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    March 2025 The American Alpine Club (AAC) and Mountain Hardwear are excited to announce the 2025 McNeill-Nott recipients. With the untimely death of Sue Nott and her climbing partner Karen McNeill on Sultana (Mt. Foraker) in 2006, the AAC partnered with Mountain Hardwear to establish the McNeill-Nott Award in their memory. This award seeks to preserve the spirit of these two talented and courageous climbers by giving grants to amateur female climbers exploring new routes or unclimbed peaks with small teams. Heather Smallpage will receive $2,000 to attempt big wall and alpine-style first ascents in a little-climbed region of Baffin Island: Arviqtujuq Kangiqtua (formerly Eglinton Fjord). Natalie Afonina, Shira Biner, Char Tomlinson, and Kaylan Worsnop will all join the expedition, which will be almost entirely human-powered. The expedition team will travel over 250 km by skiing, climbing, packrafting, and walking. The team hopes that this expedition will not only inspire people to see what is possible for female and nonbinary alpinism but also emphasize how increasingly essential and joyous these spaces are in this sport and will tell a story that includes voices that are often quieted or left out of the climbing media. Angela VanWiemeersch will receive $4,000 to attempt to establish a technical line in alpine style on a 5,000-meter peak in the Pamir Alai mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Allie Oaks will join VanWiemeersch on this expedition. Oaks and VanWiemeersch have been growing a long-distance partnership over the last four years and will be doing a training trip in the Canadian Rockies this April. This will be their first big expedition together.  Brooke Maushund will receive $1,000 to attempt to climb and ski unclimbed peaks on the Southern Patagonian Icefield (Hielo Continental) with a primarily female team. Since avalanche forecasting in the U.S. during austral summers, Maushund was driven to extend her winters in the Southern Hemisphere. After spending close to four months skiing in Patagonia last year, starting to learn terrain, snowpacks, and weather patterns, she is excited to continue learning through exploratory skiing in this dynamic, wild environment.  Applications for the McNeill-Nott Award are accepted each year from October 1 through November 30. Berkeley Anderson, Foundation and Grants Coordinator: [email protected] About Mountain Hardwear Mountain Hardwear, Inc., was founded in 1993 and is based in Richmond, CA. We exist to encourage and equip people to seek a wilder path in life. For 30 years, we’ve built essential equipment for climbers, mountaineers, and outdoor athletes and have supported expeditions on the world’s highest peaks. Relentless precision continues to inspire everything we do — our designers sweat every stitch and detail to continuously improve function, durability, and comfort. Mountain Hardwear is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Company that distributes its products through specialty outdoor retailers in the United States and 34 countries worldwide. www.mountainhardwear.com https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2025/3/13/the-american-alpine-club-announces-2025-mcneill-nott-winners
  • Leo Cea, Who’s Only 12, Climbs New 5.14b/c

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    The new route caps a strong year where he climbed two 5.14d sport routes The post Leo Cea, Who’s Only 12, Climbs New 5.14b/c appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/leo-cea-whos-only-12-climbs-new-5-14b-c/
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    “I think it was the hardest day of climbing of my life,” Anna Hazelnutt said The post Free In a Day: Hazelnutt Takes Peace to the Top of Medlicott Dome appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/free-in-a-day-hazelnutt-takes-peace-to-the-top-of-medlicott-dome/
  • Controversial Squamish Boulder Problem Renamed

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    What was once The Megg V16 is now Fool Me Once V14 The post Controversial Squamish Boulder Problem Renamed appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/controversial-v16-squamish-boulder-problem-has-been-renamed/
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    The rollout of 4G infrastructure to Scotland's most remote hills and glens should be reviewed urgently by the new UK Government, a coalition of rural, wildlife and conservation bodies has said. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=774218
  • Climbers Traverse 9 Famous Dolomite Peaks

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    This is the first time this climb has been recorded and likely the first time it's been climbed in a push The post Climbers Traverse 9 Famous Dolomite Peaks appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/climbers-traverse-9-famous-dolomite-peaks/
  • The Best Climbing Film Trailer Ever?

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    The film follows a group of big wall climbers on an expedition to Baffin Island The post The Best Climbing Film Trailer Ever? appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/video/the-best-climbing-film-trailer-ever/
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    https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2024/6/12/the-prescriptionjune