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    The Piolets d'Or ([pjɔ.lɛ dɔʁ], "Golden Ice Axe") is an annual mountaineering and alpine climbing award organized by the Groupe de Haute Montagne [fr]...
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  • Kazuya Hiraide (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    General Administration of Sport of China. Winners of The 12th Piolet d’Or Asia Awards UIAA, December 6, 2017 The 2020 Piolet d'Or Rakaposhi (7,788m)...
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    Ueli Steck (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    ascent of Annapurna, which won him his second Piolet d'Or. Christian Trommsdorff, chairman of the Piolet d’Or organizing committee, received several emails...
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    Alex Honnold (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    Nose, and the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome. In 2015, he won a Piolet d'Or in alpine climbing with Tommy Caldwell for their completion of the enchainment...
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  • Steve Swenson (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    mountain in the world. For their climbing, the team was awarded the Piolet d’Or. In 2019, Swenson, along with Graham Zimmerman, Mark Richey, and Chris...
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    Marek Holeček (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    explorer, author and documentary filmmaker. Holeček has received the 2018 Piolet d'Or award for his successful full ascent on the southwest face of Gasherbrum...
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  • Kenro Nakajima (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    Piolet d'Or for their ascent of the unclimbed northeast face of Shispare, which they climbed in 2017. In 2020, the pair won their second Piolet d'Or for...
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  • Rick Allen (mountaineer) (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    after his first attempt on the mountain. In 2013, he was awarded the Piolet d’Or for his 18-day traverse of Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge alongside Sandy...
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    Reinhold Messner (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    experiences as a climber and explorer. In 2010, he received the 2nd Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, he received jointly with Krzysztof...
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    faced. In 2008, the most prestigious annual prize in mountaineering, the Piolet d'Or, amended its focus to small light-weight alpine-style teams using no...
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    Ice axe (redirect from Piolet)
    v t e Climbing Types Lists Alpine clubs Climbers Piolet d'Or winners IFSC World Cup winners IFSC World Championships winners IFSC victories Deaths Eight-thousanders...
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  • Mick Fowler (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    is internationally noted for his alpine climbing and was awarded the Piolet d'Or three times, with Paul Ramsden, in 2003, 2013, and 2016, for alpine-style...
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  • Hayden Kennedy (climber) (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    recognized by the Piolet d'Or council. In 2013, Kennedy and his climbing partners Kyle Dempster and Josh Wharton won a Piolet d'Or for their alpine style...
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    Kurt Diemberger (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    of Broad Peak in 1957 and of Dhaulagiri in 1960. In 2013, he won the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award. Diemberger attended university in Vienna...
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    Hansjörg Auer (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    of the boldest and best climbers in the world", and he won the 2019 Piolet d'Or for this free solo ascent of the Lupghar Sar West. He died in an avalanche...
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    nominated for a Piolets d'Or. 2008 - Opening of the south face by Stéphane Benoist and Patrice Glairon-Rappaz; nominated for the Piolets d'Or in 2008. 2017...
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    Kim Chang-ho (climber) (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    his bold and lightweight alpine style ascents. In 2012, Kim won the Piolet d'Or "Asia Award" with An Chi-young when they made the first-ever ascent of...
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    Catherine Destivelle (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    Legion of Honour, and in 2020, became the first female recipient of the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award. Catherine Destivelle was born in Oran, in...
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    Asian Alpine Association (UAAA) has honoured Sherpa with one of the Piolet d'Or Asia Awards with the title of Sherpa of the year for his commitment to...
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    Ueli Steck, Mick Fowler, Paul Ramsden, and Marko Prezelj. The annual Piolets d'Or are awarded for the best achievements in alpine climbing. Alpine climbing...
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    George Lowe (climber) (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    the advancement of the climbing craft". Lowe was also president of the Piolet d’Or 2014 International Jury which included Catherine Destivelle and was responsible...
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  • climb was one of four ascents defined as "career highlights" by the Piolets d'Or when awarding Lowe a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023; where they described...
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    independent. The premier award in mountaineering is the privately granted Piolet d'Or, which has expanded from a single recognition to multiple. While there...
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    with technical climbing of up to 5.11d (7a). They were both awarded the Piolet d'Or for their climb. 2019, Jim Reynolds, free solo. 2021, Sean Villanueva...
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    ascent of the 20th century" and was cited in support of Kurtyka's 2016 Piolet d’Or Lifetime Achievement Award. 1986 First ascent of the Northwest Ridge...
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    following a route that they called Spicy Game, and for which they won a 2013 Piolet d'Or. 2012: the team of Bengol, Bharat (Abdul Kalam Educational Society) Celebrated...
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    Thomas Huber (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    the subject of the 2007 film To the Limit. In 2001, Huber won the 10th Piolet d'Or award with Iwan Wolf for their ascent of the direct north pillar of Shivling...
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    David Lama (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    Lunag Ri in the Himalayas. In 2019, he was posthumously honoured with a Piolet d'Or for this first ascent. David Lama was born in 1990. His father is a mountain...
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  • Steve House (climber) (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    American professional alpinist and mountain guide, and winner of the 2006 Piolet d'Or. House earned a Bachelor of Science in ecology from The Evergreen State...
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  • Mark Richey (category Piolet d'Or winners)
    significant first ascents around the world, and for which he won the Piolets d'Or, the highest award in mountaineering, in 2012 and in 2020. Richey was...
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