We want to sincerely thank everyone who applied to Inspiring Girls Expeditions this year! We have loved reading your applications and appreciate your patience as we navigate this global pandemic.
This year has been a challenge for all of us, and the Inspiring Girls Leadership Team was hoping we would be able to offer all of our in-person expeditions this summer in addition to Expedtions@Home. In any year, our priority is the healthy and safety of our team members. Due to challenges of running expeditions during COVID-19, we have decided to postpone several of our expeditions - but not all of them - because we feel that we cannot sufficiently reduce the risks below levels we are comfortable with, even with modifications to our expedition format.
These postponed expeditions include Girls on Ice Cascades, Girls on Ice Canada, Girls on Rock (Colorado) and Girls in Icy Fjords (Alaska). For several other expeditions, however, the modifications are more manageable and we feel the projections for lowered prevalence of COVID-19 in these areas make us optimistic that we will be able to run these in-person expeditions. These expeditions include Girls on Ice Switzerland, Girls on Ice Austria, Girls on Ice Alaska, Girls on Water (Alaska), and Girls in the Forest (Alaska). The planning for these expeditions is ongoing, but we may have to cancel them if risks are not manageable. We have designed a decision-making process that carefully considers all of the health and safety risks, including the projections for a decrease in the prevalence of COVID-19 in these regions for the summer. We are excited that we will have a great summer of Expeditions@Home and are optimistic that we will be able to offer the in-person expeditions as we are planning.
We are very disappointed to not be able to offer Girls on Ice Cascades, Girls in Icy Fjords, and Girls on Ice Canada this year. All applicants initially being considered for these expeditions are now being considered for our Expeditions@Home program.
Further information about our summer programming in the United States and Canada was communicated to all 2021 applicants via email.
EMAIL UPDATE: If you received an email from us about Expeditions@Home for Oregon & Washington, please disregard. We had an error in our system and we are working to resolve it.
Thank you for your understanding and for supporting Inspiring Girls Expeditions. We hope you are staying safe and well and that you are finding time and opportunities to head outdoors safely!