Dear Ladies and Gentleman, today, 7 November 2010, the International Mountain Summit is closing its doors, and we finishing with our on-line reports on Adrex.cz.
Starting from 30 October top mountaineers, leading alpine associations, representatives of the media, industry, academia and international organizations met in Brixen to debate, celebrate, connect and forge new friendships. For the organizers, this day marks the end of an exhausting and exciting week. “Personally, I think Oh Eun-Sun’s presence was the highlight of this year’s IMS,” IMS - Organizer Alex Ploner concluded.
With her open and friendly attitude she rectified some issues entirely changing her own image in European media. She mentioned herself that this week had been really important to her and we would be happy to welcome her here again.” While the final congress day was the highlight of the week, the other topics also attracted much interest. “The events all worked out really well”, Ploner recaps and he adds: ”Conferences like the symposium on the Dolomites UNESCO world heritage have never been held like this before. This has been a very important event for South Tyrol. The symposium about alpine recue also produced interesting propositions that will continue to stimulate the debate. We were able to provide some food for thought here. This is where new impulses will come from.”
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Much praise was received for the presentations in the scope of “IMS Talk”. This year, we had very different contributions, not only reports about climbing and alpine expeditions, but also very personal accounts from Simone Moro and Steve House. They allowed us to take somewhat part in their lives”, IMS-executive director Markus Gaiser sums up. Every evening after the IMS Talks, alpinists and guests would gather at the Forum reviving the old local tradition called “Abklettern” - a gathering of the mountaineers for the year’s last few climbs in late autumn and an opportunity to meet people and plan new projects. “Mountaineers consider the IMS as a kind of family reunion. This is what makes this event so special: it is very personal,” Alex Ploner describes.
IMS guests have a chance get to know top alpinists during the “IMS Walks” “These hikes are a very special feature of the International Mountain Summit. Demand was even higher than last year. All walks were well attended; in particular the one with Reinhold Messner was extremely popular. We are very pleased about that, since the mountaineers also appreciate participating. Oh Eun Sun even joined two walks this year”, Markus Gaiser rejoices.
Altogether, attendance increased as compared to last year. “We had about 5,600 guests at the Forum and 4,000 at the Bouldering and Slacklining Contests,” Gaiser recaps. Especially on Friday and Saturday, the bouldering hall was crowded when the first slackline champion was selected and the Top Boulderers impressed with their skills at the IMS Cup.
On the last day of IMS the organizers already look towards the next edition. The dates for 2011 are fixed. We will start a bit earlier, from the 21 until the 30 October 2011 the next IMS will take place” Alex Ploner announces:“We are however really pleased with the interest of international media in our festival. There were more media representatives at IMS than last year. Therefore we are certainly right to say that the mountain world in this week looked at Brixen. We hope that this will go on in 2011. That’s what we are working on and look forward to”
Top-Alpinists 2010 :
Nives Meroi, Denis Urubko, Hans Kammerlander, Krzysztof Wielicki, Andy Holzer, Steve House, Mick Fowler, Simone Moro, Reinhold Messner, Alessandro Gogna, Jerry Moffat, Silvio Mondinelli, Kurt Diemberger, Stephen Venables, Alexander Huber, Oh Eun Sun
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