1) Update on the 2007 Zack Martin Grant Award
2) An offer for a great climbing rope that supports the
HERA Ovarian Cancer Fund
3) Status Update From the 2006 Recipient
4) General Zack Martin Info And Donation Logistics
2007 Zack Martin Breaking Barriers (ZMBB) Recipient Update
Brief Synopsis Of Alpine And Humanitarian Objectives
The American Alpine Club Humanitarian Fund---- (ZMBB) is pleased to report
that Fabrizio Zangrilli and his team attempted a new route up the south
face of K2 and initiated the building of a school and funding of a teacher
in the Khane Valley in Pakistan.
Alpine Objective
There were only two summit days over the whole season on K2 and Fabrizio
and team were not staged to attempt a summit on a new route up the south
face of K2. They climbed up to about 8000m but were turned back by
weather. Also Fabrizio and team assisted in a minor rescue on the
mountain. This was the third attempt at the south face for Fabrizio and
Billy Pierson. They will return....to give K2 another chance to 'allow
them to pass'.
Humanitarian Objective
From Fabrizio's trip report:
"The Khane project was really one of the greatest 'adventures' of my
life". Abbas (a village elder) and I had organized a "Village Day" at the
school. I did this for two reasons: one to try and judge the people's
enthusiasm for the school project and also it seemed an efficient way of
meeting the village elders and the school committee. This event avoided
most of the usual village politics of which house to hold meetings in, who
would seem to be the most important elder, etc. Neutral ground seemed the
best solution. Most the village's children - boys and girls - attended as
well as over 50 adults. Khane has a total population of just under 500,
since we were still in the trekking/expedition season I feel the turnout
represented most of the adults (male- women do not attend such events)
that could be present."
Fabrizio worked with Girls Educational International and after agreeing
with village elders the importance of education and the Khane Valley
Project and action plan was developed and initiated for the girls school
and teacher.
For the detailed trip report see
http://www.girlseducationinternational.blogspot.com/ and also check out
http://www.girlsed.org/
HERA Ovarian Cancer Fund
Ovarian cancer has a survival rate of 5% and 1 in 69 women will be
diagnosed with ovarian cancer. HERA is fundraising for this horrible
disease . They 85% of their proceeds to fund research with young
scientists. BUY A ROPE and support this wonderful cause. For every rope
sold $35 to given to HERA. There are also necklaces, T-Shirts and other
goodies for sale. For the rope and goodies go to
http://www.daretodream2008.com/products/ Also see www.daretodream2008.com
and http://www.herafoundation.org/
2006 Zack Martin Breaking Barriers (ZMBB) Recipient Update
Synopsis
Last year's recipient designed, installed and has managed (from a
distance) a composting toilet in Huscaran National Park in Peru. The idea
was to slow pollution of the high park areas and to reduce down stream
pollution. The toilet has been a great success for many reasons and in
particular because the locals have supported the project though not
perfectly all the time. At any rate, much of the refuse is being carried
down valley by the arrerios and used as compost for increase food
production for both people and animals. Of course, removing hundreds
(thousands) of pounds of human waste from the watershed is outstanding.
From Adam French:
"Dear Friends,
Saludos from the Cordillera Blanca. I wanted to send an update from this
year's Peruvian journey before any more time flies by.
The trip began with several weeks of collaborative research with a team
made up of my advisor from UC Santa Cruz, a glaciologist from Ohio State,
a geochemist from McGill, myself, and a graduate student from OSU. I have
been following up on the composting toilet we built in the Ishinca Valley
last summer. This has been both a satisfying and frustrating process. On
the positive side, the toilet is standing tall and has collected around
800-1000 pounds of waste, much of which undoubtedly would have entered the
watershed otherwise.. Perhaps the greatest success is that, throughout the
season, someone (I'm still not certain who) managed to switch the barrels
as they filled.
On the down side, there was not the needed attention to facilitating the
composting process, which means we can't yet judge how well this system
may work at altitude (testing this system for high-mountain use is one of
the central goals of the project)."
My last two weeks here will be filled with providing technical assistance
to Huascaran National Park and planning activities for the Alpine
Conservation Partnership (see
http://www.americanalpineclub.org/pages/page/139'>http://www.americanalpineclub.org/pages/page/139 for further
information). I may even get to sneak in a climb here or there, though I'm
not holding my breath.
Best regards,
Adam"
General Zack Martin Breaking Barriers (ZMBB) Info
Info below discusses the grant, the American Alpine Club and how to make a
tax deductible donation.
American Alpine Club Website
http://www.americanalpineclub.org/
ZMBB Grant Website:
http://www.americanalpineclub.org/pages/page/51
The Grant Fund Specifics The "Breaking Barriers" grant will be awarded to
young, promising climbers and mountaineers to support the exploration of
the unknown. This grant is different from others because their is a
humanitarian aspect. Each recipient must "tackle" a worthy alpine
objective but also perform a humanitarian service for the local people.
Zack received several grants from the AAC, Anatoli Boukreev and others but
he was never satisfied with only physical exploration. He wanted to
explore the people, their customs and their hearts in an attempt to "give
something back"......to...... "break barriers". This makes the grant
unique and a most honorable cause. To date, we have collected around
$35,000 and my target is $100,000 to we can offer $5,000 a year in
perpetuity
http://www.americanalpineclub.org/knowledge/grants_Zack_%20Martin.asp'>http://www.americanalpineclub.org/knowledge/grants_Zack_%20Martin.asp
http://www.americanalpineclub.org/knowledge/grants_Zack_ Martin.asp
Zack Martin Website at:
http://home.att.net/~zack_martin_breaking_barriers
Humanitarian Org Website For The Grant (Under reconstruction)
http://www.americanalpineclub.org/knowledge/Hum_Orgs_AAC_Partners.asp
Donations
American Alpine Club
c/o Grant Donations
710 10th St
Suite 100
Golden, Colorado 80401
Include on the check memo --
Zack Martin Breaking Barriers Fund (All donations are tax deductible) .
Thanks JP
