2009 Mountain Hardwear Sponsorships
FRIDAY, 27 MARCH 2009
Mountain Hardwear, a leading mountaineering and outdoor clothing and equipment company, announces the recipients of
the 2009 Expedition Sponsorship Program. Mountain Hardwear will give total of $10,000 to help fund two expeditions:
Operation Denali, enabling four wounded soldiers to overcome combat injuries and summit 20,320 ft. Mt. McKinley (Denali)
in Alaska, and the New Zealand Batura Expedition, first ascents of the south faces of Kampire Dior (7,142m) and Kuk Sar
(6,934m) in Northern Pakistan.
Operation Denali
A team of warriors wounded in Iraq, two of which are amputees, plans to ascend the West Buttress Route of Denali in June
2009. The four soldiers, Marc Hoffmeister (U.S. Army Officer), Matt Nyman (U.S. Army), David Shebib (U.S. Army) and Jon
Kuniholm (U.S. Marine Corps), share a common goal to overcome devastating combat injuries and to summit the highest
mountain in North America, a symbol of the strength of America and those who defend it. In preparation, they have worked
tirelessly toward rehabilitation with sports therapists, exercise physiologists and several orthopedic doctors. They also
completed a twelve-day mountaineering course with the Alaska Mountaineering School in July 2008. The four soldiers, none
of whom are professional mountaineers, share a passion for the outdoors and the will and determination to surmount the
many challenges and obstacles facing them and their fellow veterans of war. For more information, please click here.
New Zealand Batura Expedition
In June and July 2009, journalist and mountaineer Patricia Deavoll will lead a seasoned team of mountaineers to the western
reaches of Karakoram, Pakistan. This remote region has seen very few climbers and none have attempted the southern
faces of Kampire Dior and Kuk Sar in the Baltoro Glacier. The high-profile team, all hailing from New Zealand, includes Lydia
Bradey, the first woman to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen, and professional guides Dean Staples and Brian
Alder.
For more details on this news, please visit www.rockclimbing.com.
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