Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada
| Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada (FEDME) | |
|---|---|
| sport | Alpinism |
| Founded | July 1, 1922 |
| president | Joan Garrigos i Toro |
| Members | 116,267 (as of 2019) |
| Association headquarters | Barcelona , Spain |
| Official languages) | Spanish |
| Homepage | fedme.es |
The Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada (FEDME; translated : Spanish Association for Mountain and Climbing Sports ) is the national alpine association in Spain .
The organization was originally founded on July 1, 1922 as "Federación Española de Alpinismo" (German: Spanish Alpinism Association ) and has since been called "Federación de Montañismo" (German: Mountaineering Association ).
The purpose of the association is the protection of the mountains, the maintenance of mountain huts , the implementation of alpine excursions, the maintenance of the GR long-distance hiking trails and the support of mountain and winter sports such as mountain running , alpinism , mountain hiking , snowshoeing and ski mountaineering . In the sport of ski mountaineering, FEDME also looks after the Spanish national team and sets it up.
The FEDME oversees the Senderos de Gran Recorrido long-distance hiking network .
The FEDME is a founding member of the multilateral agreement of reciprocal rights to smelters , which was introduced in 1978, and is a UIAA member , and since 2017 a member of the EUMA . Jordi Pons Sanjines has been an honorary member of the UIAA since 2007 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ TheUIAA.org: Member Associations 2018-2019 - UIAA
- ^ Alpenverein.de: European mountaineering umbrella organization EUMA founded in Munich