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REF
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EXPEDITION/PROJECT NAME
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LEADER
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COUNTRY/REGION
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GRANT
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| Objective | ||||
02/01  |
East Face Denali 2002 | Jules Cartwright | USA/Alaska | £850 x |
| 'Freney' buttress on E Face of Denali & line between Wall of Shadows & Moonflower on N Buttress of Hunter | ||||
| 02/03 |
Maestri-Egger 2002 Alpine Style | Alan Mullin | Argentina/Fitz Roy NP | £300 |
| Alpine style ascent of Maestri-Egger Route on Cerro Torre (3128m) | ||||
| 02/05 |
Shishapengma 2002 | Victor Saunders | China/Tibet | £300 x |
| First winter ascent of Shishapengma (8012m) by the South Face | ||||
| 02/07 |
'The Longest Day' | Ian Parnell | USA/Alsaka | £750 |
| New route on SE Face of Foraker (5305m) & first free ascent of Denali Diamond on Denali (6194m) | ||||
| 02/08 |
Towers of Paine 2002 | Andy Cave | Chile/Paine NP | £750 |
| New routes on West Faces of Central (2460m) & North (2200m) Towers of Paine | ||||
| 02/09 |
Antarctic Convergence Zone | Dr Alun Hubbard | Antarctica | £750 |
| Exploration & first ascents of peaks on the Antarctic Peninsula + scientific research | ||||
| 02/10 |
2002 Garhwal Virgin Summit | Dr Roger McMorrow | India/Gangotri | £650 |
| FA of Pk.6044m and assessment of a predictive test for AMS | ||||
| 02/11 |
British 'Great Walls of China' 2002 | Mike (Twid) Turner | China/Qionglai | £900 |
| First ascents of 1000m granite walls and possibly two peaks c.5500m in Qionglai Range of mountains | ||||
| 02/12 |
North Wales Alaska 2002 | Stuart McAleese | USA/Alaska | £900 |
| First British ascent of Mt Hess by 2 new routes | ||||
| 02/13 |
British-Indian Suitilla | Graham Little | India/E Kumaon | £950 |
| First ascent of Suitilla (6373m) via NW Face / West Ridge | ||||
| 02/14 |
West Gyundi 2002 | Ms Mary Twomey | India/Kullu-Lahaul | £700+£500* |
| Exploration of West Gyundi Glacier system + first ascents of 2 peaks c.5900m on its eastern side | ||||
| 02/17 |
Lemon Mountains 2002 | Dr Roy Ruddle | Greenland/East | £500 |
| Exploration and new routes, inc 800m N Spur of Mítivagkat East and lines on Cathedral & Minster | ||||
| 02/19 |
Cambridge Greenland Glaciology 2002 | Chris Lockyear | Greenland/NE | £550 |
| Field research in glaciology & geology + first ascents of 4 peaks close to intended base camp | ||||
| 02/20 |
West Buttress of Mount Hunter | Malcolm Bass | USA/Alaska | £750 |
| First ascent of West Buttress of South Peak of Mount Hunter (4250m) | ||||
| 02/21a |
British Qomo Lhari 2002 | Ms Julie-Ann Clyma | China/Tibet S | £900 x |
| First ascent of NW Ridge of Qomo Lhari (7314m) | ||||
| 02/22 |
University of Wales Svalbard Glacier Survey | Addy Pope | Norway/Svalbard | App |
| To generate accurate Digital Elevation Models of ice surfaces around a number of key study glaciers | ||||
| 02/23 |
Jirishanca | Alun Powell | Peru/Cord Huayhuash | £700 |
| First ascent of Central Couloir on SE Face of Jirishanca (6126m) | ||||
| 02/25 |
Ramjak Peak 2002 | Gary Murray | India/Lahaul | £750 |
| First ascents of Ramjak Peak (6318m) and Pk 6127m in the Upper Sanger Valley | ||||
| 02/26 |
British Mongolian Mountaineering 2002 | Paul Hudson | Mongolia/NW | £850 |
| Exploration and first ascents of peaks c.4000m | ||||
| 02/27 |
Kullyu Too Mountains 2002 | Dr Phil Wickens | Kyrgyzstan/Tien Shan | £900 x |
| Exploration and first ascents of peaks c.5200m in Kullyu Too | ||||
| 02/29 |
Apolobamba 2002 | Gareth Gretton | Bolivia/Cord Apolobamba | £500 |
| First ascents of peaks in Cololo Massif | ||||
| 02/30 |
Khrebet Kyokkiar 2002 | David Gerrard | Kyrgyzstan/Kokshaal-Too | £900 |
| Exploration with first ascents of summits, walls and snow lines | ||||
| 02/31 |
British Donjek Glacier 2002 | Geoff Hornby | Canada/Yukon | £750 |
| First ascents of peaks around Donjek Glacier, particularly South Walsh, Spring 2 and Donjek 3, 4 & 5 (c.4000m) | ||||
| 02/32 |
British Siguniang | Mick Fowler | China/Qionglai | £850 |
| First ascent of N Face of Mt Siguniang (6250m) | ||||
| 02/33 |
Mount Markham Discovery 2002 | Freddy Markham | Antarctica | App x |
| To re-create the first journey into interior of Antarctica & make the first 'true' ascent of Mt Markham (4351m) | ||||
| 02/35 |
British Heart of Asia 2002 | Ms Nina Saunders | Mongolia/Altai | £500 |
| Exploration and first ascents in the Tavanbogdo Region of the Altai Mountains | ||||
| 02/38 |
High Altitude Medicine & Physiology Website | Dr Mike Grocott | (UK) | £500 |
| To develop a website | ||||
| 02/41 |
Scottish West Face of Kizil Asker | Es Tresidder | Kyrgyzstan/Kokshaal Too | £900 |
| New route on West Face of Kizil Asker (5842m) | ||||
| 02/42 |
BMRES Bolivia 2002 | Prof Jo Bradwell | Bolivia/Cord Real | £850 |
| To investigate harmful effects of exercise on certain functions of the brain at Chacaltaya Laboratory (5200m) | ||||
| 02/43 |
Sharks Fin | Jules Cartwright | India/Garhwal | £850 |
| True nose of Sharks Fin, E Face of Meru Central (6450m) | ||||
| 02/44 |
Borkoldoy 2002 | Stephen Saddler | Kyrgyzstan/Tien Shan | £900 |
| Exploration and first ascents in Borkoldoy Khrebet area not previously visited by western climbers | ||||
| 02/45 |
British Nyewo Chu | John Town | China/Tibet | £700 |
| Exploration of northern & western flanks of Upper Kong-po Range (E Nyanchen Tangla) | ||||
| 02/47 |
British Tuva 2002 (caving) | Mel Penn | CIS/Russia | £700 |
| Exploration and survey of caves and potholes in Ak-dovurak region of NW Tuva | ||||
| 02/48 |
Hong Meigui Yunnan 2002 (caving) | Ms Hilary Greaves | China/N Yunnan | £700 |
| Investigation of cave potential in mountain ranges of North Yunnan (see 03/49 follow on in 2003) | ||||
| 02/49 |
Study of Mallory Artefacts | Dr Mary Rose | (UK) | App |
| Study of the 'Mallory Artefacts' to obtain a better understanding of early mountaineering clothing & equipment | ||||
| x Expedition cancelled or postponed | ||||
| * Alison Chadwick Memorial Grant for 2002 | ||||
| TOTAL OF ABOVE GRANTS | £23,800 | |||
| GRANT TO ALPINE JOURNAL | £2,500 | |||
| TOTAL VALUE OF GRANTS ALLOCATED IN 2002 | £26,300 | |||
