News:
We announce the tragical news that our friend and ice climbing enthusiast Michael Boos Diehl died on the North Face route on Mt. Robson on July 29th. The cause of the avalanche appeared to be from a large cornice release. He has been the soul of IWC in 2002 and 2003 and he was the one who made the Ice climbing competition rules that are now used around the world.
Season 2004/5
One of the greatest ice climbing competitions - the World Championship in Val Daone has finished! See results HERE
More about the International Mojstrana competition 5.-6.2.
Results from World championship Saas-Fee
Astrian championship in ice climbing in Koetschach Mauthen has just finished. Among men the winner was Urs Odermatt (Swiss) and among women Tanja Grmovsek (Slovenija). More HERE (German)
Season 2003/2004 History
Please report me all the scheduled competitions and events in the season 2004/2005 !
Photo: Rado Miklavcic
The swinging ice barrel...
Kötschach-Mauthen
Austria hosts ice competitions every year in january.
The winner of Mojstrana competition 2005 Evgeny Krivoseitsev
The new structure in Daone is a result of an excellent work of Maurizio
Gallo and his team. The whole happening was almost like the Olympic games...
Schedule for the winter 2004/2005 competitions:
World championship
1.Saas Fee World Championship, (difficulty+speed) 20.-22.1.2005
2.Val Daone World championship (boulder) 27.-29.1.2005
Other competitions:
1.Drytooling competition in Slovakia 5.12.2004
2. 5.Int. Meisterschaften Kötschach-Mauthen 08.-09.1.2005
3. Int. Meisterschaften Kötschach-Mauthen 15.-16.1.2005
4.Mojstrana speed and difficulty competition 5.-6.february 2004 Slovenija
5. Czech National Ice Climbing Championship 5th february 2005
Schedule for the winter 2004/2005 ice meetings:
1. Fournel ice climbing event 5.-9.1.2005 France
2.Ice climbing festival Kandersteg 7.-9.1.2005 Switzerland
3.Ouray Ice festival 14.-16.1.2005 USA
4.Ice total 05 Rudolfshutte 14.-16.1.2005 Austria
5.La Sportiva International Ice meeting "Pareti di Cristallo" Val Daone 27-30.1.2005
6.La Gordzderette Ice event 28.-30.1.2005 France
Austrian championship in ice climbing in Koetschach
Mauthen 2005:
This year we'll have to survive without the Solcava competition - the
construction is being moved to a location not far from this one.
Photo: Rado Miklavcic
IWC
There will be many competitions and ice events all
around the World, but they will not be included in any cup (at least it
seems to be so). We have good regulations, nice constructions and a lot of
competitors eager to compete, but no European, World or any other
international cup. Let's hope it will be better next season...
You can find more information about the World Cup on the web site IWC and download the rules HERE
Web pages from the World Cup 2001
Web pages from the World Cup 2000
Courchevel
This ice tower was the first of its kind in
Europe, but unfortunatelly sice year 2000 they do not have any more
competitions
Cortina
First boulder competition was held in 1999 above Cortina