The ÖKAS is once again organizing the Alpinforum as part of the Alpinmesse Innsbruck in 2025. Under the title “Mountaineering, only healthy? – With Xenon on Everest, extreme training on the local mountain, excessive demands on the high-altitude trail”, there will be four thematic blocks this year. November 22, 2025 at the Messe Innsbruck.
“Perceived” competence? – The inability to assess one’s own abilities
An article about the “Dunning-Kruger effect”. This is to be understood more as a descriptive phenomenon and less as a statistical explanation. The more knowledge and skills you accumulate, the more likely you are to compensate for your overestimation and perhaps even reach guru level.
“Perceived” competence? – The inability to assess one’s own abilities
An article about the “Dunning-Kruger effect”. This is to be understood more as a descriptive phenomenon and less as a statistical explanation. The more knowledge and skills you accumulate, the more likely you are to compensate for your overestimation and perhaps even reach guru level.
“Perceived” competence? – The inability to assess one’s own abilities
An article about the “Dunning-Kruger effect”. This is to be understood more as a descriptive phenomenon and less as a statistical explanation. The more knowledge and skills you accumulate, the more likely you are to compensate for your overestimation and perhaps even reach guru level.
How are avalanche forecasts used? Pascal Haegeli provides exciting insights into their effectiveness – based on international studies and surveys.
In memory of Günter Auferbauer: An obituary for the long-time alpinist, author and ÖKAS expert – including an interview with analyse:berg
Günter Auferbauer in an interview about a life in the mountains, moments of fate and the creation of a unique life rope team – a moving look back at seven decades of alpine experience and writing.
Jörg Randl takes over as head of the ÖAV’s mountain sports department. In this interview, he provides insights into his alpine career, the motivation behind the change and his plans for the future of mountaineering in the Austrian Alpine Association.
Fastest Known Times and the change in high-altitude mountaineering: 2024 was a year of extremes between commerce and the pursuit of alpine authenticity.
