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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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Nanda Devi East

Ref: 15/20
September - October 2015
Martin Moran, Mark Thomas, Thomas Coney, Kenton Cool and David Morton
A very experienced team with the objective the first ascent of NE Ridge of Nanda Devi East, 7434m. A base camp was established at a height of 4275m at Bhital Gwar in the Lwan valley, and an advanced b Read more

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Muzcol

Ref: 15/26
August 2015
George Cave, Clay Conlon, Emily Ward, Alistair Docherty and James Monypenny
An exploratory expedition to the Ak Baikal valley in the Muzkol range in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region of eastern Tajikistan. The team flew variously to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, or Osh in Tajik Read more

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Southern Fergana

Ref: 15/05
August - September 2015
Paul Josse, John Venier, Peter Nugent, Gabriel Oliver, and Peter Duguid
The original objective was exploration of the Eastern end of the Southern Fergana Range in Kyrgyzstan, with first ascents of peaks in the range 4400m-4700m approached via the Kokbel valley. However th Read more

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Tamasa Nala

Ref: 15/09
August - September 2015
Derek Buckle, Drew Cook, Gus Morton, Knut Tonsberg and Stewart Worsfold
Exploration of the upper reaches of the Korlomshe Tokpo, a valley to the west of the Tamasa Nala which flows south of Padam in Zanskar, and first ascents of one or more peaks. From Padam they first es Read more

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Nameless Peaks of the Andes

Ref: 15/28
August -September 2015
Suzie Imber with Maximo Kausch and Pedro Hauck
This expedition made use of a digital elevation model of the Andes developed by the Earth Observation Science Department of the University of Leicester. This enabled them to identify all mountains in Read more

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Western Kokshaal-Too

Ref: 15/22
July - August 2015
Paul Knott, and Vaughan Snowdon
The objectives were first ascents at the head of the Pagov glacier in Kyrgyzstan, including peak 5602. Base camp was established at the confluence of the Palgov and Grigoriev rivers at 3474m, 18km fro Read more

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Khan Tengri

Ref: 15/19
July - August 2015
Seth Ford, Tim Miller, Will Kernick and Cameron Holloway
First ascents of around 5000m+ above the North Inylchek Glacier in Kyryzstan. In an interesting approach to acclimatisation Miller and Kernick climbed Khan Tengri (7010m) before joining Ford and Hollo Read more

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K6 Central

Ref: 15/33
July - August 2015
Graham Zimmerman, Scott Bennett and Steven Swenson
An attempt on the South Face of K6 in the Pakistan Karakorum. The early part of the expedition had bad weather, but they used the time to establish an Advanced Base Camp on the far side of ‘Hidden Col Read more

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Katkar Nala

Ref: 15/31
July - August 2015
Calum Nicoll, Struan Chisholm, Sam Newmark, and Calum McLellan
Objective to complete first ascents of peaks at around 5900m in the Zanskar/Ladakh region of Northern India. They travelled to Leh, and then by road to Kargil and Padum. On arrival at Reru they found Read more

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Bio-glaciology in Western Greenland

Ref: 15/08
July 2015
Joseph Cook, Arwyn Edwards, Michael Sweet, Ottavia Cavalli and Sophie Cook
An expedition to study the role of glacier microbes in shaping ice surfaces by monitoring the changing shapes of ice surface landforms and biogeochemical fluxes. The team included four young researche Read more