For ten years The North Face has worked with inspiring applicants from Australia and New Zealand to help turn their expedition dreams into reality. The North Face Adventure Grant 2018 marks the tenth year of the grant, and its support of the adventurous communities of Australia and New Zealand.

Applications for 2018 expeditions close November 30, 2017. At this time all proposals will be reviewed by a panel and the recipient will be notified in December 2017.
What are we looking for? Human-powered expeditions that embody the spirit of exploration.
The recipient is awarded with $8,000 towards their expedition, and $2000 worth of gear from The North Face to aid in their pursuit.

Apply here or click the image below:

Brisbane-born Lucy Barnard has set off to become the first woman to walk the length of the world. Lucy departed Sydney on February 14th 2017, to start the journey from Ushuaia, at the southern- most tip of South America, and cross 15 countries over 30,000 kilometres to the northern-most point in North America, Barrow, Alaska.

Lucy will use no motorised transportation, walking the distances on land and paddling by kayak for any water crossings. She plans to complete the trek within three years – one year through South America, one year through Central America and one year trekking through North America.

The idea for the expedition set in on Lucy Barnard while travelling through Patagonia, reading George Meegan’s book titled The Longest Walk which documented his journey from the bottom of South America to the tip of Alaska.

Lucy is currently over 2000km and 37 weeks into her journey. For more information on her expedition and for interview opportunities, please reach out.

Keep up to date with Lucy’s expedition at www.tanglesandtail.com.

2008 | 650KM TREK ACROSS GREENLAND

Flip Byrnes attempts to become the first Australian woman to make the 650-kilometre trek across Greenland. Byrnes had hoped to complete the entire journey in 18 days. But the team was held up by worse than expected storms, and she had to pull out due to severe illness and injury.

2009 | TREKKING THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA

Amar Dev Singh, Scott Welsh, Natania Glavitsch and Ross Cayley head to the remote World Heritage Listed Klyuchevskoy Nature Park on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia to climb and trek amongst some of the world’s most beautiful volcanoes.

2010 | EXPLORATORY CANYONING, LA REUNION

Jonathan Smith, Scott Hall and Lincoln Taylor travelled to La Reunion in September 2010 with the aim to become the first Australian team to descend and document some of the world’s most advanced and beautiful canyons.

2011 | CLIMBING MOUNT NOSHAQ, AFGHANISTAN

Tim Wood and Anthony Simms, along with Afghanis Aziz Beg, Malang Daria and Abdul Hakim visit the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to find peace and solitude climbing in the Hindu Kush Mountain range. They become the first Australian expedition to summit Mt Noshaq.

2012 | SKI MOUNTAINEERING IN THE ALPS, NEW ZEALAND

New Zealander Mark Sedon set out to climb and ski all 18 2500m+ mountains in the Southern Lakes region of New Zealand. He completed his objective in 2015.

2013 | FOUR PILLARS IN ONE DAY, TASMAN PENINSULA

The aim of the Four Pillars trip was to complete a one-day, paddle-powered traverse from Safety Cove to Fortescue Bay, stopping at Cape Raoul, Cape Hauy and Dolemieu Point to climb exposed and beautiful rock routes. This challenge of a single day linkup of all four pillars in the Tasman Peninsula had never been attempted before.

Four Pillars in One Day became two pillars in two days. Half the pillars, twice the time, but at least three times the fun says the team of James Trainer, Lani Evans, Flint Duxfield and Erin Trainer.

2014 | ANIDESHA CHULI UNCLIMBED PEAK, NEPAL

New Zealand mountaineer Paul Hersey, leads Shelley Hersey and John Price on an expedition to summit Anidesha Chuli / White Wave (6815m) in the Kanchenjunga Himalaya. Anidesha Chuli is a magnificent, beautiful and remote unclimbed peak in the north-eastern corner of Nepal.

2015 | WHITEWATER FIRST DESCENT, NEW ZEALAND

Jordan Searle along with team members David Bain, Barny Young and Ari Walker head to the west coast of New Zealand to complete the first descent of the Karangarua River. They completed the journey from Christmas Hut to Cassel Flat and continued through to the Tasman Sea.

2016 | NEW ROUTE IN THE CORDILLERA BLANCA MOUNTAINS, PERU

Mountaineers, Steve Skelton and Ben Dare, left for Peru in late May 2016 with three objectives in the Cordillera Blanca mountains of Peru. Their objectives included the southwest ridge of Chacraraju from the Paron Valley, the central couloir of Caraz II and a new line of rock and ice on the Taulliraju east face. While they did not achieve their goals on Chacraraju or Caraz II, together they climbed a new route on the southeast face of Caraz IV (5610m).

2017 | ATTEMPT TO WALK THE WORLD, USHUAIA, TIERRA DEL FUEGO TO BARROW, ALASKA

Lucy Barnard, from Queensland, has left her corporate career to attempt to walk the length of the world, and become the first woman to walk from Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego to Barrow, Alaska. She departed Sydney in February, 2017 and is currently 37 weeks into her journey.