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Expedition Reports

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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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1958 Sherborne Kulu-Spiti

Himalaya – India

Ref: 58/AB

1958

J. G. G. Stephenson, D. T. Osselton, J. M. Stopford, and J. P. O’F. Lynam

This expedition set out to find a route up the valley above Losar leading to Gyundi and from there to the Bara Shigri. Here they hoped to attempt a number of unclimbed peaks. The route was opened succ Read more

British-Pakistani Forces Himalayan 1958

Pakistan

Ref: 58/AA

May - 1958

Capt. Michael E. B. Banks, Lt. Com. R. F. Brooke, Lt. T. W. Patey, Capt. R. N. Grant, Capt. E. J. E. Mills, Capt. W. M. M. Deacock, Fl. Lt. J. R. Sims, Capt. Mohammad Shah Khan, and Capt. Raja Mohammad Aslam

Building on the experience of the 1956 British-American Karakoram Expedition, this party established a series of camps up Rakaposhi's (7788m) south-west spur to a height of 23,000 feet. From here, Bro Read more

Cambridge Spitsbergen

Greenland & Arctic

Ref: 57/BB

1957

1957 New Zealand Karakoram

Pakistan

Ref: 57/BA

June - August 1957

W Berry and C Tyndale-Biscoe

Difficulties obtaining permits prevented this two-man party from reaching the Karakoram. They headed instead to Swat-Koshistan where they made the first ascent of Falak Sar (5929m), reaching the summi Read more

Nottingham University Explorers Society Spitsbergen 1957

Greenland & Arctic

Ref: 57/AV

1957

Cambridge Columbia 1957

America – South

Ref: 57/AU

1957

Cambridge Tibesti 1957

Africa

Ref: 57/AT

1957

W. W. Marks, R. F. Tuck and P. R. Steele

This expedition to the Tibetsi range in what was then the Chad Territory of French Equatorial Africa, succeeded in making the first ascent of Emi Koussi (3415m). The party also made ascents of Pic Wob Read more