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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.

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The Cambridge Himalayan Snow Algae Expedition

Himalaya – India
Ref: 80/08
June - September 1980
Debbie Freeman, Paul McWhinney, Simon Garth, Rachel Heath and Paul Williams
This 5-member team had some difficulty in finding snow algae in the area south of Leh, but were able to study their habitat on a glacier-snout in the Nimaling valley; lichens, flowers and bumble-bees Read more
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The Cambridge Peruvian Andes Expedztion (1981)

America – South
Ref: 81/15
July - September 1981
Simon Garth with Rory O'Conor, Claire Hobbs, Ian Whitehead, Gareth Evans and Margaret Johnson from Britain
3 men and 2 women, led by Simon Garth, spent 2 months on the Quelccaya Ice Cap, conducting a medical investigation into the effect of altitude on blood composition, and a glaciological project for the Read more
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Mount Kongur (1981)

China and Tibet
Ref: 81/Special
June - July 1981
Chris Bonington and Peter Boardman with AI Rouse and Joe Tasker from Britain
The British Mount Kongur Expedition, organised by the MEF and sponsored by Jardine Matheson, has been fully reported elsewhere. The main summit (7,719m) was reached on 12 July 1981 by Chris Bonington, Read more
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Masherbrum (1981)

Pakistan
Ref: 81/18
May - July 1981
R J Honey, E J M Thomas, S Whipple, R A Fountain, N Taylor, T G Moore, E Rogers and D Gray,
The RAF Mountaineering Association's 8-man team, under Gp. Capt. Honey and Sqn/Ldr. E. J. M. Thomas, had as their objective the SW summit of Masherbrum (7,803m). Despite the threat of bombardment in ' Read more
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British Expedition to the Ruth Glacier (1981)

America – North & Central
Ref: 81/26
June - August 1981
R E Milward, Sharp and Young from Britain
Milward and Young spent 42 days on the Ruth Glacier, of which only 7 provided climbable weather. Their objective of a 1st ascent of the E ridges of Mts Johnson and Bradley was defeated by bad weather. Read more
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The Cusichaca Project 1981

America – South
Ref: 81/24
June - August 1981
D Drew, F Aylmer, J Coronel, N, Drewnicki, A Mortimore, V Pacheco, A Kendall, J Rowley, D Parker, P Knock, J Stokes, N Lara Varqas, P Gilbert, A Petrie, D Parker, R Lunniss, A Maddison and K Foster
The Cusichaca Project 1981 approved by MEF for the 3rd year in succession, continued their successful reconnaissance of pre-Inca archaeological structures and of the Inca roads with 5 separate treks i Read more
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Anglo-Indian Gangotri Expedition (1981)

Himalaya – India
Ref: 81/09
May - June 1981
Colin Downer, Doug Scott and Don Whillans from Britain
A strong international climbing party of 10, including Colin Downer, Doug Scott and Don Whillans as the British members, joined with 20 young, enthusiastic Indian mountaineers at base camp at Tapovan Read more
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The British Garwhal Expedition '81

Himalaya – India
Ref: 81/27
August - September 1981
Derek Howard, Nick Kekus and Andy Hyslop from Britain, with Bernard Domenech, Pen Leyland and Michel Ricard of France, and Giuseppe Martellotti and Donatello Amore of Italy
IMF bureaucracy caused this team of three to join up with a party of three French and two Italian climbers. Three members of this mixed party made an attempt on Kalanka (6,913m), sister peak to Changa Read more
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Himalaya International '81

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 80/24
May 1981 and September - October 1981
Alex Mclntyre with Jerzy Kukczka of Poland and Padam Ghaley Gurung of Nepal
The Anglo-Polish Makalu Expedition led by Alex Mclntyre, with one British, one Polish and one Nepalese member, made two attempts on Makalu W face, one in May 1981, abandoned at 6,800m in bad snow cond Read more
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The Bristol Nun Kun Expedition

Himalaya – India
Ref: 81/06
May - July 1981
Steven Berry with, Richard J Berry, John B Margesson, Barry Needle, Steven Monks, Damian Carroll and Norman Croucher from Britain
This 7-man team was led by Steven Berry, whose father had made an early attempt on the E ridge of Nun, including (in the International Year of the Disabled) the indomitable Norman Croucher, who has tw Read more