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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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Parkin-Saunders Khumbu Winter 2009-10 Unclimbed Peaks

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 10/01
January - February 2010
Andy Parkin with Victor Saunders
Although most climbers only visit the Himalayan mountains in the summer, the winter months sometimes offer more settled – albeit colder – weather conditions. This pair hoped to take advantage of this Read more
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NZ Antarctic Peninsula

America – South
Ref: 10/02
January - February 2010
Ms Lydia Bradey with Ms Penny Goddard and Dean Staples
A few days before they left New Zealand this team learned that a French team had just made the first ascent of the West Ridge of Mount Parry (2520m) on Brabant Island, their intended objective. Undete Read more
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British Chang Himal North Face

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 09/04
October 2009
Andy Houseman with Nick Bullock
Although Chang Himal (aka Wedge Peak, 6802m) in the Kangchenjunga Himal is reputed to have been climbed from the South, this team planned to make the first ascent of the 1800m Central Spur on its Nort Read more
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British Yangmolong

China and Tibet
Ref: 09/23
September - October 2009
Dave Wynne-Jones with Dr Derek Buckle, Dick Isherwood & Peter Rowat
Yangmolong (6066m) is one of the few remaining unclimbed 6000m peaks in Sichuan, and has become something of a target for this leader. In 2007 (MEF Ref 07/22A) he attempted an ascent via its North fac Read more
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British San Lorenzo

America – South
Ref: 09/20
September - October 2009
Mick Fowler with Steve Burns, Ian Cartwright and Es Tresidder
Cerro San Lorenzo (3706m) is the second highest peak in the Patagonian Andes, and was first climbed by an Italian team in 1941: it has received a number of subsequent ascents, but this team hoped to m Read more
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Zhungar Alatau

Central Asia
Ref: 09/21
August 2009
Stuart Worsfold with Jamie Goodhart, Liam Hughes, Paul Padman and John Temple plus 2 Kazakh nationals
The area south of the Koksu River in the Zhungar Alatau region of Kazakhstan has had few visitors, so offered a good destination for this exploratory expedition. River crossings prevented them from es Read more
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Indo-American/British 2009 Saser Kangri II

Himalaya – India
Ref: 09/18
August - September 2009
Jim Lowther (UK) with Mark Richey, Steve Swenson & Mark Wilford (from USA) and Chewang Motup, Ang Tashi, Konchok Tinles Dahn Singh & Tsering Sherpa from India)
With access to the Indian Karakoram largely forbidden to foreign expeditions, many of the stunning mountains in the area remain unclimbed, including the East (ie: Main) summit of Saser Kangri II (7518 Read more
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Kara Gakar Exploratory Mountaineering

Central Asia
Ref: 09/14
August 2009
Ms Sally Brown and Eddy Barnes from UK plus Sari Nevala from Finland and Vanessa Wills from Australia
This team had intended to explore and climb in the remote Dzhalgal-Mau valley of the Borkoldoi Range in Kyrgyzstan, but as they arrived in the area hunters on horseback informed them that this was the Read more
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Western Kokshaal-Too

Central Asia
Ref: 09/08
August - September 2009
Carl Reilly with Tom Bide, Dave Gladwin, Graeme Schofield and Tom Stewart plus Urpu Hapouja from Finland
The main aim of this team visiting Kyrgyzstan was to make the first ascent of the North Ridge of Kizil Asker (5842m). After meeting in Bishkek they spent a few days acclimatising in the Ala-Archa Nati Read more
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British Apolobamba

America – South
Ref: 09/30
July - August 2009
Kris Hill with Adrian Dye, Matt Griffin & Simon Wyatt
After acclimatising in the Condori range this team moved to the Cordillera Apolobamba on the northern tip of the Bolivian Andes,where they hoped to make first ascents of peaks over 5000m. In particula Read more