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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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Edinburgh Andean 1958

America – South
Ref: 58/AC
July - August 1958
Dr. Hugh Simpson, William Wallace, Miss Myrtle L. Emslie, Dr. Derek Fabian with Henri Chanzy and Yves Merle d’Aubigné from France
The expedition spent a week conducting physiological research in the Cochas range of the Cordillera Central after which they made the first ascents of three peaks. Wallace and Emslie made the first as Read more
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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
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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
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Cambridge Spitsbergen

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 57/BB
1957
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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
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Nottingham University Explorers Society Spitsbergen 1957

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 57/AV
1957
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Cambridge Columbia 1957

America – South
Ref: 57/AU
1957
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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
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Anthropological Expedition to Afghanistan 1957

Central Asia
Ref: 57/AS
1957
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Cambridge Botanical Expedition to Ethiopia 1957

Africa
Ref: 57/AR
1957
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