The Live Your Dream Grant supports the every-day adventurers who have a personally ambitious climbing goal, a desire to take their abilities to the next level, and want to share the power of exploration with their communities.
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Betsy White started climbing in 1955 at 17 years-old and has since traveled and climbed in over 60 countries, from the Americas to the Middle East, Europe to Africa, and beyond.
An iconic climber and photographer of Yosemite’s Golden Age, Glen Denny documented the ascents and debauchery of Camp 4’s visionary dirtbags during the late 1950s through the 1960s.
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The Climbing Grief Fund (CGF), created by Madaleine Sorkin with the American Alpine Club (AAC), has released the long-awaited film, "A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Ground," by award-winning director Henna Taylor.
In 1978, an elite team of American alpinists set off for an unclimbed peak in the remote mountains of Pakistan. The infamous attempt is now considered one of the greatest failures in the history of American alpinism.
"Throw me off now. Throw me off. I’d rather die fast than slow.” —Jim Kanzler, during the 1981 American expedition to Mt. Siguniang, China
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Simple, powerful videos of Alex Honnold, Quinn Brett, John Roskelley, Brette Harrington, Jesse Huey, Angela Vanwiermeersch, Jim Thomsen, Kitty Calhoun, Malcolm Daly and Lizzy Scully sharing their personal experiences with grief and loss. More stories at the Climbing Grief Fund.
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