Announcing Winners For The McNeill Nott Award (Hardwear Sessions)

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Announcing Winners For The McNeill Nott Award

At its annual meeting, The American Alpine Club announced the inaugural winners of the McNeill Nott Award. The award is given in remembrance of alpinists Karen McNeill and Sue Nott, who were lost on the slopes of Mount Foraker in May 2006. The new grant is funded by private donors and by AAC Industry Partner Mountain Hardwear, which sponsored both climbers. The grant program backs climbers who do not receive any corporate cash sponsorship. This year's recipients are:

Jessica Drees and Erin Whorton, for unclimbed routes in the Fox Jaw Cirque of Greenland.

Joe Puryear and Chad Kellogg, for a new route on 20,505-foot Mt. Siguniang in Sichuan, China.

Jon Sullivan and Liu Yong (CHI), to attempt unclimbed, 5,000-meter-plus peaks in the Bipeng Valley of Sichuan, China.

McNeill-Nott Committee Chair Rolando Garibotti commented that, "The expeditions awarded this year will set the tone for the future of this grant. The grantees represent ideas and endeavors that Karen and Sue would have wanted to support."

For more information on the McNeill Nott Award please go to http://www.americanalpineclub.org/pages/page/123