2008 Award
The Piolet d'or 2008 took place in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France) and Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley (Italy) on the 24th and 25 April 2009.
The 2008 awardees were: 1. Ueli Steck and Simon Anthamatten for their first ascent in the alpine style of Tengkampoche Northface (6500m), Khumbu Valley, Nepal; 2. Kazuya Hiraide and Kei Taniguchi for the first ascent of the South-West face of Kamet (7756m, India) in alpine style; 3. Fumitaka Ichimura, Yusuke Sato and Kazuki Amano for a new route on the North face of Kalanka (6931m, India).
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