Patron: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., K.T.

 

2005 EXPEDITIONS/PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY MEF

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REF	EXPEDITION/PROJECT NAME	LEADER	COUNTRY/REGION	GRANT
Objective
05/01	British South Georgia 2005	Julian Freeman-Attwood	Antarctica/South Georgia	£675
Traverse of Central South Georgia with first ascents of one or more peaks en route
05/02	2005 Ak Su 'Free and Clean'	Mark Pretty	Kyrgyzstan	App
Free ascents of the 1000m NW Face of the Russian Tower & the 1500m SE Face of Pt 4925
05/04	British Gongkala 2005	Dick Isherwood	China/W Sichuan	£525
Exploration of Gongkala Shan with first ascents of Kawarni I (5992m) & II ( 5928m)
05/05	Rio Turbio, Lost Valley of the Andes	Leo Houlding	Argentina/Lago Puelo NP	£525
Exploration of Rio Turbio and first ascent of 'Mariposa' a 1200m big wall plus 500m of Alpine terrain
05/07	Greenland and Arctic Challenge 2004/2005 Year 2	Rev Bob Shepton	Greenland/West	App X
Winter first ascents in the Upernavik area in March and then the 'hardest freeest' big wall in the Arctic in June
05/08	British Buckskin 2005	Paul Ramsden	USA/Alaska	£525
First ascents of NE Face of Bear Tooth (3069m) and N Buttress of Mooses Tooth (3156m)
05/09	Mingbo Eiger	Andy Parkin	Nepal	£400 X
First ascent of an unnamed peak (c6070m) at head of Chulungche Khola valley
05/10	CUMC Centenary Kangerdlugssuaq 2005	James Sample	Greenland/East	App
Alpine style first ascents of peaks to the SW of Hutchinson Gletscher, S of Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord
05/11	British Antarctic Peninsula 2005	Dr Phil Wickens	Antarctica	£600
Traverses of Mt Francis on Anvers Island & Seven Sisters of Fief on Wiencke Island
05/12	South Georgia '05	Dr Alun Hubbard	Antarctica/S	£750
Exploration of S Georgia & other sub-Antarctic islands with first ascents of several peaks
05/13	' A Slice of Ice' - Alaska 2005	Stuart McAleese	USA/Alaska	£600
New route on the N Face of Middle Triple Peak
05/14	British K7 2005	Dai Lampard	Pakistan/Charakusa Glacier	£500 X
First ascent of the SW Ridge of K7 (6934m)
05/15	Xtreme Everest Genotype Study	Dr Hugh Montgomery	[UK]	App
To obtain material for genotyping from individuals summiting Everest
05/16	2005 British Habuqung Shan	Dr Derek Buckle	China/Tibet	£675
Exploration of Habuqung Shan mountain range and first ascents, inc Dobzebo (6436m)
05/17	British Kajaquio 2005	Mick Fowler	China/Tibet	£825
General reconnaissance and first ascent of NE Face of Kajaquio (6447m) in the Nainqentanghla East Range
05/18	Grand Poohbah	Dr Paul Knott	Kyrgyzstan/Kokshaal-Too	£675
Exploration of the Uzengegush Valley in the remote Central Region of the Western Kokshaal-Too with first ascent of Pik 5697m
05/19	British Kyashar South Face	Stuart Macdonald	Nepal/Hinku	£600 X
First ascent of S Face of Kyashar (aka Peak 43, Tangnag Tseng & Charpatti) (6770m)
05/20	Stoats Apolobamba 2005	Carl Reilly	Bolivia/Cord Aploobamba	£525
First British ascents (?) of Canisaya (5700m) & Canasala (5702m) + new routes in Southern Apolobamba
05/21	British Machermo	Owen Samuel	Nepal/Mahalangur	App
New route on North Face of Phari Lapcha (aka Machermo) (6017m)
05/23	British Ruth Gorge 2005	Tom Spreyer	USA/Alaska	App
New routes on East Face of Mount Wake (2755m) & West Face of London Bridge (2250m)
05/24	N Wales Changabang '05	Nick Bullock	India/Garhwal	£600
To climb a new route on the West Face of Changabang (6800m)
05/25	Imperial College Shar Kangsum 2005	Daniel Carrivick	China/Tibet	£600
Exploration of Shar Kangsum range of mountains with first ascents of peaks c.6000m
05/26	'KMC v Tornarssuk'	Dave Bone	Greenland/South	App
Exploration with new rock and mountaineering routes on Tornarssuk Island
05/27	British Cordillera Oriental 2005	Tony Barton	Peru/Cord Oriental	£600
Exploration of area with first ascent of Nevado Nausacocha (aka Peak 29: 5180m) and a new route on Nevado Huanguruncho (5730m)
05/28	Scottish Pantheon Range	Simon Richardson	Canada/BritColumbia	£525
Exploration of the Pantheon Coastal Range with first ascent of the 600m NW Pillar of Mount Zeus (2959m)
05/29	Yorkshire Tokositna Glacier 2005	Andrew Saxby	USA/Alaska	£525
Exploration and first ascent of peak 11,520' (3511m)
05/30	British Alaska 2005	Simon Yates	USA/Alaska	Appd X
A new route on the North Buttress of Mount Hunter (4442m)
05/31A	British Kero Lungma 2005	Dave Wilkinson	Pakistan	£675
Exploration of previously unvisited glacier branch with first ascents of 6000m peak(s)
05/32	Cambridge Mongolia 2005	Alan Dickinson	Mongolia/Altai Nuruu	£525
Exploration and first ascents in the Altai Nuruu Mountains, including a 70km ridge traverse
05/33	University of Bristol 2005 Tajikistan	Simon Spencer-Jones	Tajikistan/Fedchenko Glacier	£675
Exploration of mountaineering possibilities around Fedchenko Glacier, with first ascents of peaks up to 6000m
05/34	South-East Face of Kyzyl Asker	David Hesleden	Kyrgyzstan/West Kohshall	£600 X
Exploration of area to SW and first ascent of SE Face of Kyzyl Asker (5842m)
05/35	Kiwi-Yankee-Canuck Uli Biaho 2005	Jay Piggott	Pakistan/Trango	£600
Complete ascent of NE Buttress of Uli Biaho (6109m)
05/36	British Xiashe	Ed Douglas	China/Sichuan	£675
Exploration of Jarjinjabo Massif and first ascent of Xiashe (5833m) etc
05/37	Yukon 2005, Kluane	Glenn Wilks	Canada/Yukon	£525
Exploration around Donjek Glacier with first ascents / new routes on Donjek 1 to Donjek 5 (3600m - 3800m)
05/38	British Dickey 2005	Dr Guy Willett	USA/Alaska	App X
First ascent of 'laser line' on the E Face plus a new line on the SE Face of Mt Dickey (2909m)
05/41	Welsh Western Patagonia 2005	Chris Smith	Chile/Western Patagonia	£600
First ascents of Cerro Aguilera (2500m) plus the twin-peaked unnamed mountain (c.2400m) to its south
05/42	British Ruth Gorge 2005	Tom Briggs	USA/Alaska	App X
A new route on the East Face of Mt Barrill (2332m)
05/43	Tepui 2005	John Arran	Venezuela/Gran Sabana	£525
First ascents of Tepuis and first free ascent of Angel Falls
05/44	New Zealand Unclimbed Tibet	Sean Waters	China/Tibet	£825
Exploration of unvisited peaks & glaciers round the Lawa valley with first ascents of several mountains
05/45	British Shahkangsham	John Town	China/Tibet	£600 X
First official ascent of Shahkangsham (aka Xagangjam)(6822m) and other peaks in range
05/46	Rondoy West Face 2005	Gareth Hughes	Peru/Cord Huayhuash & Cord	App
A new route on the West Face of Nevado Rondoy (5879m)
05/47	British Kangerdlugssuaq 2005	Peter Whyley	Greenland/East	App
Exploration and first ascents of as many peaks as possible in a 3-week period
05/48	Ngozumpa Glacier Research Project	Dr Doug Benn	Nepal/Khumbu	£750
Exploration & systematic scientific survey of high altitude glacier caves
05/49	British Sikkim 2005	Dr Julie-Ann Clyma	India/W Sikkim	£600
Exploration of Talung Glacier with first ascents of peaks (c.5800m) from the Thangsing Valley plus a recce of the SE Ridge of Kangchenjunga
05/50	British Yadong County 2005	Dr Julie-Ann Clyma	China/Tibet	£750 X
First ascents of Paohanli South (7032m) and NW Ridge of Chomolhari (7426m)
05/51	Hong Meigui Yunnan 2005 (caving)	Richard Bayfield	China/Yunnan	£375
Continued exploration of caves in the Zhongdian mountains of Yunnan Province
05/52	Benerat 2005 (caving)	Dick Willis	Malaysia/Sarawak	£250
Continued exploration of caves discovered during expeditions in 2000 and 2003
05/53	Hong Meigui Zhongdian Draughting Holes 2005 (caving)	Ms Hilary Greaves	China/Yunnan Province	£250 X
To use light snow conditions to locate high level entrances to deep cave systems in Zhongdian Mountains of Yunnan X = Expedition cancelled, postponed, withdrawn or not accepted. App = Expedition is fully approved by MEF, no grant made.
Alison Chadwick Memorial Grant for 2005 awarded jointly to Louise Thomas as an individual on 05/24 & Anne Arran as an individual on 05/43 each receiving £150 in addition to the expedition grants shown above
TOTAL OF ABOVE GRANTS				£20,525
ALISON CHADWICK MEMORIAL GRANT				£300
DONATION TO ALPINE JOURNAL				£2,500
TOTAL VALUE OF GRANTS ALLOCATED IN 2005				£23,325