Region: America - South & Antarctica

John Arran with Anne Arran, Miles Gibson & Ben Heason from UK, Alex Klenov from Kazakhstan and Ivan Calderón & Alfredo Rangel from Venezuela (March-April 2005)

Following their success two years earlier (MEF Ref 03/27) this husband-and-wife team returned to Venezuela with an augmented team hoping for similar results in 2005. Unfortunately they found that access to other unclimbed tepuis was virtually impossible owing to the thick jungle terrain surrounding them. They therefore turned their attention to the 1000m Main Face of Angel Falls. On this they were successful in making the first ascent of a route which they called 'Rainbow Jambaia': The 31 pitches up to E7 6b / Fr 7c/7c+ took 19 days, with 14 nights spent on the wall.

Anne Arran, as an individual, was joint recipient of the Alison Chadwick Memorial Grant for 2005.