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American Alpine Club s 2021 Benefit Gala and Awards will be a free virtual event
Derek Franz
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.
Prince Harry has helped to launch a critical new mental health tool in Australia for frontline workers.
The Duke of Sussex, 36, joined Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, to assist in launching the Peak Fortem, which is based on a successful UK model, and is an online resource for first responders and their families to help work through stress and trauma.
In a statement released to support to tool, which was set up by Invictus Games co-founder David Wiseman, Prince Harry referenced his experience in the military, and said: Our mental fitness is one and the same as our physical fitness.
Among other bad news in 2020, once again the water gauge downriver of the Conowingo Dam has reported an historic crest, and we know what that means: filthy water full