Being truly international has always been of utmost importance to the organizers of the Kiku. Mountain Summit: “Whoever wants to be a player in the largest and most important worldwide events must show that he is culturally open and internationally connected”, asserts Markus Gaiser, head of the organizing committee. It’s not always easy to meet this standard or, where possible, to improve on it. Just one look at the invitation list for 2014 shows that the mountaineering world will be at home in Bressanone/Brixen (South Tyrol-Italy) beginning on October 16th
Top mountaineer, Mark Inglis, will be flying in from New Zealand, as will be Louis Corbett, aged 13, who is going blind and who will relate the experiences he has had on his current world tour. Frenchman, Alain Robert, also known as “Spiderman” is currently living in Indonesia. His presentation on the IMS stage has to be considered extraordinary due to his rare speaking engagements in Europe. And Dr. Benjamin Levine will also have traveled a long distance from the USA in order to participate actively as a speaker at the IMS Congress “Clean and Honest Mountaineering”
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The IMS has also made a name for itself in journalists’ circles. Among the 120 accredited journalists, there are representatives from Bangladesh as well as from Mongolia and Russia. “From a logistical point of view, as the IMS has gotten bigger and better, the team responsible for organizing it is facing a Herculean task”, states organizer Alex Ploner. “Flights, hotel bookings, shuttle transfers and any special requests have to be coordinated and fulfilled.”
It’s very hard to outdo the participants’ internationality at the IMS Photo Contest 2014, powered by BMW. 2600 photographers, coming from almost 100 countries, have submitted their photos to this year’s edition of the photo contest. On October 19th, the three Kiku-Photo Award finalists will be announced. For the local audience, the IMS represents a good opportunity to broaden their horizons, to overcome their limits and to breathe in the international flair directly at the Forum in Brixen/Bressanone. For further information, please check our website www.IMS.bz or contact us via email ticket@ims.bz .
Adam Ondra dominated the bouldering scene again and won a gold medal in the second World Cup competition in Salt Lake City. He took second place in the qualification and proceeded to the finals from the same position. This time, he was surprised by the victory and admits that a little luck was…
Adam Ondra completed today's finals in Meiringen, Switzerland, and won a gold medal in the first competition of this year's World Cup. He kept first place in bouldering continuously from the qualification until the very exciting finals. He was satisfied with his excellent form and appreciated a…
