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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.

1784 Expeditions found

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British Phari Lapcha (Machermo) 2008

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 08/06
November 2008
James Thacker & Andrew Turner from Britain
Phari Lapcha (aka Machermo, 6,017m) stands adjacent to the well-trodden route to Gokyo, and this pair hoped to climb a new route on the left-hand side of its north face. However, at approximately half Read more
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British Sikkim 2008

Himalaya – India
Ref: 08/28
October - November 2008
Roger Payne, Owen Samuel, also Claire and Simon Humphris & Tom Midttun for the acclimatisation phase.
For some years, Roger has been hoping to obtain permission to make the first ascent of the south ridge of Gurudongmar (6,715m) in North Sikkim, and although under a barrage of requests the Sikkim auth Read more
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British Hispar Sar 2008

Pakistan
Ref: 08/29
September - October 2008
Rufus Duits (solo)
Although subject to several earlier attempts, Hispar Sar (c6,400m) remains unclimbed, but this man hoped to make its first ascent climbing solo via the south-west face couloir line attempted by Parkin Read more
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Peak 41, Khumbu Alpine Style 2008

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 08/08
September - November 2008
Nick Bullock, Andy Houseman & Dave Noddings
Bullock and Houseman planned to make the first ascent of the south summit (6,575m) of Peak 41 by climbing the steep west face, then traversing to the main summit before descending via the Slovenian 20 Read more
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Obra Valley 5,000m Peaks 2008

Himalaya – India
Ref: 08/05A
September - October 2008
Derek Buckle, Toto Gronlund, Martin Scott & Bill Thurston
When their plans for a return trip to Nyenchen Tanglha had to be abandoned due to the Chinese ban on trips to Tibet, this team was fortunately able to select this alternative destination in the Wester Read more
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Chimanta 2008

America – South
Ref: 08/26
September 2008
Anne & John Arran
For this year’s exploration of the tepuis of Venezuela, this pair chose the more remote steep rock walls of Chimanta (2700m), formed from a very hard type of sandstone, some of the oldest in the world Read more
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British Darwin Range 2008

America – South
Ref: 08/15
September 2008
Simon Yates & Andy Parkin
After failing to set foot on Monte Frances (2200m) during an attempt in 2007 (MEF 07/10) due to adverse winds and weather, this team returned to have another go. After sailing from Ushuaia to Caleta O Read more
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Oxford University Tien Shan 2008

Central Asia
Ref: 08/20
August - September 2008
Ben Sutton, David Jorden, Chris Lloyd, George Margerison & Tom Sutherland
This team planned to explore and make alpine-style ascents from the Cholokkanchigai valley in the south-east corner of the Borkoldoy range, but when they arrived in Kyrgyzstan, they discovered that th Read more
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Elbrus Dragon 2008

Central Asia
Ref: 08/12
July - August 2008
Nick Cochand, Sabina Aziz, Prof Damian Bailey, Jon Bailey, Sarah Buszard, Peter Davies, Kevin Evans, Rhodri Evans, Sam Harrison, Ian Lane, Sile Murphy, Jamie Naughton, Jo Organ, Alex Patau, Caroline Taylor, Cicely Warren, Ross Whitehead, Mike Wild & Dr Richard Wise
This was a group of healthy volunteers from Swansea and Cardiff universities (including doctors and medical students) who planned to undergo simple non-invasive tests before, during and after an ascen Read more
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Ethnobotany Nepal Himalaya 2008

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 08/11
July - September 2008
Paul Egan, Carol-Ann Cunningham, Marloes Eeftens & Cearúil Swords
Working in conjunction with Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu), this multi-national group of scientists from the University of Aberdeen (one UK, two Irish and one Dutch) carried out a multi-disciplinary Read more