Video: Legendary Alpinist John Roskelley Career Retrospective This year, John Roskelley became the first American to receive a Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award. Here, Roskelley takes a look back on his life and career. The previous lifetime achievement award winners are Walter Bonatti, Reinhold Messner, Doug Scott, Robert Paragot, and Kurt Diemberger.
March 31, 2014 - Climbing Magazine
Annapurna, K6 West Win Piolets d'Or 3/29/14 - Ueli Steck (Switzerland), Raphael Slawinski, and Ian Welsted (both Canada) were awarded with Piolets d'Or—the Golden Ice Axe—for their climbs in 2013, in a ceremony in Courmayeur, Italy, on Saturday night. The awards cap a four-day celebration of alpinism that took place in Courmayeur and under the tunnel on the other side of [...]
March 29, 2014 - Climbing Magazine