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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.

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Greenland White Sea

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 04/42
May - August 2004
Peter Watson with Tim Broad, Rob Jones, Stene Lodge, Ran Newton, Luke Priest and Stewart Wright
Following the example of Knox-Johnston and Bonington in 1991, some members of this team sailed a 10m steel cutter 'Elizabeth Victory' from Portsmouth to the E coast of Greenland, picking up the others Read more
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Rucksack Club Watkins Mountains, 2004

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 04/23
May - June 2004
Jim Hall with Bob Kerr, Ros Murray and Rae Pritchard
This was a smaller than usual 'club' expedition visiting the Watkins Mountains of East Greenland. Using the services of Tangent Expeditions to access the area, their aim was to climb the country's hig Read more
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'Free Knowledge'

America – North & Central
Ref: 04/44
May - June 2004
Ian Parnell with John Varco from USA
This team had two objectives in mind when they headed for Alaska: to make the first free ascent of 'The Knowledge' on the N buttess of Mt Hunter (4,437m), and then to climb a new route on the SE face Read more
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British Mount Kennedy NW Face 2004

America – North & Central
Ref: 04/34
May 2004
Rich Cross with Jon Bracey
Mt Kennedy (4,234m) is a beautiful mountain in the Yukon, with Himalayan sized walls and ridges. Although Jack Tackle and Jack Roberts attempted its 1,800m north-west face in 1995, they had to abort d Read more
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British Chomolhari 2004

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/40
April - May 2004
Julie-Ann Clyma with Roger Payne
Qomo Lhari (7,326m) in Yadong County, S Tibet (close to the Bhutan border) was first climbed in 1937 by F Spencer Chapman, but did not receive its second ascent until 1970 and its third in 1996. This Read more
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British West Sichuan

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/33
April - May 2004
Martin Scott with Geoff Cohen, Dick Isherwood and Bill Thurston
The objective of this team was Haizi Shan (5,833m) which lies in an area of West Sichuan not previously visited by British climbers and never officially attempted by anyone. From Chengdu, their approa Read more
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British Qionglai 2004

China and Tibet
Ref: 04/05
April - May 2004
Tom Chamberlain with David Evans, Dave Hollinger and Andy Sharpe.
Mick Fowler's success on Siguniang (6,250m) in 2002 (MEF Ref: 02/32) has alerted other British mountaineers to the scope offered by the Qionglai Range of Sichuan Province, and this team hoped to climb Read more
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Miyar 2004

Himalaya – India
Ref: 04/18
April - May 2004
Graham Little with Brian Davison, Kevin Kelly and Jim Lowther
This must surely be the first time that local politics has come to the aid of an expedition! To reach the Miyar glacier in Western Lahul this team had to cross the Rohtang La, but on arrival the pass Read more
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British Mount Dickey

America – North & Central
Ref: 04/25
April - May 2004
Guy Willett with Owen Samuel
This team planned a new 'laser-line' 1,600m route on the E face of Mount Dickey (2,909m) in the Ruth Gorge of Central Alaska to the right of 'Blood from a Stone', as well as 'scoping' other new route Read more
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'Dusk till Dawn' Alaska Kichatna 04

America – North & Central
Ref: 04/10
April - May 2004
Stuart McAleese with Dai Lampard and Mike 'Twid' Turner
Middle Triple Peak (2,693m) in the remote Kichatna Spires area (aka Cathedral Spires) has only been climbed a few times, and this team hoped to make the first ascent of its SE pillar as the start of a Read more