ASIAN ALPINE E-NEWS
Issue No. 38 November 2018

Contents
Sichuan Tourism University

Yong LIU

Mt. Siguniang 2nd International Forum Tom Nakamura
UIAA AGM 2018 Ulaanbaatar

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Stephanie Stettbacher Page 20 ～28

PROF. Yong LIU（劉勇）

Sichuan Tourism University
Sichuan Tourism University is the first independent undergraduate university fortourism in China. There are more than 9000 students and about 460 teachers include
63 professor and 186 associate professors in the campus. The campus covers an areaof 637 acres. A national AAA-level tourist scenic spot haw been built based the campus
which provide a good learning and living environment. Sichuan Tourism University is
consisted of 11 schools which include Culinary School, Food College, Hilton Hospitality
Management School, Sports and Leisure School, Tourism and Culture Industry School,Economics and Management School, Foreign Languages School, Information andEngineering School, Art School, Marxism Theory School, and Continuing Education
School.
Sports and Leisure School is one of the representative schools with specialized majorand advanced concept. The aim of the school is to make the students become the personwith both management service ability and sports technique. The teachers who isprofession in theory, technique and industry management are included in the teachinggroup to provide the students comprehensive and practical knowledge. Amount which,the outdoor sports teaching group has been titled with ‘the outstanding teaching groupof Sichuan province’ and their course of Orienteering has been selected as excellent
course of Sichuan province.
(The following pictures taken on October 29, 2018 supplemented by Tom Nakamura)

Main entrance
1Cultural center (left) and class room building (right)

Lunch time in the campus

2Young teachers in the garden of campus, back is Xuebao Ding.

Climbing wall in the campus
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Dormitory for teachers and students in the campus

Daliu moderates Tamotsu (Tom) Nakamura’s lecture4Nakamura’s lecture (above and below)

5Questions and answers with students

Souvenir picture with teachers and students
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TAMOTSU (TOM) NAKAMUA

Mt. Siguniang the 2nd International Mountain Outdoor
Experts Forum(Photos of Shuangqiao Valley supplemented)

1Mt. Siguniang the 2nd International Mountain Outdoor Experts Forum2

Mr. Zho, chief of the Bureau cordially received guests near Siguniang townMt. Siguniang Museum in Siguniang town
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Mt. Siguninag Museum

The Forum was held at the New Siguniang Mountains Hotel (above)4

Nakamura’s talk on Southeast Tibet and Sichuan Mountains
5Panel talk, Daliu moderated.

(from left) Daliu, Nakamura, Everline from Kenya
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Mt. Siguniang 4300m high100km mountain run
The following pictures were taken in Shuanqiao valley on October 19, 2018

(left) Se’erdenpu 5592m (right) Potala Shan NW face 5428m
8Potala Shan 5428m north (left) and west (right) face

Queen’s Tower 5404m9Abi 5694m south face (above and below)

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Niuxin Shan 4942m south face

Hunter Peak 5360m east face11

Shuangqiao valley in autumn

Peaks over 5000m south face in the headwaters of Shuanqiao valley
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STEPHANIE STETTBACHERUIAA OFFICE COORDINATOR & SAFETY LABEL ADMINISTRATOR

2018 UIAA GENERAL ASSEMBLY ULAANBAATAR: FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE

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The 2018 UIAA General Assembly was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Saturday 6 October,welcoming more than 100 delegates representing 34 different countries.
The event commenced with a welcome message from Mr Tserenbat Namsrai, Mongolian
Minister of Environment and Tourism with Tulga Buya, President of hosts, Mongolian
National Climbing Federation (MNCF), later providing an address which highlighted themany diverse projects undertaken by a dynamic federation.
Frits Vrijlandt’s UIAA Presidential report included highlights from the UIAA Annual Reportand details on recent progress across the federation’s safety, sport and sustainability pillars.
To provide the opportunity for UIAA members to play an active role in shaping thefederation’s future, a World Café format was organised as part of the GA programme.
This forum dually offered members a platform to present their ideas, recommendations andconcerns, as well as a greater opportunity to interact. The valuable points raised during theWorld Café workshop will form a crucial role in helping reshape the future UIAA vision andstrategy.
The World Café workshop was followed by a forum for UIAA’s Commission Presidents who
were able to address member interests in informal round table meetings.
“This was one of the best General Assemblies of the last twenty years,” explained Vrijlandt.
“We enjoyed fascinating and constructive dialogue with our members, a more diverse GA
programme and above all thank our fantastic hosts the Mongolian National Climbing
Federation who made every effort possible to ensure that all delegates will remember theirtime in the country fondly. Regarding the GA itself, there is a lot of work ahead but the UIAA
is committed to acting on the advice of its members as it shapes the coming years.”
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Strategic discussions, World Cafe format at 2018 UIAA General Assembly. Photo: MNCFMembership Voting
The Federacion Costarricense de Deportes de Montaña (FECODEM), Costa Rica, the Unionof International Mountain Leader Associations (UIMLA) and the International Slackline
Association (ISA) became observer members.
ElectionsPeter Muir, Alpine Club of Canada (ACC), was elected to the UIAA Executive Board. Muir
joins existing Board members – Frits Vrijlandt, Hélène Denis, Thomas Kähr and WangYongfeng.
Vrijlandt paid tribute to the outstanding contributions of two outgoing Board members. Peter
Farkas, a long servant of the UIAA and EB member for twelve years, as well as Marc Beverly,
who finished a four-year term, were recognised for their efforts. “Both Peter and Marc havecommitted an enormous amount of time and energy to the UIAA making valuable
contributions to the growth of the federation. I thank them for their great support.” Farkas
will continue to be involved with the UIAA in a new role as full member of the Mountaineering
Commission.
The UIAA Management Committee (MC) welcomes a new member, Joachim Driessen(NKBV). Josef Klenner (DAV), largest federations representative, and Christian Pae (KAF),
continental representative for Asia, were re-elected as MC members.

3Group shot of delegates, 2018 UIAA General Assembly. Photo: MNCF
Resources for Members
Members were reminded of many existing resources, and some new ones, provided by theUIAA. This includes the newly-launched online rock and ice climbing festival search tool, aUIAA platform which offers federations the chance to promote events in their region. TheUIAA Safety Standards, high-altitude medical advice, training standards and mountainprotection projects continue to evolve, providing expertise at the benefit of members andentire climbing and mountaineering community. Expertise which comes directly from thevaluable volunteer efforts of UIAA Commission members, nominated by UIAA member
federations worldwide.
In developing its services for members, the UIAA will improve its members page to offer
federations the opportunity to exchange more details about climbing and mountaineering intheir own countries. A Donate page will also be available to members who wish to showcase
initiatives and causes they are supporting. Both projects will be rolled out during the firstquarter of 2019.

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Murari Gautam, Trish Scott, Dr Carolina Adler, Frits Vrijlandt at the 2018 UIAA MountainProtection Award prizegiving2018 UIAA Mountain Protection Award
Community Action Nepal (CAN) was announced as the overall winner of the 2018 UIAA
Mountain Protection Award at the gala dinner which followed the GA.
Following KTK-Belt in 2015 and the Mount Everest Biogas Project in 2017, CAN is the third
winning project which works closely with Nepalese mountain communities.
Based in the UK, CAN was set up by legendary mountaineer and former UIAA Management
Committee member Doug Scott CBE, the first Briton (with Dougal Haston) to climb Everestin 1975. In creating CAN, Scott wanted to give something back to the mountain people ofNepal who had helped him climb 14 peaks in the country. It was a key legacy which emerged
from the historic 1975 British Everest SW Face Expedition. The 2018 MPA Trophy wascollected by Trish Scott, wife of Doug, and Murari Gautam, CAN Nepal UK’s country
representative.
CAN was one of eighteen projects nominated for the 2018 UIAA Mountain Protection
Award. This included six re-nominations and twelve new projects active in 25 different
countries. Giroparchi Nature Trail by Fondation Gran Paradis, Italy, was named runner-upand A system for the management of health and safety in wilderness areas by Tracks Safety,Argentina, was recognised as the best new initiative. A full news release dedicated toCommunity Action Nepal can be found here.
5Presentation of the 2018 UIAA Rock Climbing Festival Award winners. Photo: UIAA
2018 UIAA Rock Climbing Festival Award
The winners of the 2018 UIAA Rock Climbing Festival Award were also announced.
UIAA Rock Climbing Panel representatives, Anne Arran (BMC), UIAA Management
Committee, and Marc Beverly, UIAA Executive Board, presented the concept of the Award
which was launched in 2015 and is dedicated to a different continent each year. The focus in2018 was South and Central America with three festivals recognised.
Festival de Boulder de Mar del Plata in Argentina was announced as the overall winner with
Bolivia’s BLOQUEando handed the development prize. The Capixaba Climbing Festival in
Brazil was awarded runner-up.
In 2019 the Award, which helps promote the growth and development of rock climbing
festivals which align themselves with the values of the UIAA showing an active commitment
to safety, sport and sustainability, will focus on Asia. Further details on the Award winners
and the opening of the 2019 Award will be available soon.

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Stephane Lozach’ meur, Petzl Foundation, third left and Steve Long, UIAA Training Panelchair are joined by delegates from member federations who have translated the UIAA Alpine
Summer Skills handbook. Photo: MNCF
Alpine Summer Skills Handbook goes global
Stephane Lozach’ meur, Petzl Foundation, presented details about the continued evolutionof the UIAA Alpine Summer Skills handbook, a joint venture between the UIAA and Petzl
Foundation. In addition to new content on GPS and summer avalanches, currently available
in the French version, details on future new language versions include Greek(Mountaineering & Climbing Federation of Cyprus), Japanese (Japan Mountaineering andSport Climbing Federation), Romanian (Romanian Alpine Club), Albanian (Kosovo
Mountaineering and Alpinist Federation) were announced. Ongoing translations are Farsi(Iran Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation), Spanish (FEEC – Catalan MountainFederation), Czech (Czech Mountain Leader Association) and Serbian (Mountaineering
Association of Serbia). Meanwhile versions in Chinese (Chinese Taipei Alpine Association)and Mongolian (MNCF) have now been published. Existing versions include French, Turkishand Korean. The English language version, currently on its second edition, is available
worldwide as a digital download. To purchase a copy please click here.

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Carolina Adler, UIAA Mountain Protection Commission President, leads an exchange during
the World Cafe workshop
Local mountain protection efforts
Excellent organisation and a rich variety of cultural events ensure this GA will be fondly
remembered by attending delegates. As part of the weekend, the MNCF ran a ‘One
Mountaineer, One Bag’ clean-up campaign, inspired by the UIAA Respect the Mountains
Series, which saw the involvement of two cities, over 22 local clubs and 300 participants.
Future General Assemblies
The date for the 2019 General Assembly was confirmed as 2 November with the event hostedby the Mountaineering & Climbing Federation of Cyprus.
The Turkish resort city of Antalya was voted as the location for the 2020 General Assembly.
The event will be hosted by the Turkish Mountaineering Federation (TDF).
Pictures from the 2018 UIAA General Assembly, courtesy of the MNCF, can be found here.
Presentations, and official minutes, will be uploaded to the relevant UIAA portals in duecourse.

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