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![Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima missing on K2](/uploads/img/3/48597.jpg)
28/07/2024 - Alpinism
Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima missing on K2 Japanese climbers Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima are reported as missing on the West Face of K2.
![Silvo Karo, the Piolet d'Or 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award video](/uploads/img/3/80181.jpg)
23/11/2022 - Alpinism
Silvo Karo, the Piolet d'Or 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award video The video portrait of 61-year-old Slovenian mountaineer Silvo Karo who was awarded with the 14th Piolets d'Or Carrière 2022 last weekend at Briançon in France.
![Silvo Karo honoured with Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award 2022](/uploads/img/3/6739.jpg)
07/10/2022 - Alpinism
Silvo Karo honoured with Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 Slovenian alpinist Silvo Karo is to receive the 14th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated from 17 to 20 November at Briançon in France. In the past the prestigious mountaineering prize has been...
![Yasushi Yamanoi, the Piolet d'Or 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award video](/uploads/img/3/73759.jpg)
29/12/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi, the Piolet d'Or 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award video The video portrait of 56-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi who was awarded with the 13th Piolets d'Or Carrière 2021 at the end of November at Briançon in France.
![Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021](/uploads/img/3/73760.jpg)
23/11/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021 Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi is to receive the13th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated in Briançon, France, from 26 to 29 November.
![Piolets d’Or 2020: Chamlang, Tengi Ragi Tau, Link Sar and Rakaposhi the winning climbs](/uploads/img/3/59520.jpg)
12/08/2020 - Alpinism
Piolets d’Or 2020: Chamlang, Tengi Ragi Tau, Link Sar and Rakaposhi the winning climbs Four remarkable ascents will be awarded the Piolets d'Or 2020 at the Ladek Mountain Festival in Poland from 11 - 22 September: Chamlang by Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák, Tengi Ragi Tau by Alan Rousseau and Tino Villanueva, Link Sar...
![Catherine Destivelle awarded Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award](/uploads/img/3/66344.jpg)
23/07/2020 - Alpinism
Catherine Destivelle awarded Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award French mountaineer Catherine Destivelle will become the first woman to receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ladek Mountain Festival in Poland in September. In the past the coveted prize has been awarded to greatest mountaineers of...
![Piolets d'Or 2020: the big list
of significant ascents](/uploads/img/3/66053.jpg)
08/07/2020 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or 2020: the big list
of significant ascents The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the complete list of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2019. From this they will select the recipients of the Piolets d'Or award that will be celebrated during...
![Krzysztof Wielicki awarded Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award](/uploads/img/3/59260.jpg)
14/06/2019 - Alpinism
Krzysztof Wielicki awarded Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award In September 2019 the Polish mountaineer Krzysztof Wielicki will receive the Piolets d'Or Carrière 2019. In the past this prize has been awarded to Walter Bonatti, Reinhold Messner, Doug Scott, Robert Paragot, Kurt Diemberger, John Roskelley, Chris Bonington, Wojciech Kurtyka,...
![Chamlang NW Face climbed by Márek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák](/uploads/img/3/58861.jpg)
23/05/2019 - Alpinism
Chamlang NW Face climbed by Márek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák have climbed a new route up the NW Face of Chamlang in Nepal.
![Piolets d’Or 2018 ceremony in Poland / Report and photos](/uploads/img/3/54813.jpg)
12/10/2018 - Events
Piolets d’Or 2018 ceremony in Poland / Report and photos Complete report and photographs of the Piolets d’Or 2018, the prestigious annual mountaineering award celebrated from 20 - 23 September at Ladek Zdrój in Poland.
![Piolets d'Or 2018: Gasherbrum I, Shispare, Nilkanth win, Nilkanth and Alex Honnold receive special mention](/uploads/img/3/46864.jpg)
02/08/2018 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or 2018: Gasherbrum I, shispare, Nilkanth win, Nilkanth and Alex Honnold receive special mention Three ascents have been selected for the Piolets d'Or 2018: Gasherbrum I climbed by Zdeněk Hák and Marek Holeček, shispare climbed by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima and Nuptse NW climbed by Frédéric Degoulet, Benjamin Guigonnet and Hélias Millerioux. Special...
![Shispare NE Face, difficult first ascent in Karakorum by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima](/uploads/img/3/48595.jpg)
02/11/2017 - Alpinism
shispare NE Face, difficult first ascent in Karakorum by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima On 22 August 2017 Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima completed a new route up the NE Face of shispare (7611m), Karakorum, Pakistan. Climbing alpine style for seven days, the Japanese mountaineers encountered difficulties up to M6 / WI 5.
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