The winners of the Nick Estcourt Award 2020 have been announced. The award was established to commemorate the climbing achievements of Nick Estcourt, and to encourage future generations of expedition mountaineers. After 40 years, this will be the final year that the grant will be awarded in its current format. Read more »
The Mount Everest Foundation is again awarding substantial financial support to British and New Zealand expeditions of an exploratory nature. The 2014 list features a number of highly adventurous projects, notably in Asia and Antarctica. Read more »
With Zdenek Hruby, the accomplished Czech mountaineer Marek Holecek has made an alpine-style first ascent of the difficult north face of Talung (7,349m), a rarely climbed peak on the Nepalese-Sikkim border immediately south of Kangchenjunga. Read more »
The Nick Estcourt Award is pleased to announce the recipients for the 2013 award. Read more »
The BMC provided financial aid to 16 expeditions taking place in 2012, offered 'approval' to several more teams and, for the third year running, made a Julie Tullis Memorial Award. Read more »
The 2012 Nick Estcourt Award has been presented to James Clapham, Gavin Pike and Dave Searle for their attempt on the elegant and unclimbed north pillar of Talung (7,349m) in far east Nepal. Read more »
The 2011 Nick Estcourt Award has been presented to Nick Bullock and Andy Houseman for their attempt on the superb South Pillar of Kyashar in Nepal. Read more »
WL Gore and Associates have recently presented six Shipton-Tilman awards for 2010. All go to adventurous mountaineering expeditions and three are primarily British. Read more »
In 2010 the number of expeditions applying to the Mount Everest Foundation for support is the lowest for at least 25 years. Read more »
Since 2007, UK climbers have been able to apply for a Mark Clifford Mountaineering Grant and this year the trustees have taken the unprecedented step of making three awards; one major grant of £1,000 and two smaller grants of £500 each. Read more »
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