The Trofeo Kima ( Kima Trophy ), is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 1995. It runs every year (till 2007), in Val Masino ( Italy ) in August and is valid for the Skyrunner World Series in the Sky Extreme category.
6-593: From 2008 Kima became a biennial race. Since 1995, along the Sentiero Roma , runs the Trofeo Kima, a high altitude marathon considered one of the most demanding of the skyrunning world panorama. The trophy is dedicated to the memory of Pierangelo Marchetti "Kima", the mountain guide of Valtellina , who died in 1994 during a rescue mission. The route takes place on a distance of 50 kilometers with more than 3800 meters of altitude difference. The winners take
12-570: Is the International Skyrunning Federation . The sport comprises a number of different disciplines from the short, steep Vertical Kilometer to the more popular SkyRace and SkyMarathon. Ultra SkyMarathons are becoming increasingly popular as are short vertical SkySpeed races which include skyscraper racing . The idea of skyrunning came from Italian mountaineer Marino Giacometti and a handful of fellow climbers. They pioneered races on Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa in
18-608: The ISF are the direction, regulation, promotion, development, and furtherance of skyrunning and similar multisport activities on a worldwide basis. ISF sanctions the Skyrunner World Series . The three main disciplines are Sky, SkyUltra, and Vertical. Those are the disciplines contested at the Skyrunning World Championships and Skyrunning Continental Championships. More disciplines are under
24-797: The early 1990s. In 1993, with the support of the Fila sportswear company, skyrunning took off across the world's mountain ranges reaching from the Alps to the Himalayas , to Mount Kenya and the Mexican volcanoes. In 1995, the Federation for Sport at Altitude (FSA) was founded to address the need for rules to govern the sport and generally manage this fast-growing discipline, which today counts some 200 races worldwide with around 50,000 participants from 65 countries. The first 10 years of skyrunning history
30-539: The entire route, counter-clockwise, starting and arriving at Filorera, in about 6 hours and 30 minutes. Sky Extreme characteristics: 52 km and 4,200 m climbing. Legend: *Short course Skyrunning Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running above 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA . Poles, crampons, and hands may be used to aid progress. The governing body
36-557: Was spent studying the limits of human performance at high altitudes. This was done through the Peak Performance Project, coordinated by Dr. Giulio Sergio Roi, which involved several researchers and has led to the publication of numerous scientific articles. Today, the sport is managed by the International Skyrunning Federation , formed in 2008 by the board and members of the FSA and founding nations. The principal aims of
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