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BIDDEFORD, Maine, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Biddeford Internet Corporation dba GWI, Maine s premier provider in fiber-optic internet service and the state s first B Corporation certified Internet Service Provider (ISP), announced today that it will participate in the Federal Communications Commission s Emergency Broadband Benefit program (EBB), which will assist Maine families in acquiring low-cost, high-speed fiber-optic internet services.
The FCC s EBB program is designed to help families and households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. This new benefit will connect eligible households to jobs, critical healthcare services, virtual classrooms, and so much more, according to the FCC s website. The program will allow for eligible families to receive a discount of up to $50/mo. for internet services and up to a $75/mo. discount for households in qualifying tribal lands.
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Haley Solos Patagonia s Cerro Standhart
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Colin Haley pauses for a self-portrait at the top of the ice chimney on Exocet (5.9 WI5, 500m), Cerro Standhart, Argentine Patagonia. On November 27, Haley soloed the climb in 12 hours. [Photo] Colin Haley Colin Haley made the first solo ascent of Cerro Standhart in the Fitz Roy Massif of Argentine Patagonia. On November 27, Haley rope- and free-soloed the 500m tower via Exocet (5.9 WI5).
advertisement By 4 a.m. on November 27, Haley arrived at the Standhardt-Bifida Col and the base of Exocet. He self-belayed the slabby first pitch and soloed across the large ramp system that bisects Standhardt s east face. The ramps led him to the crux of the climb: a vertical and largely blank granite wall split by an ice-choked chimney for four pitches (WI4, WI5, WI5, WI4). Hailey carefully free-soloed Pitches 1, 2 and 4, hauling his gea
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Interview with Sean Villanueva O Driscoll about his solo traverse of Patagonia s Fitz Roy massif (the Moonwalk Traverse)
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Overview of Sean Villanueva O Driscoll s solo Moonwalk Traverse (Fitz Roy massif, south to north: 5.11, 50° snow/ice, 4000m). [Image] Courtesy of Rolando Garibotti, Patagonia Vertical
Borrowed gear from Patagonia guidebook author Rolando Garibotti may be an important good-luck charm for anyone attempting to traverse the Fitz Roy massif: Garibotti loaned Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell a pair of crampons when they completed the first ascent of the Fitz Traverse over five days in February 2014. From February 5 to 10, Sean Villanueva O Driscoll borrowed a rope and other gear for the second ascent of the traverse, which he did solo and in the opposite direction (south to north), over six days; he named his version the Moonwalk Trave
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American Alpine Club s 2021 Benefit Gala and Awards will be a free virtual event
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Ron Kauk on top of Uli Biaho, 1979. [Photo] Courtesy of the American Alpine Club
As the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic continues, the American Alpine Club s Annual Benefit Gala and award presentation will once again be held virtually on February 20. The good news is that for the first time ever this will allow anyone with an Internet connection to have free access to the speeches and award presentations with some of climbing s biggest names. The theme is Celebrating Grit.