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Tribute to Josep Sicart

Josep Sicart i Tauler, a founding member of MW Catalunya and an International Guarantor of MW International, has passed away. His whole life was devoted to mountain activities and protection. When he was Chair of MW Catalunya, his credo was to clean up and restore the Catalan mountains. Between 1991 …

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Mountain Liaison Officers

by Muhammad Afzel Scherazi A Mountain Liaison Officer is an officer seconded to a foreign mountaineering expedition visiting the Greater Himalayas for climbing or trekking at high altitude. It was very common in ancient times, even during the British Raj, for every mountaineering or scientific expedition to have a liaison …

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Help us complete the Swat project

The Swat Project is heading towards its end. This project is being carried out with the help of the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies (ISMEO), the Italian Academic Alpine Club (CAAI), as well as the Mountain Partnership (the UN voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to mountain peoples and …