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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.

1797 Expeditions found

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Eagle Ski Club Ak Shiirak 2003

Central Asia
Ref: 03/30
April - May 2003
Steve Wright with Mike Sharp, Joost van der Valk and Dave Wynne-Jones.
Plans to make a ski traverse of the entire Ak Shiirak range of mountains (in the Kyrgyz Republic) were thwarted to some extent when it was found that the intended access route to the Kara-Su valley (o Read more
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British Mt Grosvenor

China and Tibet
Ref: 03/42a
April - May 2003
Mick Fowler with Andy Cave, Neil McAdie and Simon Nadin
The Daxue Shan Range of Sichuan Province (dominated by the 7,556m Gongga Shan) is largely unexplored and contains several 6,000m peaks which have never even been attempted. One of these was Mt Grosven Read more
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Craven Pothole Club China 2003

China and Tibet
Ref: 03/11
March - April 2003
Kevin Gannon with Tracey Beasley, Nick Blundell, Michael Bottomley, Arthur Champion, Mike Clayton, Pete Jones, Karen Lane, Dave Milner, Paul Norman, Bryan Norton, Emma Porter, Patrick Warren and Michael Whitehouse
Continuing the long-running China Caves Project to further the development of karst research in China, this team worked with Normal University of Guilin to explore two separate karst areas - Jingxi an Read more
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Tepui 2003

America – South
Ref: 03/27
February - April 2003
John Arran with Anne Arran from the UK plus Ivan Calderón, Henry Gonzales and Alfredo Rangél from Venezuela
Making a return visit to Venezuela, this husband and wife team aimed to free-climb new routes on a number of tepuis and other rock faces in the Gran Sabana region. Access through the jungle to the bas Read more
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Vietnam 2003

East Asia
Ref: 03/12
February - April 2003
Howard Limbert with John Atkinson, Anette Becher, Robbie Burke, Martin Colledge, Chris Densham, Danielle Gemenis, Martin Holroyd, Paul Ibberson, Deb Limbert, Peter MacNab, Duncan Morrison, Gareth Sewall, Ian Watson and Anthony Wood plus several Vietnamese cavers.
For some team members, this was their eighth caving expedition to Vietnam undertaken in conjunction with cavers from Hanoi University. As well as returning to previously visited areas, several others Read more
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Caving in the Abode of the Clouds 2003

Himalaya – India
Ref: 03/13
February - March 2003
Simon Brooks with Annie Audsley, Nicola Bayley, Mark Brown, Tony Boycott, Pete Dowswell, Paul Edmunds, Roger Galloway, Martin Groves, Dan Harries, Andrew Harp, Tony Jarratt, Derek Pettiglio, Fraser Simpson, Jayne Stead and Fiona Ware from UK, plus seven cavers from Germany, one each from Austria and Switzerland and nine from the local Meghalaya Adventurers' Association
'Abode of the Clouds' is the literal translation of the Sanskrit word 'Meghalaya', the name of the 21st state of India. Although there had been previous caving expeditions to the state (including MEF Read more
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South Georgia '03

America – South
Ref: 03/09
January - April 2003
Alun Hubbard with Tim Hall, Dave Hildes, Stuart Holmes, Hamish Millar, Grant Redvers, Davie Robinson and Martin Stuart
Continuing the Tilman sailing/climbing tradition, this team (with representatives from UK, NZ and Canada) sailed from Cape Horn with the intention of carrying out a programme of mountain exploration a Read more
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Maestri-Egger February Attempt

America – South
Ref: 03/05
January - Match 2003
Alan Mullin with Kevin Thaw
Whether or not Maestri and Egger actually climbed the North Face of Cerro Torre (3,128m) in 1959 is one of the big unsolved mysteries of the mountains. This was another expedition hoping to obtain pro Read more
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North Wales 'Great Walls of China' 2002

China and Tibet
Ref: 02/11
September - October 2002
Mike (Twid) Turner with Paul Donnithorne, Alun Richardson and Louise Thomas
Although the Qionglai Range of mountains in Sichuan Province lies in an easily accessible National Park much visited by local tourists, it has received little previous interest from mountaineers. This Read more
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Shark's Fin, British Meru Central

Himalaya – India
Ref: 02/43
September - October 2002
Jules Cartwright with Jon Bracey and Matt Dickinson
Although the East face of Meru Central, 6,350m, has now received its first ascent, the solo climber (Babanov from Omsk) avoided the central line on the Shark's Fin by sticking mainly to snow and mixed Read more