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

 

2006 EXPEDITIONS/PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY MEF

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REF	EXPEDITION/PROJECT NAME	LEADER	COUNTRY/REGION	GRANT
Objective
06/01	Hong Meigui Zhongdian Draughting Holes 2006 (cave)	Ms Hilary Greaves	China/Yunnan Province	£250
To use light snow conditions to locate high level entrances to deep cave systems in Zhongdian Mountains of Yunnan
06/03	Brathay Exploration Group Greenland 2006	Paul Williams	Greenland/East	£750
Exploration with attempts on unclimbed peaks and collection of local lichens
06/04	Huantsan East Face 2006	Nick Bullock	Peru/ Cord Blanca	£750
First ascent of E Face of Huantsan (6395m) &/or first free ascent of Japanese 1976 route on SE Ridge of Chacraraju
06/05	FRCC Cordillera Carabaya 2006	Stephen Reid	Peru/Cord Carabaya	£850 X
First ascent of S Ridge/Face of Chichicapac (5614m)
06/07	British Kedar Dome 2006	Ian Parnell	India/Garhwal	£950
First ascent of ENE Buttress and/or E Buttress of Kedar Dome (6831m)
06/08	Unclimbed Hispar 2006	Peter Thompson	Pakistan/Hispar Glacier	£950
First ascents of various peaks >6000m to the N and S of the Hispar Glacier
06/09	Eagle Ski Club Ak-Shirak	Dave Wynne-Jones	Kyrgyzstan/Ak-Shirak	£650
To make an exploratory ski tour of the Ak-Shirak Range with first ascents of peaks en route
06/10	British Haizi-Shan	Dave Wynne-Jones	China/Szechuan	£850 X
Exploration of local National Park and first ascent of Haizi Shan (5844m) in the Daxue Shan range of Western Szechuan
06/11	Miyar Nala 2006	Oliver Metherell	India/Him Pradesh	£500
First ascents of Peak 5960 and/or the Orange Tower (5200m)
06/12	AC Shakhdara 2006	Dr Phil Wickens	Tajikistan	£950
Exploration of the mountains in the Western Central Shakhdara range with first ascents
06/13	Welsh South Tower of Paine 2006	Mike (Twid) Turner	Chile/Paine National Park	£750
First ascent of the SE Face of the S Tower of Paine (c.2500m), possibly the biggest unclimbed face in Patagonia
06/14	Eastern Blanca Reconnaissance	Paul Hudson	Peru/Cord Blanca	£550
Exploration, mountaineering and recording the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Blanca west of Pompey
06/15	Savoia Kangri 2006	Paul Schweizer	Pakistan/Karakoram	£1050 X
First ascent of Savoia Kangri (7263m) located across the Savoi Glacier from the W Face of K2
06/16	The Huayhuash Hikers	Will Parsons	Peru/Cord Huayhuash	£550
Exploration and new routes in the Cordillera Huayhuash
06/17	Huaguruncho 2006	Tony Barton	Peru/Cord Oriental	£850
New routes & first ascents in the Cordillera Oriental, in particular the unclimbed SW Face of Nevado Huaguruncho (5723m)
06/19	Cambridge Schweizerland Alps 2006	Mark Reid	Greenland/East	£650
Exploration and first ascents of peaks in a remote part of Schweizerland
06/20	British Mt Dickey 2006	Paul Ramsden	USA/Alaska	£550
First ascent of S Face Icefall and/or 'Laser Line' on Mt Dickey (2909m)
06/21	Oxford University Greenland 2006	Hauke Engel	Greenland/East	£850
Exploration and first ascents in Gronau Nunatakker & Knud Rasmussen Land
06/22	British Shahkangsham	John Town	China/Tibet	£650 X
First official ascent of Shahkangsham (aka Xagangjam)(6822m) and other peaks in range
06/23	‘Khumbu Double Trouble’	Jon Bracey	Nepal/Khumbu	£550
New routes on the North Faces of Machermo (6017m) and Kwande Lo (6194m).
06/24	Kings College London MC Bolivia 2006	Charlie Netherton	Bolivia/Cord Real & Apolobamba	£550
Exploration of Northern Cordillera Apolobamba with first ascents and new routes
06/25	Cambridge Quimsa Cruz	Alan Dickinson	Bolivia/Cord Quimsa Cruiz	£650
Continuation of exploration started in 2004 with first ascents of ice, mixed & rock routes
06/26	Lobsang 2006	John Arran	Pakistan/Baltoro	£750
First ascent of the South Face of Lobsang Spire (6707m)
06/28	British North Sikkim 2006	Dr Julie-Ann Clyma	India/N Sikkim	£1150
Exploration in North Sikkim with first ascents of peaks c7000m in the Paohanli Group
06/29	British Yadong County 2006	Dr Julie-Ann Clyma	China/Tibet	£1050
Exploration with first ascents of Paohanli South (7032m) and/or the NW Ridge of Chomolhari (7326m)
06/30	Qionglai Shan 2006	Jez Thornley	China/Qionglai	£850
Exploration with first ascents and/or new routes, particularly Peak 5404 and/or Camel Peak East (c5510m)
06/31	2006 Scottish Lobuje East	Alasdair Buchanan	Nepal/Khumbu	£550
First ascent of new route on NE Flank or East Ridge of Lobuje East Summit (6119m)
06/33	Twin Gardens Ethiopia 2006	Giovanni Chiodi	Ethiopia/Bale Mtns	£1050
Multi-discipline study of knowledge & management of natural resources in Harenna Forest of Ethiopia
06/34	British/American Alps of Tibet 2006	Jim Lowther	China/Tibet	£1000
Exploration of the valley north of Zhonggo with first ascents, particularly Saamareze (6132m)
06/35	Hong Meigui CES Leibo 2006 (cav)	Duncan Collis	China/Sichuan	£250
Exploration of mountain area west of Leibo to prospect for cave sinks and resurgences
X = Expedition cancelled, postponed, withdrawn or not accepted
App = Expedition approved, no grant made
Alison Chadwick Memorial Grant for 2006 awarded to Dr Julie-Ann Clyma as an individual on 06/28 & 06/29 She received the sum of £300 in addition to the expedition grants shown above
TOTAL OF ABOVE GRANTS				£22300
ALISON CHADWICK MEMORIAL GRANT				£300
DONATION TO ALPINE JOURNAL				£2,500
TOTAL VALUE OF GRANTS ALLOCATED IN 2006				£25100