Piolet D'Or - List of Recipients

List of Recipients

• 2007 Ceremony cancelled.
• 2006 Slovenians Marko Prezelj and Boris Lorenčič, for the first ascent of Chomolhari's northwest pillar
• 2005 Steve House and Vince Anderson for the first rapid alpine-style ascent of the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat
• 2004 Russian team led by Alexander Odintsov for the first direct ascent of the North Face of Jannu
• 2003 Valery Babanov and Yuri Koshelenko for an ascent on the South Face of Nuptse
• 2002 Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden for a new route on the North Face of Siguniang (6250m) in China
• 2001 Valery Babanov for a solo climb of Meru Central
• 2000 Thomas Huber and Iwan Wolf for the first ascent of the direct north pillar of Shivling (6543m)
• 1999 Lionel Daudet and Sébastien Foissac for the ascent of the Southeast Face of the Burkett Needle
• 1998 Andrew Lindblade of Australia and Athol Whimp of New Zealand for the first direct ascent of the North Face of Thalay Sagar
• 1997 Russian team from Ekaterinburg led by Sergey Efimov for the first ascent of the West Face of Makalu
• 1996 Slovenians Tomaž Humar and Vanja Furlan for a new route on the East Face of Ama Dablam
• 1995 Andreas Orgler, Heli Neswabba and Arthur Wutsher Germany for numerous new routes in the Ruth Glacier area of the Alaska Range and especially a new route on the South Face of Mount Bradley
• 1994 Francois Marsigny of France and Andy Parkin of England for the new ice and rock route up the Esperance Col on Cerro Torre
• 1993 The youth high altitude expedition of French Alpine Club (median age 20 years) for ascents in the Pamir Mountains
• 1992 Michel Piola and Vincent Sprungli for the ascent of the East Face of Torre South del Paine in Patagonia (the name of the route is "Dans l'Oeil du Cyclone")
• 1991 Slovenians Andrej Štremfelj and Marko Prezelj for a 3000m ascent of the South Pillar of Kanchenjunga's South Summit, 8476m, in the Himalaya