Piolet d'Or 2010: the winners
The Piolets d'or 2010 were won by Denis Urubko and Boris Dedechko for their route on Cho Oyu and by Jed Brown, Kyle Dempster and Bruce Normand for their route up Xuelian West. Reinhold Messner received the lifetime achievement award; Walter Bonatti star guest at Courmayeur.
Complete report to follow shortly
PIOLET D'OR 2010 THE WINNERS
Dennis Urubko and Boris Dedechko - Cho Oyu 8201m, Nepal
Jed Brown, Kyle Dempster and Bruce Normand - Xuelian Ovest 6422m, China
THE OTHER NOMINEES
Vitaly Gorelik and Gleb Sokolov - Picco Pobeda, 7439m, Kirghizstan
Mikhail Mikhailov and Alexander Ruchkin - Gongga Peak, NW Face 6134m, China
Nick Bullock and Andy Houseman, Chang Himal 6750m – Nepal