2001 Expediditions supported by MEF

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2001 EXPEDITIONS SUPPORTED BY MEF

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REF EXPEDITION NAME LEADER COUNTRY/AREA GRANT

Objective

01/01 Greenland 2001 - Tilman in a New Millennium (Year 2) Rev Bob Shepton Greenland/West Appd

First ascents of remote peaks in Upernavik area plus possible traverse of Bylot Island

01/02 Compass Support Dronning Louise 2001 Brinley Mitchell Greenland/North App x

First ascents and ski tours in rarely visited area

01/03 Cochamó Big Wall and Alpine Dr Lucy Regan Chile/Central £500

Two contrasting first ascents - one big wall and one alpine traverse

01/04 Eastern Buttress of Mount Hunter Malcolm Bass USA/Alaska £750

New route on East Face of Mt Hunter North Peak (4491m)

01/05 APEX Bolivia 2001 (sci) Kenny Baillie Bolivia/West £1,000

Medical research based on Chacaltaya Laboratory (5200m)

01/07 South Tower of Paine 2001 Mike (Twid) Turner Chile/Paine NP £1,000

First British ascent and new route on South Tower of Paine (c.2500m)

01/08 British Darwin Range 2001 Simon Yates Chile/Tierra del Fuego £1,000

Exploration and first ascents in Darwin Range of Tierra del Fuego

01/10 Vietnam 2001 (caving) Howard Limbert Vietnam/NE £1,000

Continued exploration of caves in Cao Bang & Quang Binh provinces

01/11 Huautla/Chev Cave Diving (caving) Jason Mallinson Mexico/Oaxaca £500

Exploration of submerged passages with possibility of world depth record

01/13 British Kun Lun Shan 2001 Julian Freeman-Attwood China/Kun Lun £740

First ascent of Pk 6786m and/or Pk 6582m plus exploration of other unclimbed peaks in area

01/14A SMC East Greenland 2001 Dr Colwyn Jones Greenland/East £590

FA of S Face of Sussex (2300m)

01/15 British Charakusa Glacier 2001 Stephen Ashworth Pakistan/Chogolisa Grp £440 x

Exploration and first ascents of sub-6000m peaks plus recce of N Face of K6 (Baltistan Peak)

01/16 Greenland Winter Alun Powell Greenland/East £690

First ascent of N Face of Tupilak (2264m) in winter

01/17 Llanberis 2001 Patagonia Leigh McGinley Argentina/Fitz Roy NP £640

New route on Cerro Torre (3128m) via SE Pillar/S Face/W Face

01/19 British Greater Trango 2001 Mike (Twid) Turner Pakistan/Baltoro W £740

First ascent of new 1400m route on E Face of Greater Trango

01/20 Anglo-New Zealand Raksha Urai 2001 Adam Thomas Nepal/Gurans Himal £840

Exploration & climbing from Seti valley with first ascents of peaks of Raksha Urai (c.6550m)

01/21 British Kantega South Ridge Integral Mick Fowler Nepal/Mahalangur-Barun £640

First ascent of Peak 43 (6769m) by SE Buttress

01/22 2001 East Greenland Glacier Surge Survey (sci) Hamish Pritchard Greenland/East £740 x

Geophysical measurements of a surge-type glacier (Blosseville Kyst)

01/23 British Female Bolivian Cordillera Real 2001 Dr Adele Pennington Bolivia/Cord Real £440

Exploration of remote central region of Cord Real with new route on Nevado Ch'iyaruqu (6104m)

01/24 British Broken Tooth 2001 Geoff Hornby USA/Alaska £540

First ascent of E Pillar of Broken Tooth (2749m) and unclimbed peak immediately to its N

01/25 Alaskan Fake Glacier 2001 Mike Fletcher USA/Alaska £740

Exploration & first ascents from Glacier One Cirque (aka 'Fake Glacier')

01/26 Cathedral Mountains 2001 Dr Brian Davison USA/Alaska £740

Exploration & first ascents from previously unvisited main glacier basin of Cathedral Mountains

01/27 Lakeland Quimsa Cruz 2001 Paul Platt Bolivia/Cord Quimsa Cruz £300

First ascents from valley to E of Khori Chuma & NW of Atorama

01/28 Scottish Cordillera Blanca 2001 Jason Currie Peru/Cord Blanca £300

First ascent of E Face of Santa Cruz Norte (5829m)

01/29 British Nampula Towers - Mozambique 2001 Dave Turnbull Mozambique/Nampula £540

Exploration and first ascents of Mlema Towers (500-1000m) in Nampula Province

01/30 Lanchester Greenland 2001 Jonathan White Greenland/Lindbergh Mtns £640

Exploration and first ascents in Lindbergh Mountains

01/32 British Chakula 2001 Mike Ratty India/Ladakh £440

First ascent of Chakula (6529m) probably by SE Ridge

01/34 Arganglas 2001 Sir Chris Bonington India/Saser Muztagh £690

Exploration and first ascents in Arganglas Mountains including highest peak, Pt 6789m

01/35 Lobuche / Ama Dablam Jules Cartwright Nepal/Mahalangur-Barun £740

Direct ascent of N Face of Lobuche (6100m) and NW Ridge of Ama Dablam (6800m)

01/36 Reo Purgyil North Face 2001 Ms Julie-Ann Clyma India/Leo Pargial Grp £740 x

First ascent of N Face of Reo Purgyil (6816m)

01/37 British Western Kokshaal-Too 2001 David Gerrard CIS/Kyrgyzstan £640

Exploration & first ascents in unvisited Kyokiar Range

01/38 Totally Forakered Ian Parnell USA/Alaska £640

New routes on Kahiltna West (3912m), Denali (6194m) & Foraker (5305m)

01/40 Cymru Bolivia Apolobamba 2001 Owen Thomas Bolivia/Cord Apolobamba £300

Exploration and first ascents in Pupuya Massif with basic survey

01/41 Alaska: The Big Three 2001 Andy Parkin USA/Alaska £640 x

New routes on N Buttress of Mt Hunter, SE Ridge of Mt Foraker & S Face of Denali

01/43A New Zealand Kangri Garpo 2001 John Nankervis China/SE Tibet £940

First ascents of one or more unclimbed peaks 5600-6600m from Lhagu Glacier

01/44 Quitaraju SW Face Nick Bullock Peru/Cord Blanca £340

First ascent of SW Face of Quitaraju (6040m) plus a route on Alpamayo (5974m)

01/45 British Solu 2001 Dave Wilkinson Pakistan/Rakaposhi E £490

First ascent of Solu Brakk (5901m) plus other sub-6000m peaks from Solu Glacier basin

01/46 British Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord South 2001 Phil Bartlett Greenland/East £390 x

Exploration and first ascents in area between two others previously visited

01/47 2001 British 'Baroness' Matt Dickinson Greenland/South £590+£500*

To climb & make a film of the first ascent of the 800m West Face of 'The Baroness'

01/49 Sail Greenland 2001 Andy White Greenland/South £490

To sail from Scotland to Greenland then climb from Kangikitsoq Fjord

01/50 SmoG in Greenland Mark Lampard Greenland/NE £640

First ascents in Fraenkels Land (73 20 N, 29 W)

01/53 South Greenland 2001 Matt Heason Greenland/SW £540

Unclimbed granite faces and peaks in Prins Christian Sund

01/54 Tagne 2001 Andy Vine India/Karcha Parbat Grp £590

First ascent of Tagne (6404m) (or a similar peak in the Zanskar Range)

01/56 British Pik Dankova Dr Paul Knott CIS/Kyrgyzstan £640

New routes & first ascents in region of Pik Dankova (5982m) in Western Kokshaal-Too

01/57 Siruanch Glacier 2001 Colin Knowles India/Nanda Devi Grp E £640

First ascent of Chalab West (6160m)

x Expedition cancelled or postponed

* Alison Chadwick Memorial Grant awarded jointly to Airlie Anderson & Lucy Creamer as individuals on 01/47, each receiving £250

TOTAL OF ABOVE GRANTS £27,670

GRANT TO ALPINE JOURNAL £2,500

TOTAL VALUE OF GRANTS ALLOCATED IN 2001 £30,170

Grants to Expeditions 1977 - 2001 (represented in graphical form)

Destinations in 2001 (represented in graphical form)

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REF	EXPEDITION NAME	LEADER	COUNTRY/AREA	GRANT
Objective

01/01	Greenland 2001 - Tilman in a New Millennium (Year 2)	Rev Bob Shepton	Greenland/West	Appd
First ascents of remote peaks in Upernavik area plus possible traverse of Bylot Island

01/02	Compass Support Dronning Louise 2001	Brinley Mitchell	Greenland/North	App x
First ascents and ski tours in rarely visited area

01/03	Cochamó Big Wall and Alpine	Dr Lucy Regan	Chile/Central	£500
Two contrasting first ascents - one big wall and one alpine traverse

01/04	Eastern Buttress of Mount Hunter	Malcolm Bass	USA/Alaska	£750
New route on East Face of Mt Hunter North Peak (4491m)

01/05	APEX Bolivia 2001 (sci)	Kenny Baillie	Bolivia/West	£1,000
Medical research based on Chacaltaya Laboratory (5200m)

01/07	South Tower of Paine 2001	Mike (Twid) Turner	Chile/Paine NP	£1,000
First British ascent and new route on South Tower of Paine (c.2500m)

01/08	British Darwin Range 2001	Simon Yates	Chile/Tierra del Fuego	£1,000
Exploration and first ascents in Darwin Range of Tierra del Fuego

01/10	Vietnam 2001 (caving)	Howard Limbert	Vietnam/NE	£1,000
Continued exploration of caves in Cao Bang & Quang Binh provinces

01/11	Huautla/Chev Cave Diving (caving)	Jason Mallinson	Mexico/Oaxaca	£500
Exploration of submerged passages with possibility of world depth record

01/13	British Kun Lun Shan 2001	Julian Freeman-Attwood	China/Kun Lun	£740
First ascent of Pk 6786m and/or Pk 6582m plus exploration of other unclimbed peaks in area

01/14A	SMC East Greenland 2001	Dr Colwyn Jones	Greenland/East	£590
FA of S Face of Sussex (2300m)

01/15	British Charakusa Glacier 2001	Stephen Ashworth	Pakistan/Chogolisa Grp	£440 x
Exploration and first ascents of sub-6000m peaks plus recce of N Face of K6 (Baltistan Peak)

01/16	Greenland Winter	Alun Powell	Greenland/East	£690
First ascent of N Face of Tupilak (2264m) in winter

01/17	Llanberis 2001 Patagonia	Leigh McGinley	Argentina/Fitz Roy NP	£640
New route on Cerro Torre (3128m) via SE Pillar/S Face/W Face

01/19	British Greater Trango 2001	Mike (Twid) Turner	Pakistan/Baltoro W	£740
First ascent of new 1400m route on E Face of Greater Trango

01/20	Anglo-New Zealand Raksha Urai 2001	Adam Thomas	Nepal/Gurans Himal	£840
Exploration & climbing from Seti valley with first ascents of peaks of Raksha Urai (c.6550m)

01/21	British Kantega South Ridge Integral	Mick Fowler	Nepal/Mahalangur-Barun	£640
First ascent of Peak 43 (6769m) by SE Buttress

01/22	2001 East Greenland Glacier Surge Survey (sci)	Hamish Pritchard	Greenland/East	£740 x
Geophysical measurements of a surge-type glacier (Blosseville Kyst)

01/23	British Female Bolivian Cordillera Real 2001	Dr Adele Pennington	Bolivia/Cord Real	£440
Exploration of remote central region of Cord Real with new route on Nevado Ch'iyaruqu (6104m)

01/24	British Broken Tooth 2001	Geoff Hornby	USA/Alaska	£540
First ascent of E Pillar of Broken Tooth (2749m) and unclimbed peak immediately to its N

01/25	Alaskan Fake Glacier 2001	Mike Fletcher	USA/Alaska	£740
Exploration & first ascents from Glacier One Cirque (aka 'Fake Glacier')

01/26	Cathedral Mountains 2001	Dr Brian Davison	USA/Alaska	£740
Exploration & first ascents from previously unvisited main glacier basin of Cathedral Mountains

01/27	Lakeland Quimsa Cruz 2001	Paul Platt	Bolivia/Cord Quimsa Cruz	£300
First ascents from valley to E of Khori Chuma & NW of Atorama

01/28	Scottish Cordillera Blanca 2001	Jason Currie	Peru/Cord Blanca	£300
First ascent of E Face of Santa Cruz Norte (5829m)

01/29	British Nampula Towers - Mozambique 2001	Dave Turnbull	Mozambique/Nampula	£540
Exploration and first ascents of Mlema Towers (500-1000m) in Nampula Province

01/30	Lanchester Greenland 2001	Jonathan White	Greenland/Lindbergh Mtns	£640
Exploration and first ascents in Lindbergh Mountains

01/32	British Chakula 2001	Mike Ratty	India/Ladakh	£440
First ascent of Chakula (6529m) probably by SE Ridge

01/34	Arganglas 2001	Sir Chris Bonington	India/Saser Muztagh	£690
Exploration and first ascents in Arganglas Mountains including highest peak, Pt 6789m

01/35	Lobuche / Ama Dablam	Jules Cartwright	Nepal/Mahalangur-Barun	£740
Direct ascent of N Face of Lobuche (6100m) and NW Ridge of Ama Dablam (6800m)

01/36	Reo Purgyil North Face 2001	Ms Julie-Ann Clyma	India/Leo Pargial Grp	£740 x
First ascent of N Face of Reo Purgyil (6816m)

01/37	British Western Kokshaal-Too 2001	David Gerrard	CIS/Kyrgyzstan	£640
Exploration & first ascents in unvisited Kyokiar Range

01/38	Totally Forakered	Ian Parnell	USA/Alaska	£640
New routes on Kahiltna West (3912m), Denali (6194m) & Foraker (5305m)

01/40	Cymru Bolivia Apolobamba 2001	Owen Thomas	Bolivia/Cord Apolobamba	£300
Exploration and first ascents in Pupuya Massif with basic survey

01/41	Alaska: The Big Three 2001	Andy Parkin	USA/Alaska	£640 x
New routes on N Buttress of Mt Hunter, SE Ridge of Mt Foraker & S Face of Denali

01/43A	New Zealand Kangri Garpo 2001	John Nankervis	China/SE Tibet	£940
First ascents of one or more unclimbed peaks 5600-6600m from Lhagu Glacier

01/44	Quitaraju SW Face	Nick Bullock	Peru/Cord Blanca	£340
First ascent of SW Face of Quitaraju (6040m) plus a route on Alpamayo (5974m)

01/45	British Solu 2001	Dave Wilkinson	Pakistan/Rakaposhi E	£490
First ascent of Solu Brakk (5901m) plus other sub-6000m peaks from Solu Glacier basin

01/46	British Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord South 2001	Phil Bartlett	Greenland/East	£390 x
Exploration and first ascents in area between two others previously visited


01/47	2001 British 'Baroness'	Matt Dickinson	Greenland/South	£590+£500*
To climb & make a film of the first ascent of the 800m West Face of 'The Baroness'


01/49	Sail Greenland 2001	Andy White	Greenland/South	£490
To sail from Scotland to Greenland then climb from Kangikitsoq Fjord


01/50	SmoG in Greenland	Mark Lampard	Greenland/NE	£640
First ascents in Fraenkels Land (73 20 N, 29 W)


01/53	South Greenland 2001	Matt Heason	Greenland/SW	£540
Unclimbed granite faces and peaks in Prins Christian Sund


01/54	Tagne 2001	Andy Vine	India/Karcha Parbat Grp	£590
First ascent of Tagne (6404m) (or a similar peak in the Zanskar Range)


01/56	British Pik Dankova	Dr Paul Knott	CIS/Kyrgyzstan	£640
New routes & first ascents in region of Pik Dankova (5982m) in Western Kokshaal-Too


01/57	Siruanch Glacier 2001	Colin Knowles	India/Nanda Devi Grp E	£640
First ascent of Chalab West (6160m)

x Expedition cancelled or postponed
* Alison Chadwick Memorial Grant awarded jointly to Airlie Anderson & Lucy Creamer as individuals on 01/47, each receiving £250

TOTAL OF ABOVE GRANTS				£27,670
GRANT TO ALPINE JOURNAL				£2,500
TOTAL VALUE OF GRANTS ALLOCATED IN 2001				£30,170