Neville McMillan - Chairman of the BMC Technical Committee for 17 years - has been presented with an Award for Contributions to International Mountaineering.
At this year’s UIAA Safety Commission meeting in Longarone, Italy, Neville formally ended his role as UK National Delegate, after 23 years. He had half expected some acknowledgement of this during the four-day meeting, but he was very surprised by what actually happened - at an evening public meeting for Safety Commission members, local guides, and mountain rescue teams, he was formally presented with a framed award from the UIAA for his “Contributions to International Mountaineering”, by the President, Mike Mortimer, and the Executive Board Member, Silvio Calvi.
Commenting afterwards Neville said:I really was gob-smacked when it was presented to me at a public meeting in Italy. When I started rock climbing at the age of 42, with an introductory climbing course at PyB, I never thought I'd end up with an international award!"
Neville was Chairman of the BMC Technical Committee for 17 years, from 1987 onwards, when gear was not as reliable as it is now. As UK Delegate to the UIAA Safety Commission, he was instrumental in ensuring that BMC research into gear failures was fed into the UIAA Safety Standards, and also into the first European standards (EN) for mountaineering safety equipment, which all safety gear sold throughout the EC has had to comply with since 1998.
ارسال شده توسط: sabetianabbas در 10:14 جمعه 1 مرداد 1389.
Ehsan Partovi-Nia should choose one of Korean or Catalonian teams to join for for non-individual summit push in few coming days in few coming days.
"Descending from C3, Ehsan has arrived BC on 16:00 local time on Tuesday, April 13th for a few days of rest before summit push. During last two days, he had two invitations from Catalonian and Korean teams to join for the summit push together. He has postponed his final decision to the time Koreans come back from acclimatization process in C2," his friend, Amir Moghimi told.
According to weather forecasts, bad weather is so probable for Annapurna region from tomorrow on for 4 days.
The AAC will host a delegation of ACI members at the Grand Teton Climbers' Ranch from June 24 to July 4, 2010. The Alpine Club of Iran plans to reciprocate in late September, 2010, by hosting a delegation of ten members of the AAC in Iran. While the focus of the exchanges will be climbing, the delegations will also engage in discussion of alpine conservation issues and programs.
The Iranian delegation will be made up of ACI members who represent a broad spectrum of age, gender, climbing interests and skills. The AAC intends to match the Iranian participants with compatible AAC host climbers. AAC host climbers should be familiar with the Teton Range and will be responsible for their own expenses at the Climbers' Ranch. Any AAC member interested in volunteering to partner with our Iranian guests should email us for more information.
The AAC is also accepting applications from its members for the AAC to Iran portion of the exchange. Iran offers a rich variety of climbing opportunities, including alpine mountaineering, high quality cragging, and big wall climbing. Iran is also a fascinating country to visit: rich in history, varied in cultures, and world class in hospitality. AAC delegates will be responsible for the airfare from their home to Tehran. The ACI will cover AAC participants' lodging, food, and transportation expenses in Iran.
ارسال شده توسط: sabetianabbas در 05:23 شنبه 3 بهمن 1388.
Michel Rocard, French ambassador for the poles, Manuela Soares, European Commission DG Research Director, and Jean-Claude Gascard, Scientific coordinator of Damocles, at the oppening of the Damocles symposium, 10 november 2009. (Credit : Damocles)
November 2009
120 scientists are calling for Arctic multilateral governance
Participating to the Damocles international symposium, The Arctic Climate system, its present status, future evolution and potential impacts on November 10-12, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium, 120 scientists from Russia, Sweden, Germany, England, France… called, through a joint declaration, for arctic multilateral governance.
ارسال شده توسط: sabetianabbas در 02:46 دوشنبه 7 دي 1388.
The UIAA General Assembly on Saturday approved a code to serve as a beacon of mountaineering values, spelling out ethics of sportsmanship, respect for cultures and care for the environment.
The assembly named the document the UIAA Mountain Ethics Declaration. The governing body met for its annual gathering October 8-11 in Porto, Portugal.
Doug Scott, the famed British mountaineer who achieved the seven summits, worked diligently on the document. He hopes it will guide alpinists well.
“The Mountain Ethics Declaration, the updated statement on best practices in mountaineering, is very timely,” Scott said, “especially to help those climbers in areas where there is no strong consensus of opinion as to the best way forward.”
The declaration addresses mountaineering issues such as the responsibility to assist others in need, the factual reporting of ascents and the use of supplementary oxygen in high altitude climbs.
It also has a rich history:
The document builds upon work of American climbers and the UIAA Mountaineering Commission, called the Mountain Code. That code was updated and approved at an international meeting of leading climbers in Innsbruck, Austria in 2002. The resulting document from that gathering was called the Tyrol Declaration.
ارسال شده توسط: sabetianabbas در 02:45 پنجشنبه 14 آبان 1388.
Iranians will participate in The UIAA General Assembly 2009
The UIAA General Assembly, which is held annually in one of member countries, will be carried out from October 6th to 11th in Porto, Portugal.
According to Portuguese organizer, a symposium entitled "Mountains: Today and Tomorrow" is considered as the opening program of this meeting, which will be held in "Peneda" national Park.
The remaining days of this event will be dedicated to sessions of management committee, general assembly and commission presidents with UIAA president. Also enthusiastic participants will give lectures in celebration of The UIAA Tyrol Declaration on Friday, 9th of October.
Reported by Iran’s Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation’s official Website, Mahmoud Shoaei, the president along with Mikaeil Morovati, Reza Zareei and Homayoun Bakhtiari will join this meeting as Iran’s mountaineering representatives.
News Source IMZ News Department October 2, 2009
ارسال شده توسط: sabetianabbas در 05:07 چهارشنبه 15 مهر 1388.
The famous Iranian adventure Journalist, Abbas Jafari has gone missing after his kayak capsized in Trishuli River in Nepal on Monday, September 7th.
According to IREN, Abbas was at rafting in Trishuli River, when suddenly his boat upset in a region known as Mugling-Narayanghat. Since then, his wife Farkhondeh Sadegh along with a search and rescue team and local guides are seeking for Abbas. Up to now, they have just found out a boat, which might be pertaining to Jafari.
Born in 1962 in Mashad city in North-East of Iran, Abbas is well-known for his several travels all over the country as a tourism guide besides composing many adventurous articles in Iranian Journals like "Hunt & Nature" and "Travel" magazines. Also his articles about Iran’s wilderness have been published in a few foreign magazines such as "National Geographic".
ارسال شده توسط: sabetianabbas در 10:35 پنجشنبه 2 مهر 1388.
روز ۲۰آوریل ۲۰۰۹یا ۳۰اردیبهشت۱۳۸۸، دو کوهنورد ایرانی، نیما یزدیپور و عارف گرانمایه موفق شدند از مسیر شمالی، کوه اورست را صعود کنند.
این اولین بار است که ایرانیان قله اورست را از مسیر شمالی صعود میکنند.
نیما یزدیپور و عارف گرانمایه از اعضای تیم Summit Climb بودند و به همراه آلن، هرو، راب و ۵شرپا به نامهای یانگجن، یانگبو، لاکپا، پاسانگ و لُپشانگ پا بر روی قله اورست نهادند.
ایرانیان ۱۱سال پیش درست در همین روز یعنی ۳۰اردیبهشت برای نخستین بار موفق به صعود اورست شدند.
انجمن کوهنوردان ایران این موفقیت را به نیما یزدیپور و عارف گرانمایه تبریک میگوید.
ارسال شده توسط: sabetianabbas در 21:38 يکشنبه 3 خرداد 1388.
باستان شناسان استرالیا، کولهپشتی و یا كيفابزاري را يافتهاند كه پیشینهای 14 هزار ساله دارد و متعلق به شكارچيان پیش از تاريخ است. اين مجموعه ابزار و کولهپشتی يكي از كاملترين مجموعه ابزاري است كه طبيعت تاكنون به خوبي از آن محافظت كرده است.
دكتر «فيليپ ادواردز»، سخنگوي ارشد برنامه باستانشناسي ملبورن در دانشگاه "لاتروب" با اعلام اين مطلب گفت: محتويات اين كولهپشتی نشان ميدهد كه دارنده آن به منظور به دست آوردن خوراکهايي همچون گوشت و گياهان خوراكي از جنگل به خوبي مجهز بوده است.
ارسال شده توسط: M.Bahadori در 02:22 دوشنبه 29 مهر 1387.
