Balkan Championship and Festival in Lead Climbing on Natural Rocks, Guca 2021

THE COMMISSION FOR SPORTS CLIMBING OF THE MOUNTAINEERING ASSOCIATION OF SERBIA AND THE SPORTS CLIMBING CLUB “GEKON” INVITES YOU To the Balkan Championship and Festival in lead climbing on Natural Rocks, which will be held on 14-15. August 2021 in Guča at the location Rćanska Cave and organized by the Commission for Sports Climbing of […]

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The BMU ZOOM MEETING MINUTES

February 23, 2021 at 6,30pm Present: Martin Šolar, president, Alpine association of Slovenia Dragan Bulatovic, secretary general, Mountaineering Association of Montenegro Jovica Ugrinovski, member, Macedonian Mountain Sport Federation Andrej Ivošev, member, Mountaineering Association of Serbia Abesent: Ermin Lipović, member, Mountaineering Association of BiH Approval of Agenda of the IO BMU Ovčar Banja (Serbia), February 2020. […]

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Regional cooperation FPSM-FBAK

As part of the regional cooperation, representatives of the Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia (FPSM), headed by Prof. d-r Jovica Ugrinovski, President of FPSM, visited Kosovo mountaineering and climbing federation (FBAK) in Pristina. The representatives of both associations opened various topics concerning inter-associations and regional-associations cooperation, for the benefits of the whole mountaineering community. Topics: […]

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International BMU Photo Award “The Soul of the Mountain” prolonged…

Due to COVID situation, deadline for photo submission is prolonged till Oct.30,2021 Selection will be end of November 2021   International BMU Photo Award “The Soul of the Mountain” Mission We are delighted to announce the international photo contest “The Soul of the Mountain” for the best single exposure picture. We call upon you all […]

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Camera of Kosta Lazarevski, First International Mountaineering Orienteering Competition – 2016, Pokljuka, Slovenia

Reminder: September 30th to October 2nd 2016, the Pokljuka Plateau, with its vast expanses of forests, hosted the first International Mountaineering Orienteering Competition organized by the Youth Commission of the Alpine Association of Slovenia in cooperation with the Balkan Mountaineering Union. Twenty-one teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia competed in […]

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ACCESS RESTRICTIONS IN THE GALICICA NATIONAL PARK

UIAA full member, the Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia (FPSM), with the support of the UIAA Access Working Group, wishes to share details of access restrictions imposed on climbers visiting the Galičica National Park. BACKGROUND The Galičica National Park is situated in the Galicica range and forms part of the mountain range of Shara-Pind. Due […]

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The first guidebook of Slovenian modern multi-pitch routes

The Publishing House of the Alpine Association of Slovenia has published a new guide book: Moderne večraztežajne smeri (Modern Multi-pitch Climbs) by Andrej Grmovšek and Viktor Relja. It’s the first of its kind in Slovenia and all the essential information is provided not only in Slovenian but also in English. Andrej Grmovšek and Viktor Relja […]

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Bojan Kirov and the World Day of Diabetes

Hi, My name is Bojan Kirov, known by my friends and relatives as Jimmy. I am 45 years old (I was born on December 12, 1975). I have been living with diabetes type 1 and with insulin therapy since I was two years old (I was diagnosed with Diabetes type 1 on January 9th, 1978). […]

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Border peaks between the Balkan countries have always been subject of dispute

Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia (FPSM) has already established very good cooperation with the mountaineering and climbing federations of Albania and Kosovo in order to avoid disagreements in marking the border peaks. FPSM will extend this cooperation with both federations to choose appropriate signs and to mark the border peaks.

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