News

13 gen 2010

Official twinning between the Korean Alpine Federation and the Pareti di cristallo Committee

After the visit in South Korea twelve months ago of the organizational responsible for the Ice Master, Riccardo Milani, next week end there will be a technique delegation representing the Korean Alpine Federation.

The Korean Alpine Federation worked with the UIAA and with the Korean Climbing Federation to organize in the Asiatic state the first World Ice Climbing Cup in 2011, in order to promote ice competitions and to create an organizational partnership for the future.

Until now a competition similar to the one set in Daone doesn’t exist in Korea. The twinning has the purpose to enhance the east mountain climbing, as it was made with the building of the “Piolet d’Or Asia” promoted by Grivel and by the Golden Climbing Shoes Award by La Sportiva.

The history of the ice climbing in Daone began in 1979, when the first ice climbers went up the Leno fall and then named “the Queen of the lake”. Today it is one of the most attended and marvellous climb.

In 1989 Placido Corradi and other climbers from Brescia and Verona, organized the first meeting entitled “ Pareti di Cristallo “ ( crystal walls ) of Daone Valley.

It was successfully, both for the number of people attended the meeting and for the number of climbs and it was a news in the East Alps.

In 2000 the World Ice Climbing Cup was born. It was a six competitions circuit organized in the most famous places for this speciality.

Daone Valley decided to create a Committee chaired by Candido Ghezzi and next year he allowed the event to take part to the UIAA tour and reached the top with the organization of the Boulder World Cup.

Today the experiences and the competition format created nine years ago by the Committee and chaired today by Romolo Ghezzi, could be exported in other states which want this speciality grow and develop.

The appointment in Daone Valley renews in order to turn on the tripod in Korea next year and starts a new stage for the circuit of the World Ice Climbing Ice.

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