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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.

1796 Expeditions found

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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
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Shan Plateau 2013

East Asia
Ref: 13/03
December 2012 - January 2013
Dr Peter Talling with Tim Guilford, Fleur Loveridge, Lou Maurice & Ben Wright from UK plus Prof Liu Hong from China
This was the fourth caving expedition to visit the Shan State of Myanmar (Burma) since access to foreign visitors was allowed in 2010. The prime aim of this trip was to continue the exploration of cav Read more
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British Kishtwar Kailash 2013

Himalaya – India
Ref: 13/19A
September - October 2013
Mick Fowler with Mike Morrison, Paul Ramsden & Rob Smith
Although Kailash (6451m) is the last major unclimbed peak in the eastern sector of the Kishtwar Himalaya, there was no record of it ever being attempted before the arrival of this team. To avoid the t Read more
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Scottish Himachal Pradesh 2013

Himalaya – India
Ref: 13/17
May - July 2013
Andy Nisbet with Robert Adams, Bob Hamilton, Dr Susan Jensen & Steve Kennedy
Summits in the Darcha Valley of Himachal Pradesh region were only officially opened to climbers a few years ago, thus offering scope for exploration and first ascents of peaks over 6000m. The prime ob Read more
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Oxford West Greenland

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 13/29
June - August 2013
Tom Codrington with Jacob Cook, Ian Faulkner and Peter Hill plus boat crew Angela Lilienthal & Clive Woodman
Although neither had any previous sailing experience, Codrington & Hill planned to emulate Bill Tilman and commence their expedition by sailing to Greenland. They therefore arranged to meet the ow Read more
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British Darwin Range 2013

America – South
Ref: 13/16
September 2013
Simon Yates and Andy Cave
The Cordillera Darwin Range of mountains lies in Tierra del Fuego, and is noted for its poor weather – and hence many unclimbed peaks. After flying to Ushuaia, this team boarded Marcel de Letter’s yac Read more
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Wall of Paine 2013

America – South
Ref: 13/13
October- November 2013
Jerry Gore with Calum Muskett and Mike (Twid) Turner plus Raphael Jochaud from France
The main objective of this team was to climb the S Face of the South Tower of Paine, the biggest unclimbed ‘big wall’ in Patagonia. Unfortunately the local weather dictated otherwise, and after being Read more
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Alpine Club Antarctic 2013

Antarctic
Ref: 13/01
January 2013
Dr Phil Wickens with Ms Hannah Baker, Dr Derek Buckle, Jamie Goodhart & Mike Pinney from UK plus Stefan Jachmich from Germany & Bjorn Riis-Johannessen from Norway
Very few people have landed in the Beascochea Bay and Leroux Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula, so the area is largely unexplored and hence ideal for an MEF supported expedition. Sailing from Ushuaia on Read more