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Expedition Reports

Every MEF-supported expedition is required to submit a report to the foundation. We have archived these reports so that they can be of use in research and the planning of future expeditions. Listed below are summary pages for every expedition that the MEF has supported with links to their complete expedition reports. Expeditions can be refined by geographical area and purpose, browsed using the map below or searched using the search box.

1783 Expeditions found

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Laguna Paron (Cordillera Blanca)

America – South
Ref: 87/33
July - August 1987
Jonathan Marsh with Hamish Osborn, Nigel Hollett, Martin Putnam and Christopher Martin
This four-man team spent five weeks at 4,000m, studying the bathymetry of this glacial lake, and the glaciology of the ice-filled moraine (Hatunraju) at its foot. Findings will be made available to El Read more
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Glasgow University Andean Expedition

America – South
Ref: 87/30
July - September 1987
This four-man team climbed the NE ridge of Vallunaraju (5868m) and made the first traverse of the SW-NW ridges of Nevado Huandoy Este (probably first British ascent). Read more
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Greenland 'Two Summits' Expedition

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 87/07
July - August 1987
All four members made the third ascent of Greenland's highest mountain, Gunnbjornsfjeld, from the previously unvisited N side of the Watkins Mountains. In the course of the 180-mile trek, stores from Read more
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International Friendship Expedition to Muztagh Ata

China and Tibet, Central Asia
Ref: 87/40
July - August 1987
Michael Jardine (US), Marti Martin-Kuntz (US), Wilmer Perez (Venezuela), Hiro Saso (Japan), Keiichi Ozaki (Japan), Anthony Willoughby (UK), Victoria Willoughby (UK), Didier Gaillard (France) and Dick Renshaw (UK)
This well co-ordinated international team, with US, Venezuelan, Japanese, French and British members, failed in their first objective of reaching the N peak of Muztagh Ata (7427m) on skis, turning bac Read more
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Karakoram Traverse

Pakistan
Ref: 87/34
July 1987
Duncan Tunstall and Stephen Venables
To mark the 50th anniversary of Shipton's Blank on the Map and to continue his interrupted exploration of 1939, this strong three-man team succeeded in their aim of going up the Biafo glacier to Snow Read more
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Bublimotin 'Hopefuls' 1987

Pakistan
Ref: 87/19
July - August 1987
J Silvester and M Charlton
Although failing to make much impact on the 1,100m SE face of this remarkable spire (c6,000m), the Hopefuls produced a useful profile of the spire and analysed possible routes to other peaks in the Ul Read more
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Cambridge & St Andrews Karakoram 1987

Pakistan
Ref: 87/15
July 1987
Struan Grey with Bruce Hubbard, Matthew Powell and Robert Rider
This four-man team made first ascents of Hobluk (5,360m) by the NE/N ridge, of 'The Goblin' (5,670m) -their name- and Ghur (5,790m) by the N face- all in the Biafo Glacier area. Read more
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Leeds Bublimotin Expedition

Pakistan
Ref: 87/10
July - August 1987
Andrew Bowman with Andrew Swann, Richard Barker and Simon Baker
After establishing Base Camp at the foot of the Bublimotin Spire, this party was forced by severe food-poisoning to abandon their attempt on the SW face. Read more
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North London Mountaineering Club Spantik Expedition 1987

Pakistan
Ref: 87/08
July - August 1987
Victor Saunders with Michael Fowler, Phillip Butler, Bruce Craig, Elizabeth Allen, Dr JSC English, Dr Iqbal M Ahmed, Rajab Zawar and George Fowler
Fowler and Saunders succeeded in climbing the formidable NW Pillar of Spantik (7,027m), a monolithic feature rising in a continuous sweep of 1,800m, approaching it by the Barpu Glacier from Nagar. Read more
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Plymouth Polytechnic Kurdopin Expedition

Pakistan
Ref: 87/03
July - September 1987
Gary Murton, Andrew Bradley, Richard Osborne, John DeBank, Paul Simpkin, Toby Briggs and Dr. Luke Hughes-Davies
From a Base Camp near the snout of the Kurdopin Glacier, an unnamed peak of 5,800m was climbed, believed to be a first ascent. Exploration of the Virjerab Glacier area revealed other peaks believed un Read more