Ice Master History

The history of the Ice Master World Cup in the Daone Valley

Daone Valley and its vocation for ice climbing

Ice climbing in the Daone Valley goes all the way back to 1979, when the first climbers ascended the Leno waterfall which they then baptised «La regina del lago», the Queen of the Lake. Nowadays this is the classic outing in Daone, the most spectacular and popular line in the valley. In 1989 Placido Corradi from Daone, with the help of some ice climbers from nearby Verona and Brescia, organised the first «Pareti di Cristallo» in the Daone Valley. It proved to be a great success, both for the number of routes climbed and for the fact that it was something hitherto unheard of in the eastern Alps.

In 2000 the Ice Climbing World Cup came to life, a circuit of six international competitions in some of the most famous ice climbing areas in the world. And so the Daone Valley decided to embark on this adventure, creating a Committee headed by Candido Ghezzi who, one year later, enabled Daone to join the most important UIAA tour. This culminated in 2005 with the organisation of the Ice Bouldering World Championship. As of 2006 Romolo Ghezzi guides the event as president of the Committee.

All the figures of the event

2 Snow cannon in use for the competition

3 Commentators on the three competition days, making the show more funny

3 Routes prepared by the course markers for the "difficulty" events

8 Events of the «Ice Master World Cup»

11 Events of the «Ice Meeting» (2009)

12 Insurers and judges working at the same time in the competition area

18 Nations represented by the athletes in the competition

30 Metre high new wall built for the "speed" competition event 2008

50 Kilograms of polenta cooked over the three day competition period

60 Days of work necessary to build the competition structures

130 Athletes participated in the 2007 event of the «Ice Master World Cup»

146 Frozen waterfalls that can be climbed in the Valle di Daone

180 Litres of hot tea served during the three day competition period

200 Volunteers involved in the organization of the event

300 Square meters wide wall built for the competition

420 Litres of mulled wine served during the three days competition period

800 Sandwiches prepared during the break of the final competition 2008

900 Altitude of the Daone's Valley

2000 Square meters ice used for the structure

4500 Spectators at Ice Climbing Stadium during the finals 2008

ICE MASTER WORLD CUP WINNERS ARCHIVE

2001- Ice Master Climbing World Cup Difficoltà
1) Stephane Husson (Fra) - Liv Sansoz (Fra)
2) Mauro - Bubu Bole (Ita) - Ines Papert (Ger)
3) Daniel Dulac (Fra) - Ildi Pellissier (Hun)

2002 - Ice Master Climbing World Cup Difficoltà
1) Daniel Dulac (Fra) - Ksenia Sdobnikova (Rus)
2) Will Gadd (Can) - Kirsten Buchmann (Ger)
3) Harald Berger (Aut) - Ines Papert (Ger)

2003 - Ice Master Climbing World Cup Difficoltà
1) Alerei Tomilov (Rus) - Ines Papert (Ger)
2) Harry Berger (Aut) - Ksenia Sdobnikova (Rus)
3) Samuel Anthamatten (Sui) - Natalia Koulikova (Rus)

2005 - Ice Master Climbing World Cup

"Campionato del mondo ed europeo

assoluto di boulder su ghiaccio"
1) Harald Berger (Aut) - Ines Papert (Ger)
2) Herbert Klammer (Ita) - Natalia Koulikova (Rus)
3) Simon Wandeler (Sui) - Jenny Lavarda (Ita)

2006 - Ice Master Climbing World Cup Difficoltà

maschile
1) Harald Berger (Aut)
1) Samuel Anthamatten (Sui)
3) Herbert Klammer (Ita)
femminile
1) Ines Papert (Ger)
2) Anna Torretta (Ita)
3) Stéphanie Maureau (Fra)

2006 - Ice Master Climbing World Cup Velocità
maschile
1 Shved Nikolay (Rus)
2 Evgeny Kryvosheytsev (Ukr)
3 Alexander Matveev (Rus)
femminile
1 Nataliya Kulikova (Rus)
2 Maria Shabalina (Rus)
3 Marina Rashitova (Rus)

2007 - Ice Master Climbing World Cup Difficoltà

maschile

1 Bendler Markus (Aut)

2 Wandeler Simon (Sui)
3 Herbert Klammer (Ita)

femminile
1 Jenny Lavarda (Ita)
2 Müller Petra (Sui)

3 Shabalina Maria (Rus)

2008 - Ice Master Climbing World Cup Difficoltà

maschile

1 Simon Anthametten (Sui)

2 Bendler Markus (Aut)

3 Andreas Steindl (Sui)

femminile
1 Müller Petra (Sui)