewing the Tyrol Declaration from 2022 to fit with modern views
- To promote the ethical principles for climbing and mountaineering
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between «traditional» mountaineers and their adventure industry partners and between different cultural groups in mountaineering»
- Attempt to bring the adventure tourism industry into the mainstream of mountaineering
- Attempt to further develop, promote and monitor the “UIAA Mountain Worker Initiative”
- To resuscitate the Access Working Group • To assist with timeous media queries
- Maintain, promote and further develop UIAA standardisation, statistics and grading concepts.
- Compile and collate, a statistical accident data base on a global level with a focus on accident prevention, and to disseminate the relevant information.
- To investigate ways of including the hiking fraternity into the Mountaineering Commissions work.
- To work on ways to disseminate the UIAA views on mountaineering
- Other tasks as from time to time directed or approved by the UIAA Management Committee, e.g., the 8000-metre peak issue
Mountaineering Commission Membership
Next Meeting
Date and Location TBC
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Commission
Full Members
Greg MOSELEY (President)
South Africa (MCSA)
South Africa (MCSA)
OH YOUNG HOON (Vice President)
Republic of Korea (KAF)
Republic of Korea (KAF)
YU Frederick & SO Shirman , Hong Kong, China (CHKMCU)
Chiaki AOYAMA, Japan (JMSCA)
Marcel BLANES, Spain (CEC)
Miguel BOLDÚ DELGADO, Spain (FEDME)
Pedro CUIÇA, Portugal (FCMP)
Xabier EZEIZABARRENA, Spain (EMF-BMF)
Peter FARKAS, Hungary (MHSSZ)
Ron FUNDERBURKE, United States (AAC)
Pavlos GEORGIADES, Cyprus (CMCOF)
Kul Bahdur GURUNG, Nepal (NMA)
Tul Singh GURUNG, Nepal (NMA)
Jinsuk KIM, Republic of Korea (KAF)
Aleksandar KIRKOVSKI, Republic of North Macedonia (FPSM)
Gennadii KOPEIKA, Ukraine (UMCF)
Jordi MAGRINA GUELL (TRAINING), Spain (FEEC)
Katarina MANOVSKI, Serbia (MAS)
Debabrata MUKHERJEE, India (IMF)
Lazar POPARA, Serbia (MAS)
Gergo SANTHA, Hungary (MHSSZ)
Shiva SAPKOTA, Nepal (NMA)
Victor SAUNDERS (Secretary)
United Kingdom (BMC)
United Kingdom (BMC)
Omer SHAVIT, Israel (ILCA)
Aleksandar STOJANOVSKI, Republic of North Macedonia (FPSM)
Harald SWEN, Netherlands (NKBV)
Kazbek VALIYEV, Kazakhstan (MSCFRK)
Jiri VOGEL, Czech Republic (CHF)
Lal Bahadur WAIBA, Nepal (NMA)
Martin ŠOLAR, Slovenia (PZS)
Corresponding Members
Ilina ARSOVA, Republic of North Macedonia (FPSM)
Ahmed AUPAR , Bangladesh (BMF)
Francis CHARLESWORTH, New Zealand (NZAC)
Reena DHARMSHAKTU, India (IMF)
Klara DVORAKOVA-HAVLIKOVA, Czech Republic (CMLA)
Federico LUCERO, Argentina (FASA)
Gustavo MEJIA MORA, Mexico (FMDMYE)
Richard NADIN, United Kingdom (AC)
Arianit NIKCI, Kosovo (KMSCF)
Manuel PARRADO, Spain (CEC)
Jan Erik PAULSEN, Norway (NTK)
Alfredo PEREA, Mexico (FMDMYE)
Hector PONCE DE LEON GOMEZ, Mexico (FMDMYE)
Thomas SPÖTTL, Switzerland (ISA)
