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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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Hindu Kush

Pakistan
Ref: 14/08
June - July 2014
Pat Deavoll and Chris Todd
Objectives were first ascents of Langua-tai-Barfi (7011m) and the SE Face of Shakawr (7076m) in the Hindu Kush of North West Pakistan. The approach was by a two day walk-in from the road head at Zonda Read more
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APEX 4 Bolivia

America – South
Ref: 14/16
June - July 2014
Ailsa Angharad-Campbell, Alex Christides, Alice Ojeda, Alistair Rocke, Arabella Kennard, Calum Stannett, Cameroyn Richardson, Charlotte Bentley, Chris Graham, Eilidh Potter, Eleanor Dow, Eleanor Lee, Ellie Dickson, Ellie Heath, Gordon Paterson, Guido Peles, Harry Newmark, Mhairi Leeson, Millie Wood, Nandesh Patel, Rob Gilhespy, Sandy Jackson, Shona Main (leader), Stewart Rodney, Tom Beddis, Wayne Pringle, and Xu Teo
The objectives were to collect physiological and genetic data from young healthy volunteers at low, moderate, and high altitude in order to gain insight into the process of acclimatisation. The expedi Read more
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Janahut

Himalaya – India
Ref: 14/07
May - June 2014
Malcolm Bass with Simon Yearsley, Subedar Dan Singh, Raj Kumar, Ming Temba Sherpa, Tsewang Gyalson, Santbir Sherpa and Danesh Rai
The original plan was to attempt the SW Face of Rimo III in the East Karakorum, but permission was denied. Plan B was an attempt on the North east Face of Chaukhamba IV in the Garhwal Himalaya. They e Read more
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Reaching the Roof - Ski Tajikistan

Central Asia
Ref: 14/02
April - May 2014
Susanna Walker, Phillip Mark Thomas, Richard Jones, and Tom Coney
Objectives were to climb and ski unexplored peaks of 5000-6000m in the Vanj Range in Pamirs. From Dushanbe travel to Poi Mazor was by 4×4, and from there to the RGS Glacier by Russian military lorry. Read more
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Lumba Sumba Peak

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 14/15
April - May 2014
Paul Vardy, Helen Caunce, Dave Barker, Rory Sellar, Ken Hopper, and Phil Booth
Lumba Sumba (5672m) is located in Eastern Nepal, and forms the watershed of the Arun and Tamor river systems. The approach was by air and Jeep to Taplejung, and 11 days in the approach and setting up Read more
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Anidesha Chuli

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 14/03
April - May 2014
Paul Hersey, Shelley Hersey, and John Price
Anidesha Chuli (6900m), aka White Wave, is located in North-eastern Nepal, and had been attempted by another New Zealand party a year earlier. The approach was from Kathmandu to Taplejung by bus, and Read more
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Brady Icefield

America – North & Central
Ref: 14/20
April - May 2014
Paul Knott and Kieren Parsons
The primary objective was the first ascent of the East Ridge of Mt Crillon in the Glacier Bay National Park, with first ascents in the Mt Abbe area as secondary objectives. They flew into a base camp Read more
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Revelations Range

America – North & Central
Ref: 14/17
April 2014
Graham Zimmerman and Clint Helander
The objectives of this team were the first ascents of the West Face of the Titanic and the North Face of Jezebel in the Revelations Range, which is at the South Western edge of the Alaska Range. They Read more
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Patagonia

America – South
Ref: 14/04
January - February 2014
Peter Graham and Ben Silvestre
An expedition with the objective of new routes on rock in the Fitzroy and Cerro Torre massifs. The cold and snowy conditions which prevailed meant a change of objectives to mixed and ice routes. An at Read more
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Shan Plateau

East Asia
Ref: 14/05
December 2013-January 2014
Peter Talling, Lui Hong, Fleur Loveridge, Paul Mackrill and Ben Wright
This was the fifth in a series of British Shan Plateau caving expeditions in the Southern Shan State in Myanmar (Burma), focussing on the area around Ywangan. A new feature of this expedition was that Read more