Piolets d’Or

Steve Swenson, Mark Richey, Graham Zimmerman and Chris Wright have won for their ascent of Link Sar, and  Alan Rousseau and Tino Villanueva won for their ascent of Tengi Ragi Tau. The 2020 Piolets d'Or committee also awarded Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák for Chamlang, and Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima for Rakaposhi.

The late alpinists Lama and Auer are each honored for their respective solo ascents---the former on Lunag Ri, Nepal, the latter on Lupghar Sar West, Pakistan, while Livingstone, Česen and Stražar are recognized for their first ascent of a new line on the north ridge, north face and south face of Latok I, Pakistan.