Mountaineering Ireland

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Federation of Mountaineering Clubs of Ireland
(1971–1990)
Mountaineering Council of Ireland (1990–2009)
Mountaineering Ireland (since 2009)
sport Mountaineering , climbing , bouldering
Founded 1971
president Paul Kellagher
Chairman Paul Barron
Members 14,020 (as of January 2020)
Association headquarters Dublin , Ireland
Homepage mountaineering.ie

Mountaineering Ireland ( German  Irish Mountaineering Association ) is an alpine association for hiking and mountaineering on the Irish island . It is recognized by both Sport Ireland , the Irish authority for sport, and Sport Northern Ireland , the corresponding authority of the Northern Irish regional administration , and operates accordingly across the island of Ireland. The association has been a UIAA member since 2004 as well as a member of other organizations.

history

The club was founded in 1971 as the Federation of Mountaineering Clubs of Ireland (FMCI, German  Union of Mountaineering Clubs of Ireland ) by eight clubs with 300 members at the time. In 1990 it was renamed the Mountaineering Council of Ireland (MCI). The current name was adopted in 2009.

After sport climbing will be a competition at the Olympic Games for the first time in 2020 , Mountaineering Ireland has been a member of the Olympic Federation of Ireland ( German  National Olympic Committee of Ireland ) since June 2018 . Climbers from Northern Ireland are entitled to start for Ireland according to the Good Friday Agreement .

activities

In its work, the association concentrates on the one hand on achieving and maintaining continuous access for everyone to the mountains and cliffs of Ireland and on building and maintaining the appropriate network of trails for this purpose; on the other hand, working towards a responsible use of the mountain world in order to preserve it.

He works in the areas of mountain hiking , mountaineering , climbing , indoor climbing and bouldering . The MCI also holds competitions in the areas of indoor climbing and bouldering.

The association itself runs training courses for mountaineers, climbers and mountain guides and grants its members grants for external courses. The training is carried out by Mountain Training Board Ireland (MTBI), the training committee of Mountaineering Ireland. Together with the relevant organizations for the other parts of the British Isles , MTBI is a full member of Mountain Training UK , a coordination body with the aim of a uniform training standard in the British Isles (including Ireland).

Mountain Guide training for activities outside the British Isles is only available through Mountain Training UK . Such mountain guides are represented to the Union of International Mountain Leader Associations by the British Association of International Mountain Leaders .

Mountaineering Ireland provides information and maps of all of Ireland's mountains and hills through the MountainViews.ie website . There, the members have the opportunity to add their own reports on their tours.

Youth promotion

To encourage young people to climb indoors, the association works with the Association of British Climbing Walls Training Trust and supports the programs and training courses developed by them. At the same time, there is a dedicated program (Climbing Development Squad) to support young climbers in general.

He also organizes two weekend workshops for young mountaineers up to the age of 24 every year. Together with youth organizations, he runs programs with young people from economically or socially disadvantaged communities in climbing gyms, each lasting eight weeks.

Memberships

Mountaineering Ireland is a member of the following organizations:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Members Federation. UIAA, accessed on February 13, 2020 (English, then select Europe and letter I , no direct link possible).
  2. ↑ a b Affiliated to. Mountaineering Ireland, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b History. (No longer available online.) Moutaineering Ireland, archived from the original on February 12, 2012 ; accessed on January 3, 2020 (English).
  4. ^ Mountaineering Ireland joins the Olympic movement. Mountaineering Ireland, June 22, 2018, accessed January 21, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Results Archive. Mountaineering Ireland, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  6. ^ Mountain Training Board Ireland. Mountain Training, accessed January 26, 2020 .
  7. ↑ How is Mountain Training funded? Mountain Training, accessed January 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ International Mountain Leader. Mountaineering Ireland, accessed January 24, 2020 .
  9. ↑ international mountain leader. In: Mountain Training. Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English).
  10. ↑ Indoor climbing. Mountaineering Ireland, accessed January 28, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Talent Development. Mountaineering Ireland, accessed January 28, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Members Federation. (en) International Federation of Sport Climbing, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Member associations. European Trekking Association, accessed February 16, 2020 (click Ireland on the map).
  14. ↑ Members. Federation of Irish Sports, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Members. Northern Ireland Environmental, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Representative Members. Northern Ireland Sports Forum, accessed February 16, 2020 .