Region: Greenland

Jim Hall with Bob Kerr, Ros Murray and Rae Pritchard (May-June 2004)

This was a smaller than usual 'club' expedition visiting the Watkins Mountains of East Greenland. Using the services of Tangent Expeditions to access the area, their aim was to climb the country's highest peak, Gunnbjørn Fjeld (3693m) and make first ascents - mainly on ski - of other nearby peaks. However, on arrival, they were disappointed to find that a Royal Navy team had just climbed most of their identified objectives. Nevertheless, they were successful in making the first ascents of 3 peaks between 2750m and 3020m as well as repeating routes on Gunnbjørn Fjeld and Qaddaq Kershaw (aka Dome, 3682m), the two highest peaks in Greenland: they also explored a previously un-travelled glacier.