Club Alpino Italiano
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| sport | Alpinism |
| Founded | October 23, 1863 |
| Place of foundation | Turin |
| Chairman | Vincenzo Torti |
| societies | 509 sections, 313 subgroups from 21 regional groups take part, 2 of which are groups at provincial level (Trentino and South Tyrol) (as of 2018) |
| Members | 322,000 (as of 2018) |
| Association headquarters | Milan , Italy |
| Official languages) | Italian |
| Homepage | cai.it |
The Club Alpino Italiano ( CAI for short ) is the national alpine association in Italy . Its head office is in Milan .
history
It was founded on October 23, 1863 on the initiative of Quintino Sella in Turin . The first president of the association was Ferdinando Perrone di San Martino, vice-president Bartolomeo Gastaldi. A highlight in scientific mountaineering history was the first ascent of K2 in 1954 by an expedition led by the CAI.
It had (as of 2018) 322,000 members in 509 sections and 313 subgroups in 21 regional groups, two of which ( Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini and Alto Adige-Südtirol ) are “raggruppamenti provinciali”.
The CAI has (as of 2019) 774 “Rifugi alpini” ( shelters and bivouacs ) with 22,426 beds in the entire Alpine chain and in the Apennines .
The Club Alpino Accademico Italiano (CAAI) has existed in the CAI since 1904 .
In 1954, the Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico mountain rescue service was established as a sub-organization of the CAI. The CAI is a founding member of the multilateral agreement of reciprocal rights to smelters , which was introduced in 1978.
Until January 2019 he was a member of the UIAA , which he co-founded in 1932. He is a member of the CAA and of the EUMA since 2017 .
In addition to the CAI, there is also an offshoot of the International Friends of Nature (Amici della Natura) in Italy , the German and Ladin-speaking Alpine Association South Tyrol (AVS) and a section of the Slovenian Alpine Association (PZS) in Trieste .
Ugo di Vallepiana has been an honorary member since 1975, Guido Tonella since 1980 and Walter Bonatti since 1995 .
President
A chronological overview of all the presidents of the Club Alpino Italiano since it was founded.
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Web links
- Club Alpino Italiano website (Italian, French, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Club-Arc-Alpin.eu: The Club Alpino Italiano: an association with 150 years of history .
- ↑ Il CAI - La nostra storia , cai.it.
- ↑ Montagna.tv: UIAA, il CAI se ne va denunciando mancanza di trasparenza, sprechi e illegittimi privilegi (Italian)
- ^ Alpenverein.de: European mountaineering umbrella organization EUMA founded in Munich
- ^ Club alpino italiano, Commissione per il centenario, 1863–1963 . In: 1863–1963: I cento anni del Club alpino italiano . Tamari Editore, Milan 1964 (Italian).