2009 Award
The Piolet d'or 2009 took place in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France) and Courmayeur (Italy) from 8–10 April 2010.
The winners were
- Denis Urubko and Boris Dedeshko from Kazakhstan for a new route on the South East Face of Cho Oyu.
- Jed Brown and Kyle Dempster from USA along with Bruce Normand from Scotland for the first ascent of the North face of the Xuelian West (Chinese Tien Shan).
- Walter Bonatti：Lifetime Achievement
Year 2010 *Reinhold Messner：Lifetime Achievement
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