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Kazakh alpinists Denis Urubko and Gennadiy Durov have won the piolet d'or asia for the new route they established last August on Pik Pobeda (7439m).

Two Piolets d'Or were awarded on 15 April in Chamonix, France, during the IXX Piolet d'Or 2011: to the Greenland Big Walls by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse, Ben Ditto and Bob Shepton and to the ascent up Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama from...

On 22/10/2010 in Korea's capital Seoul the Japanese alpinists Yasushi Okada and Katsutake Yokoyama won the fifth edition of the piolet d'or asia, while the lifetime achievement award went to their fellow countryman Tsuneo Hasegawa.

Japanese mountaineers Fumitaka Ichimura, Yusuke Sato and Kazuki Amano have received the 3rd piolet d'or asia for their new route up the N Face of Kalanka (Garhwal, India, Himalaya).

The third edition of the piolet d'or asia will take place in Seoul at 20.00 this evening. This imporant meeting and award has become a classic event to analyse the state of Asian mountaineering.

November 2007. The second edition of the piolet d'or asia was held in Seoul on 2 November and was awarded to the Korean team comprised of Sim Kwang Sik, Kang Yongsun and Joo MinSu who in July 2007 carried out the first ascent of the Garmush West Face (Hindu Kush,...

On Friday 16 January 2007 the five teams nominated for the award will present their ascent to the public and the (desired and prestigious) golden ice axe will be awarded to the "ascent of the year".

On 10/11/2006 the Kazak mountaineers Denis Urubko and Serguey Samoilov won the first edition of the piolet d'or asia, the award created by Men and Mountain, Montagnes Magazine and Grivel for the best mountaineering achievement carried out by Asian mountaineers.