The 2018 Piolets d'Or was awarded on September 20-23, 2018 during the Ladek Mountain Festival in Lądek-Zdrój, Poland.
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this video with polish live interpretation you will find here: https://youtu.be/IIDmCFwu3Ik
The winners were:
New route on the southwest face of Gasherbrum I (8068 m) in Pakistan by Zdeněk Hák and Marek Holeček
Northeast face of Shispare (7611 m) in Pakistan by Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima
South face of Nuptse Nup II (7742 m) in Nepal by Frédéric Degoulet, Benjamin Guigonnet and Hélias Millerioux
Special mention: Southwest face of Nilkantha (6596 m) in India by Chantel Astorga, Anne Gilbert Chase and Jason Thompson
Special mention: Alex Honnold for outstanding contribution to climbing in the year of 2017
Andrej Štremfelj was presented with the 10th Lifetime Achievement award.
Polish Piolet d'Or first time in the history went to Marek Raganowicz.