American Alpine Club Grants
The American Alpine Club provides resources for climbers and explorers to attempt new challenges, conduct scientific research, and conserve mountain environments. The AAC awards more than $40,000 annually, although the size and number of awards vary from year to year. For more information on all the grant programs, please visit www.AmericanAlpineClub.org.
Information about 2008 grant recipients and their objectives was accurate at the time of the grant; in some cases, they may have decided to attempt other objectives. Expeditions labeled with an asterisk (*) are reported in this Journal.
LYMAN SPITZER CUTTING
EDGE AWARDS
Vince Anderson, Ridgway, Colorado*
West face of Makalu, Nepal
$3,000
Micah Dash, Boulder, Colorado
Dojitsenga in southeastern Tibet
$3,000
Ben Gilmore, Conway, New Hampshire*
Bat's Ears, Alaska
$1,500
Chad Kellogg, Seattle, Washington*
Southwest ridge of Siguniang, China
$1,500
Josh Wharton, Rifle, Colorado*
North face of Latok I, Pakistan
$3,000
MCNEILL-NOTT AWARDS
Alex Alexiades, Reno, Nevada*
Cordillera Apolobamba, Bolivia
$4,500
Althea Rogers, Bozeman, Montana
Wood River Range, Alaska
MOUNTAIN FELLOWSHIPS (FALL 2007)
John R. Hudson, Rick Mosher, and RE1Challenge funds
Clint Helander, Anchorage, Alaska*
Revelation Mountains, Alaska
$800
Colin Haley, Mercer Island, Washington
Torre Traverse, Patagonia
$400
Crystal Davis-Robbins, Durango, Colorado
Fitz Roy Massif; Patagonia
$400
Ian Nicholson, Seattle, Washington
Graham Zimmerman, Edmonds,
Washington
Kichatna Spire, Alaska
$800 each
Sewe Stember, Bemidji, Minnesota*
Cochamb Valley, Chile
$1,000
MOUNTAIN FELLOWSHIPS
(SPRING 2008)
John R. Hudson, Rick Mosher, and REI
Challenge funds
Kyle Dempster, Salt Lake City, Utah*
Tahu Rutum, Pakistan
$750
Jordon Griffler, Superior, Colorado
Cerro Torre, Pa tagonia
$750
Aaron Jones, Richmond, Kentucky
Central Tower of Paine (solo), Patagonia
$750
Althea Rogers, Bozeman, Montana
Wood River Range, Alaska
$850
Eli Simon, Hope, Maine*
Rencontre Bay, Newfoundland
$800
ZACK MARTIN BREAKING
BARRIERS GRANT
Benjamin Mapes, Denver, Colorado
Village water project and climb of Cotopaxi, Ecuador
$1,765
SCOTT FISCHER MEMORIAL
CONSERVATION GRANT
Thomas Prigg, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Ice Vikings Project
$446
RESEARCH GRANTS
Arthur K. Gilkey Memorial Research Fund, R. L. Putnam Fund, and Bedayn Research Fund
Jeff Benowitz, Fairbanks, Alaska
Uplift history of central Alaska Range
$500
Julie Crawford, Mancos, Colorado
Alpine vascularplant species in the San Juan Mountains
$500
Gregory De Pascale, San Francisco,
California
Glacier ice volume loss in the Palisade Basin, Sierra Nevada
$500
Jason Dortch, Cincinnati, Ohio
Glacial incision and uplift in the Indian Himalaya
$500
Paul Egan, Aberdeen, UK
Ecology and conservational status of the Meconopsis genus, Langtang National Park, Nepal
$850
Grant Elliott, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Influences of climate change on upper tree-line dynamics, Rocky Mountains
$1,000
Julie Fosdick, Palo Alto, California
Role of late Cenozoic glaciation in physiographic development of Torres del Paine, Pa tagonia
$1,000
Benjamin Gross, Old Town, Maine
Investigating initial migration of humans in South America through glacial geology, geoarchaeology, and ice cores
$500
Jon Kedrowski, San Marcos, Texas
Climbers'perceptions on Mt. Rainier
$1,000
Nathan Malcomb, Marietta, Ohio
Long-term productivity estimates of Northwestern coastal forests, North America
$1,000
Michelle McCrackin, Phoenix, Arizona
Efects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on alpine lakes
$1,572
Dale Wagner, Logan, Utah
Arterial oxygen saturation as predictor of nextday acute mountain sickness or summit success
$1,000