2006 Award
The 2006 Piolet d'Or was awarded on January 26, 2007 in Grenoble, France. The winners were:
- Slovenians Marko Prezelj and Boris Lorencic, for the first ascent of Chomolhari's northwest pillar.
Other finalist were:
- Kazakhs Denis Urubko and Sergey Samoilov, for a new route opened in alpine style on Manaslu's northeast face
- Slovenian Pavle Kozjek, for leading a new route on Cho Oyu, and for submitting images of the Nangpa La killings
- Ukrainians Igor Chaplinsky, Andrey Rodiontsev and Orest Verbitsky for a first ascent on the north ridge of Shingu Charpa
- Britons Ian Parnell and Tim Emmett for climbing the Southeast Pillar of Kedarnath Dome
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