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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.

1788 Expeditions found

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Hindu Kush

Central Asia
Ref: 12/01
January 2012
James Bingham with Eddie Bingham, Quentin Brooksbank and Mark Wynne
Mir Samir is a 6059m peak on the Afghan border with Nuristan that Eric Newby and his companion (both inexperienced mountaineers) set out to climb in 1956, a trip described in ‘A Short Walk in the Hind Read more
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Mugu

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 11/19
October 2011
Mick Fowler with Graham Desroy, Jonny Ratcliffe & Dave Turnbull (UK)
The main objective of this very strong team was an unclimbed peak in the province of Mugu in Far West Nepal, marked on maps as Mugu Chulu (6310m). Although the area had previously been visited by clim Read more
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Lunag Massif

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 11/25
September - November 2011
Steve Holmes with Neil Phillips plus Matt Welborn
The first ascent of Jobo Rinjang (6778m) by US climbers Gottlieb & Puryear in 2009 inspired these outdoor instructors to explore the Lunag mountain range further with the hope of making first asce Read more
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Raru Valley

Himalaya – India
Ref: 11/28
August - September 2011
Jonathan Moodie with Jonathan Bull, Robin Jones, Kunal Masania, Joe Prinold, Virgil Scott and Dominic Southgate (UK)
The side valley of the Raru in the Zanskar region is little explored, but reputed to have 35 unclimbed peaks between 5600m and 6300m. The team’s first objective was Lama Jimsa Kangri whose summit (at Read more
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Eren Habirga

China and Tibet
Ref: 11/27
August-September 2011
John Town with Iwonna Hudowaka, Tadeusz Hudowski, Jerry Lovatt and Richard Wojtaszewski (UK)
The Eren Habirga and Borohoru mountains form a heavily glaciated part of the Tien Shan, and stretch c.480km NW from near Urumchi to the Kazakhstan border. They contain more than 20 attractive peaks ov Read more
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British Columbia

America – North & Central
Ref: 11/26
August 2011
Adrian Dye with Dr Neil Mackenzie, Aengus Mccullough & Kenneth Wright (UK)
Sittakanay Peak (2415m) was chosen as the objective of this team, as according to the Canadian Mountain Encyclopaedia it was unclimbed. This team felt that the most promising route would be via the SE Read more
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Cordillera Carabaya

America – South
Ref: 11/24
August - September 2011
Tom Ripley with Hamish Dunn (UK)
The Cordillera Carabaya range lies in Southern Peru and is remote and rarely visited, so offered a good opportunity for exploration and first ascents. Unfortunately, when this pair arrived at the near Read more
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Aberystwyth University Kamchatka

Russia
Ref: 11/21
August - September 2011
Colin Souness and Henry Patton (UK)
The Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia boasts 160 volcanoes, of which 29 are still active. Photographs of an ash covered glacier near to one of these – Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4721m) – show an inc Read more
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Women’s Wakhan Corridor

Central Asia
Ref: 11/22
July - August 2011
Ms Pat Deavoll with Ms Chris Byrch
Koh-e-Baba-Tangi (aka Jade Peak, 6516m) is the highest point in the eastern sector of the Afghan Hindu Kush, and was first climbed in 1963 by an Italian team via its West Ridge: all subsequent attempt Read more
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Tajikistan & Afghanistan First Ascents

Central Asia
Ref: 11/18
July - September 2011
Becky Coles with James Kitson (also Mark Redhead in Tajikistan only)
Strictly speaking, this was two expeditions running back to back. The first part was in Tajikistan, where the team hoped to make the first ascent of the last unclimbed 6000m peak in the little visited Read more