GRANT APPLICANT"S IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Through the generosity of SummitClimb.com we are now able to offer some grants that include travel to and from Central Asia.
Note: Applications are now being
taken for the 2005 exchange grants. Applications are due by September 30th.
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ABOUT ANATOLI
BOUKREEV: Anatoli Boukreev
shared his love of the high mountains with a passion that transcended national
divisions. He combined his early training in the former Soviet Union with his
extensive Himalayan experience to achieve new levels of physical and
psychological endurance. Between 1988 and
1997, Anatoli climbed to summits of eleven of the fourteen 8000 meter peaks without
oxygen-four in a single ninety day period-establishing difficult technical
routes as well as speed records. Friendship with his fellow mountaineers from
around the world was as important to Anatoli as testing his abilities in the
mountains. Even after his
death in an avalanche on Annapurna on December 25, 1997, his example as a
mountaineer and a person has remained an inspiration to people around the world.
ABOUT OUR
WORK: Anatoli Boukreev
shared his love of the high mountains with a passion that transcended national
divisions. He combined his early training in the former Soviet Union with his
extensive Himalayan experience to achieve new levels of physical and
psychological endurance. Between 1988 and 1997, Anatoli made 18 ascents to8000
meters, including eleven of the fourteen 8000 meter peaks without oxygen- four
within a ninety day period-establishing difficult technical routes as well as
speed records. Friendship with his fellow mountaineers from around the world was
as important to Anatoli as testing his abilities in the mountains. Even after
his death in an avalanche on Annapurna on December 25, 1997, his example as a
mountaineer and a person has remained an inspiration to people around the
world.
Anatoli was grateful for his training in the mountaineering tradition of the
former Soviet Union. His dream was to see its emphasis on teamwork,
structured competitive training, and disciplined acclimatization survive and be
integrated with the individualistic style and environmental ethic of the
west. In his memory, the Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund strives to
celebrate his spirit by providing financial and logistical support for
cross-cultural climbing exchanges involving young mountaineers from Anatoli's
region, the Tien Shan and Pamir mountains, and from other ranges of the world.
The
Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Fund has supported two young Kazakh mountaineers
on an expedition to the United States and supported an American climber's
expedition to the International Mountaineering Camp in the Tien Shan where he
and two partners from Kazakhstan climbed the spectacular and technical Khan
Tengri (7010 meters). We supported a joint Kazakh-US expedition to Shishapangma
(8008 meters) which reached the summit and made the first snowboard descent of
an 8000 meter peak, and donated climbing equipment to the climbing clubs of
Almaty, Kazakhstan.
With
this strong beginning and with your ongoing support and interest, we will
continue to provide financial and organizational assistance for future
exchanges, expeditions, and high altitude training camps, to celebrate and
strengthen the bond of friendship shared by mountaineers around the world.
To make a
donation, request a brochure or for other questions, please contact info@boukreev.org
or fax us at 1-800-743-1974 For information about linking to this site,
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