In reply to JLS:
> (In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com)
In reply to JLS:
> (In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com)
> If Leo wants to go on a trip he should seek-out corporate sponsorship or finance it by making an exciting film about it, he shouldn't expect Joe Blogs to pay for his holidays.
He doesn't expect Joe Blogs to pay. He does finance through sponsorship and films.
Expedition funding is for people who may not have the same 'commercial' opportunities as Leo.
The climbing and mountaineering community is a broad church and I am sure that any public funding has and would be spread around those broad interests.