International Council for Competition Climbing
The International Council for Competition Climbing ( ICC ) from 1997 to 2007, the international governing body for competitive climbing within the sport climbing , which the three disciplines difficulty climbing (synonyms: Lead, Difficulty, on-sight), speed climbing and bouldering involves. In addition to organizing the competition, the association's tasks also included managing international rankings, issuing updated regulations and fighting doping .
The Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA), which until then had hosted the international competitions, decided to found the UIAA's internal umbrella organization in 1997 to give competitive climbing, which has been increasingly popular since the late 1980s, a certain degree of independence. In contrast to the other two disciplines, bouldering only got its own World Cup in 1999 after a one-year test world cup called the Top Rock Challenge in 1998 . The ICC belonged to more than 45 regional associations. In 2006 the UIAA decided that competitive climbing should have a completely independent association. When the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) was founded in January 2007, the ICC was dissolved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ IFSC: Competition Climbing history. In: International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved December 16, 2008 .