The French Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing (french: Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l’Escalade, FFME), located in

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, is the French federation of mountain and climbing sports, especially of non-motorized alpine sports like mountaineering,

canyoning Canyoning (canyoneering in the United States, kloofing in South Africa) is a type of mountaineering that involves travelling in canyons using a variety of techniques that may include other outdoor activities such as walking, scrambling, climbin ...

climbing Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders), to small boulders. Climbing is done ...

, mountain touring and hiking,

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hiking and

ski mountaineering Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. The FFME is member of the

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. The foundation of the FFME in 1987 was the result of the fusion of the ''French Federation of Mountaineering'' (french: Fédération Française de la Montagne, FFM), founded in 1942 by the high commissariat of sports (french: Haut Commissariat aux Sports) in addition to the existing

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(CAF), and the climbing association ''French Federation of Climbing'' (french: Fédération Française d’Escalade, FFE), which was founded in 1985. A further fusion of the FFME and the CAF in the beginning 2000s failed. In 2002, the FFME supported the first ISMC UIAA World Championship of Ski Mountaineering in France.''Ski Mountaineering World Championships''
.

References

External links

Official Website
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