Улаанбаатар
Ice-climbing championships complete
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The 2016 Ice Climbing Championships of Mongolia took place on January 21 and 22 at the International “Nairamdal” Children’s Camp. The championships were participated by some 80 climbers.
The national championships of ice-climbing was initiated by State Honored Athlete and mountaineer G.Usukhbayar and first organized in 2011 with 12 participants at the frozen Orkhon waterfall in Uvurkhangai province.
The Mongolian National Mountaineering Federation (MNMF) has erected a 15-meter tall artificial wall.
A medalist from the 2009 World Ice Climbing Championships and International Master of Sport Nadejda Launitz and a bronze medalist from the Ice Climbing World Cup and champion of Russian mountaineering Vasilii Terehin worked as advisors.
The MNMF has been attaching greater attention to its international collaboration in the past couple of years. The federation has organized a joint training with the professional climbers from China and is planning to train participants to partake in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Three winners were granted medals in each category and “Erdenetuuliin Kholboo” (Union on Erdenetuul) team won the championships with the highest overall score, followed by “Eruul Mongol Kholboo” (Healthy Mongol Union) and UB Hiking Club.
