1999 EXPEDITIONS SUPPORTED BY MEF (NB. Detail reports are not published for 1999)

REF	EXPEDITION NAME	LEADER	COUNTRY/AREA	GRANT
OBJECTIVE
98/48	British-Canadian St Elias 1998	Dr Alun Hubbard	Canada/Yukon	£800
Ski traverse and first ascents of several peaks c4000m
99/1	Vietnam 99 (caving)	Howard Limbert	Vietnam/Central	£600
Exploration and survey of caves in two seperate provinces
99/2	North East Greenland 1999	Helen Bostock	Greenland/NE	£700
Exploration and first ascents of peaks c2200m, with some scientific work
99/3	Greenland Rignys Bjerg 1999	Brinley Mitchell	Greenland/East	£600
Ski-mountaineering with as many first ascents as possible
99/5	Sangemarmar 1999	Allan Pilkington	Pakistan/Batura	£800
First ascent of N Ridge of Sangemarmar (6949m)
99/6	UK-Pakistan Saraghrar 1999	Ken Findlay	Pakistan/ Hindu Kush	£800
Exploration and first British ascent of Saraghrar (7394m)
99/7	Low's Gully Big Wall 1999	Steve Long	Malaysia/Borneo	£700
First ascent of big wall on Kinabalu (4101m)
99/8	British Pumari Chish NE Face 1999	Scott Muir	Pakistan/Hispar	£1000#
First ascent of SE Summit of Pumari Chhish (7350)
99/9	British-Canadian St Elias 1999	Dr Alun Hubbard	Canada/Yukon	£1000
New route on SE Ridge of Mt Cook (4194m) and first ascent of NW Cook (3687m)
99/10	Fitzroy West Face	Andy Cave	Chile/Patagonia	£1100
New route on W Face of Fitzroy (3375)
99/11	British Jomo Chu	John Town	China/NE Tibet	£700
First ascents of peaks c.6000m in W Nyanchen Tangla Range
99/12	British Alaska Alpine Fest	Dave Wills	USA/Alaska	£1000
First ascents of N Face of Thunder Mountain (3328m0 and WSW Pillar of Mt Hunter (4442m)
99/13	Mt Hunter North Buttress	Andy Parkin	USA/Alaska	£1000
New route on N Buttress of Mt Hunter (4442m)
99/14	British Transhimalaya 1999	Julian Freeman-Attwood	China/Central W Tibet	£1000
First ascents of S Face of Loinbo Kangri (7090m) and Pk 6530m
99/15	British Lemon Mountains 1999	Richard Pash	Greenland/East	£900
First ascents of 8 remote peaks (2200-2500m) in Lemon Mountains
99/16	Scottish South Greenland 1999	Malcolm Thornburn	Greenland/SE	£800
A W-E traverse of SE Greenland, exploring and making first ascents of peaks en route
99/17	Scottish Latok III North Spur	Muir Morton	Pakistan/Choktoi	£1000
First ascent of N Spur of Latok III (6949m)
99/19	British Arwa 1999	Mick Fowler	India/Garhwal	£1100
First ascents of Arwa Spire (6193m) and Arwa Tower (6352m)
99/21	British Shel Chakpa 1999	Dave Wilkinson	Pakistan/Arandu	£900
First ascent of a peak c.6000m near village of Doko and/or others in area
99/22	Edinburgh Uni MC Bolivia	Mark Crampton	Bolivia/Cordillera Real & Apolabamba	£600
Exploration and first ascents
99/23	Altar of the Gods Patagonia Winter '99	Paul Ramsden	Argentina/Patagonia	£900
First winter exploration of W Face of Cerro Torre group with ascents of new routes
99/24	1999 British Schweizerland	Al Powell	Greenland/East	£900
First ascents of S Faces of Rodebjerg (2140m), Tupilak (2264m) and other big walls
99/25A	Lightning Spur 99	Sandy Britain	USA/Alaska	£1000
First ascent of LIghtning Spur on Thunder Mountain (3328m)
99/27	Karavshin-Lailiak '99	Ian Parnell	CIS/Kyrgyzstan	£800
Free climb routes on Admiral Peak (5090m) and Asan (4230m)
99/29	British Police Alaskan	Jonathan Wakefield	USA/Alaska	£800
New routes on various peaks c.3500m-4500m to the N of Cathedral Glacier
99/30	Ak-Su Valley 1999	Jonathan Garside	CIS/Kyrgyzstan	£750
First ascent of a subsidiary peak of Pt 4810mand the 750m pillar of Oiseau
99/32A	Hucho Alchori	Ms Mary Twomey	Pakistan/Keralungma	£750#
Exploration and first ascents of peaks including Pt 5551m
99/33	Reo Purgyil N Face 1999	Ms Julie-Ann Clyma	India/Himachal Pradesh	£1000#
First ascent of Reo Purgyil (6816m), highest peak in the area
99/33A	1999 British Pumari Chhish	Ms Julie-Ann Clyma	Pakistan/Hispar	£1000
First ascent of S Summit of Pumari Chhish (7350)
99/34	Wales Quimsa Cruz	Ms Sue Savege	Bolivia/Quimsa Cruz	£650
Exploration and first ascents of peahs c.5200m
99/35	Welsh Big Wall Madagascar	Mike Turner	Madagascar/Andringitra	£600
First ascents of big walls
99/36A	British Baffin Island 1999	Mike Turner	Canada/Baffin Island	£1100 +£600*
First ascent of 'The Citadel' a 1300m rock wall on Scott Island * Alison Chadwick Memorial Grant to Louise Thomas as an individual
99/38	Hubbard Glacier Mountaineering	Dr Paul Knott	Canada/Yukon	£850
First ascent of Mt Vancouver (4812m) and other new routes in Kluane NP
99/43	British Indian NE Frontier	Doug Scott	India/Arunachal Pradesh	£1100
First ascents of un-named peaks c.6900m 0n NE frontier of India
99/46	Pamirs '99	Paul Deegan	CIS/Kyrgyzstan	£900
Exploration and first ascents of peaks c.5400-6400m in the Zaalayski Khrebet on the border with Tajikistan and China
99/47	Bajsuntau 1999 (caving)	Paul Vale	CIS/Uzbekistan	£600#
Continued exploration of the Dark Star system in Hodja Gur Gor Ata Massif
99/48	China Connection (caving)	Andy Eavis	China/Sichuan	£1000
Attempt to follow a river from its sink to its resurgence
# Expedition cancelled or postponed
TOTAL OF ABOVE GRANTS			£31600
GRANT TO ALPINE JOURNAL			£2500
TOTAL VALUE OF GRANTS ALLOCATED 1999			£34900