In 2016, the RMIT Outdoors Club launched the Nicola Andrews Adventure Fund!
This initiative has been set up in memorial to our dear Nicola, who tragically lost her life late 2015. Nicola was a centrepiece to our club, committee and outdoor community so we wish to honour her by creating this fund.
To have a chance to access the funds raised, club members must submit a detailed application of their dream adventure including a proposal for what they wish to spend the funding on. Then, in short – we choose the most epic, adventurous, well planned out trip/s and we award the fund for the year!
Obviously there’s a bit more to it than that, so please see the attached documents below for all the information you need.
Applications for 2020/2021 are now OPEN! Applications can be submitted to adventurefund@roc.org.au at anytime before April 10th (Good Friday) 2020. This year there will be no deadline extensions.
Previous Nicola Andrews Adventure Fund Recipients:
Tim Billington – Ismoil Somoni Peak – Communism Peak – 7495m, Tajikistan
The highest peak ever to be reached by a ROC member
Lewis Clarey and Alex Williams – New Zealand Expedition to Explore Alpine Caves
Hope of discovering caves never before found by man
We are very happy to announce this years winners of the Nicola Andrews Adventure Fund!
In first place, with possibly the best Adventure Fund application we have seen yet, is Estelle Fleming with her plan for a solo horse trekking trip in Mongolia, set to take place later in the year.
I’ll let Estelle’s own words sum up the reason for her trip:
“…Mongolia is said to be one of the last countries in the world that still has a true nomadic culture. I want to experience this before it changes and I don’t want to do it in a tour group where things are commercialised. I want this to be a true adventure, something that I will remember forever, for both its ups and downs. I want to be on my own in the wilderness for 3 weeks and just to live and experience this. Away from cities, technology and distractions. To challenge myself both mentally, emotionally and physically. That is the dream.”
We are SUPER excited to be supporting this adventurous trip and hope it inspires others as much as it did for us reading her application. NAAF has been able to contribute $4000 to Estelle to bring her dream to reality.
Congrats Estelle! We will be watching closely for your developments on the NAAF page here: https://www.facebook.com/NicolaAndrewsAdventureFund/
