In September 2016 GRIT&ROCK Foundation, a UK-based charity, established an annual international expedition grant award to promote female first ascents. The aims of the GRIT&ROCK Expedition Award are to encourage female participation in pioneering alpine ascents and to further the understanding and exploration of the unclimbed peaks. The Award is open to individuals and climbing teams of any nationality with a majority female participation.
Since its inception five years ago, the foundation has contributed grants toward 25 female-led expeditions totaling $50,000.
On February 4, 2021, the jury chaired by Victor Saunders, reviewed applications and made a decision to award the following grants for 2021:
They ve been where they haven t had access to the democracies that you know and you were raised with here in the states? it s amazing to see how people are willing to stand up to have a free democracy because i actually i literally watched people carry injured egyptians bloodied up on their backs running through tear gas clouds trying to help everyone there. by it s really amazing. one of the questions that egyptians like to us a lot, is think anything like america? how is the american democracy? they re all interested in how their democracy s going to look and they realized recently it s not it wasn t shaping the way they wanted and that s when they decided to stand up again. nancy, i know a lot of parents watching this thinking what it was like to be in your shoes, thinking they must be scared to the wit s end thinking this could happen to their kid if they studied abroad been what was your reaction knowing gregory was in danger and how relieved were you once you got your s
Great. and it just made me really have faith in the greatness of humanity and what you will do for another person in the time of need. gregory porter, glad to have you back home safe. thanks for joining me. nancy mr. simon, thanks to all three of you. a look at some other stories topping the news now. now amateur video from syria appears to show soldiers firing on anti-government protesters. the content of the videos can t be independently verified. syria has banned most foreign journalists and doesn t allow independent reporting. syria is facing widespread economic sanctions. an city. ed 3500 people have been killed over 8 months. aruba, the suspect in the disappearance of robyn gardner is being set free. a judge is letting gary gee or dan know go home tomorrow, after saying there s no evidence to hold him. authorities say they re disappointed by the decision but remain on the case.
In an egyptian prison are back in the u.s. and sharing details of their ordeal. detained by police on tuesday watching pro-democracy protests near tahrir square in cairo. official as excused them of throwing molotov cocktails at security forces, and the students say things became fright frightening after they were locked up. we ended up spending seven hours in a dark room with guys with guns, presumably egyptian policemen with guns behind us, and they told us that if we moved we would be sholt. we sat there in the fetal position with hands cuffed behind our back. joining me now is gregory porter one of the three american student as rest last week along with nancy hansen, his mom, and his attorney, theodore simon. thanks to all three for being here. gregory, you were studying in cairo since august. last monday your friends and you
i actually received a message via voice mail i was traveling to work when i got the call from the american university in cairo. so it was quite unset. ing when i listened to that voice message. and then after that i just thought about greg. i had just had an opportunity being in cairo with greg the week before. i saw his comfort there, his ease with talking with the egyptian people, navigating the city. i had confidence greg would be able to hold his own and remain calm through that and my first opportunity that we got a call through to greg i was able to convey to him we had lawyers and gave him their names so he knew who to trust to get him home. mr. simon, explain your role in all of this in gregory s safe relief. i m very happy to do so. nancy called me at the request of some other lawyers on tuesday, recognizing i had familiarity and experience in this type of situation, and once i heard what was going on i said we needed to act immediately.