Anne Arran, leader of the Chimanta 2008 expedition, has been awarded the 2008 Alison Chadwick Memorial Award. For more details read on.

The Alison Chadwick Memorial Grant for 2008 has been awarded to Anne Arran, who is leader of the Chimanta 2008 Expedition to Venezuela, on which she and her husband (plus one of the most accomplished local climbers) plan to explore the Grand Sabana Chimanta Massif of Venezuela and attempt to make the first recorded ascent of the steep rock walls of Chimanta (2700m). Previous exploration of the peak by cavers and ecologists has been very limited, as it has the most overhanging wall in the world (100m + overhang!)

Anne is a former British Climbing Champion, and one of our most talented climbers, never happier than when she is on huge unclimbed walls in the remotest corners of the planet, and has already climbed a number of dramatic routes on the tepuis of Venezuela.

The Chimanta 2008 expedition has also been awarded a BMC expedition grant of £1,600.   

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