2000 EXPEDITIONS SUPPORTED BY MEF

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REF	EXPEDITION NAME	LEADER	COUNTRY/AREA	GRANT
OBJECTIVE
00/01	British Cape Renard Tower 2000	Julian Freeman-Attwood	Antarctica/Grahamland	£1,000
To make the first ascent of the N Face of Cape Renard Tower (747m)
00/03	Cochamo 2000	Dr Seb Grieve	Chile/Central	£500
Exploration of Cochamo Valley in Central Chile, and establish new routes on Mt Trinidad
00/05	Poi North Face	John Barry	Kenya/Ndoto	Appd
First ascent of North Face of Mount Poi (c.600m) in Ndoto Range of Northern Kenya
00/07A	British 2000 Western Patagonia	Dr Dave Hillebrandt	Chile/Cord Sarmiento etc	£1,200
First ascent of Angel's Wings in Cord Sarmiento, and/or Cerro Aquilera on Wilcox Peninsula
00/08	Hucho Alchori 2000	Ms Mary Twomey	Pakistan/Arandu	£900
Exploration of Hucho Alchori Glacier with first ascents of peaks, eg Pt.5551m
00/09	Greenland 2000 - Tilman in a New Millenium	Rev Bob Shepton	Greenland/West	£550
To make first ascents of peaks and rock in W Greenland, and traverses on Bylot Is
00/10	Sea to the Sky, St Elias 2000	Dr Alun Hubbard	Canada/Yukon	£900
A new high level route linking six peaks, two not previously climbed
00/11	British Eastern Torssuqatoq Spires 2000	Jonathan Bracey	Greenland/South	£900
First ascent of SW Arete on Whaleback Peak (1000m) + other faces in area
00/13	Women's Quimsa Cruz / Illimani 2000	Dr Adele Pennington	Bolivia/Cord Quimsa Cruz etc	£700+£600*
Exploration and first ascents/new routes in Cord Quimsa Cruz and Cord Real
00/14	Anglo-New Zealand Hindu Raj 2000	Adam Thomas	Pakistan/Hindu Raj	£1,200
Climbs and exploration round Ochiri (Chonuk)/Matkesh Valley in SE of area
00/15	British Lemon Mountains 2000	Richard Pash	Greenland/East	£900
To reach and climb 10 remote unclimbed mountains (c.2200-2500m)
00/16A	Kazak Apogee 2000	WO2 Stuart Batey	CIS/Kazakhstan	Appd
Exploration and survey with first ascents
00/17	Welsh Low's Gully 2000	Jerry Gore	Malaysia/Sabah	1,300
To make the first complete ascent of the overhanging 1000m wall of Low's Gully
00/18	British Arwa Spires	Al Powell	India/Garhwal	£1,400
First ascent of Arwa Spire (6095m)
00/20	British American South Greenland 2000	Jim Lowther	Greenland/South	£1,200
First ascent of E Face of Agdlerussakasit Wall & exploration of Nup Kangerdlua area
00/21	2000 Pumari Chhish	Ms Julie-Ann Clyma	Pakistan/Hispar	£1,400
First ascent of S Summit of Pumari Chhish (7350m)
00/22	British Tibet 2000	Dr Charles Clarke	China/Tibet	£1,300
Exploration of S approaches to Sepu Kangri with first ascents of 6000m peaks en route
00/23	British Yukon 2000	Mick Fowler	Canada/Yukon	£1,300
First complete ascent of NW Face of Mt Kennedy (4238m)
00/24	British Chamar 2000	Tony Barton	Nepal/Sringi Himal	£1,300
Exploration of Sringi Khola with first ascent of one of summits of Chamar (7187m)
00/25	Parbati South West Ridge	Olly Sanders	India/Kullu	£1,000
First ascent of SW Ridge of Parbati (6128m)
00/26	Cerro Torre in Winter 2000	David Hesleden	Argentina/Fitz Roy NP	£1,300
First winter ascent of NE Ridge of Cerro Torre (3128m) via Maestri-Egger route
00/27	Cymru/Bolivia Quimsa Cruz 2000	Mike Rosser	Bolivia/Cord Quimsa Cruz	£700
Exploration of three valleys with first ascents of peaks in area
00/28	Sheffield Bolivian 2000	Dr Jon Morgan	Bolivia/Cord Quimsa Cruz	£600x
Exploration, first ascents and new routes on peaks up to 5300m
00/29	British Denali/Hunter Experience 2000	Jules Cartwright	USA/Alaska	£1,300
New lines on N Buttress of Mt Hunter (4442m) + 'Fathers & Sons Wall' on Denali (6194m)
00/30	Crown Jewel 2000	Dr Brian Davison	USA/Alaska	£1,300
Exploration and first ascents in area round Crown Jewel/Pika Glacier etc
00/31	Watkins Mountains 2000	Ms Christine Watkins	Greenland/East	£600
Exploration and first acents of peaks (2200-2900m) in Watkins Mountains
00/33	British Sokha 2000	Dave Wilkinson	Pakistan/Sokha-Solu	£1,200
Exploration and first ascents of sub-6000m peaks
00/34	British Mt Russell 2000	Geoff Hornby	USA/Alaska	£1,200
First ascent of West Face of Mt Russell (3557m)
00/35	Thumbnail 2000	Ian Parnell	Greenland/South	1,200
First ascent of The Thumbnail, a 1000m sea cliff above Torssuqatoq Sound
00/36	Patagonia Winter 2000 Crazy Gringos	Andy Kirkpatrick	Argentina/Fitz Roy NP	£1,300
First winter ascent of Torre Egger (2673m) by new route on East Face plus other route
00/37	Danga	Sir Chris Bonington	Nepal/Janak Himal	£1,000
First ascent of Danga
00/38	Guangxi Caves 2000 (caving)	Ged Campion	China/Guangxi	£1,300
To continue exploration of caves in Lingyun area discovered during recce in 1998
00/39	Benerat 2000 (caving)	Dick Willis	Malaysia/Sarawak	£1,300
To continue exploration of caves in Mulu National Park started in 1984
x Expedition cancelled or postponed
* Alison Chadwick Memorial Grant
TOTAL OF ABOVE GRANTS			£33,850
GRANT TO ALPINE JOURNAL			£2500
TOTAL VALUE OF GRANTS ALLOCATED IN 2000			£36,350