Author: simonalden

UIAA donation page to benefit Maltese climbers

Following the success of the UIAA “Spring meetings” sessions held in Malta in May this year, the MCC is very pleased to inform it’s members that the UIAA has just launched a worldwide project to assist key initiatives relating to climbing and mountaineering, as well as mountaineering communities. We were delighted to learn that the…

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UIAA delegation soon arriving in Malta

As reported previously, following the acceptance of MCC as a full member of the UIAA (International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation) in 2017, the MCC submitted a proposal to the Federation to hold it’s annual “Spring Meeting” sessions in Malta this year.  The bid was successful and 85 delegates from all over the world shall soon…

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UIAA Management Committee and Commissions to meet in Malta

The Malta Climbing Club is delighted to announce that it shall be hosting the “Spring Meetings” of the UIAA (Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme) management committee in Malta from the 3rd to the 7th May 2019.  The UIAA Safety, Ice-Climbing and Youth Commissions shall also be meeting here at the same time. This collaboration came…

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Incident Reporting

“But climbing isn’t safe!” How many times have we, as climbers, heard someone pass that comment about the sport we love so much? All climbers know that the reality is very different from public perception of the level of danger associated with our sport. Our sport is relatively safe. It is potentially dangerous if we…

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The Malta Climbing Club becomes a full member of the UIAA and EUMA

For the first time in Maltese climbing history a local club has joined the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) as a full member.  The application of the Malta Climbing Club (MCC) was unanimously approved by delegates at the UIAA General Assembly, held on the 21st October in Shiraz, Iran.  The UIAA now represents 92…

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