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Calling up the Alpine associations: no mountain tours, no climbing or bouldering and no ski tours

The Alpine clubs in Switzerland, Germany and Austria call for no mountain tours and no climbing or bouldering.

More and more city dwellers go to the alpine clubs

Over 573 people are now members of the Austrian Alpine Club ÖAV. The members of the German Alpine Club DAV have more than doubled since 000. Both clubs gained an above-average number of members from the urban and remote population. In Vienna alone, the Alpine Club counted a remarkable 2000 in 2018...

This is Germany's focus team for Tokyo 2020

At the summer games in Tokyo 2020 climbing is represented for the first time at an Olympiad. The German Alpine Club has now defined who he sends in the women's and men's race for the coveted starting places.

These reversing chains are potentially dangerous

A FIXE deflection chain breaks again. DAV safety research recommends replacing previously installed chains from the manufacturer with the "INOX" mark or...

Historic low in fatal accidents

The German Alpine Association publishes the mountain accident statistics for 2016. Never before have there been so few fatal accidents, but there have been many rescues of uninjured mountaineers. Good news from the...

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