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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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Cathedral Mountains 2001

America – North & Central
Ref: 01/26
June - July 2001
Dr Brian Davison with Lindsay Griffin, Geoff Hornby and Dave Wallis
The main glacier basin of the Cathedral Mountains in the very remote western fringe of Central Alaska is unnamed and virtually unvisited, so it offered plenty of scope for this strong team to make fir Read more
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Alaskan Fake Glacier 2001

America – North & Central
Ref: 01/25
June 2001
Mike Fletcher with Lindsay Griffin, Richard Leech and Oliver Shergold
In 1906 the American explorer Dr Frederick Cook returned from Alaska claiming to have made the first ascent of the highest point on the continent, ie Mt McKinley (or Denali), 6,194m, with a photograph Read more
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Tagne 2001

Himalaya – India
Ref: 01/54
June - August 2001
Andy Vine with Dan Carrivick, Jon Ellis, Alan Geer and Steve Jolly
These young climbers, some on their first foray outside Europe, hoped to make the first ascent of Tagne, 6,111m, in the Lahul/Spoti region. With mostly good weather, they achieved this via its South R Read more
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SmoG in Greenland

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 01/50
June - July 2001
Mark Lampard with Richard Bungay, Denise Forster, Jeremy Fuller, Adrian Kemp, Simon Needham, David Newcombe and Michele Reason
Poor visibility prevented the flight transporting these members of Slough Mountaineering Group from reaching the Martin Knudsen Nunatakker (c. 73° N) in Fraenkels Land, which was their intended - and Read more
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Totally Forakered

America – North & Central
Ref: 01/38
May - June 2001
Kenton Cool with Ian Parnell
The original plan of this strong two-man team was to climb three new routes: W Face of Kahiltna Peak West, 3,912m, NW Buttress of Denali, 6,194m and SE Face of Foraker, 5,305m. In fact they did none o Read more
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British Broken Tooth 2001

America – North & Central
Ref: 01/24
May - June 2001
Geoff Hornby with David Wallis
The E Pillar of the Broken Tooth, 2,749m, bears a striking resemblance to the Bonatti Pillar on the Petit Dru, so it was an attractive target for these climbers. Unfortunately, although the weather in Read more
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Eastern Buttress of Mount Hunter

America – North & Central
Ref: 01/04
May 2001
Malcolm Bass with Paul Figg
Although there are two buttresses on the eastern face of Mount Hunter, prior to the arrival of this duo there was only one route, the Diamond Arete. The ground to the left of this is lethal, but start Read more
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Greenland Winter

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 01/16
April 2001
Alun Powell with Jon Bracey, 'Stan' (Charles) Halstead and Dr Jon Morgan
No-one was known to have previously visited the Schweizerland area in winter, so this team was uncertain what conditions would be experienced. In fact, the weather was very unstable with 5 storms and Read more
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Siruanch Glacier 2001

Himalaya – India
Ref: 01/57
April - May 2001
Colin Knowles with Roland Arnison, Angela Benham, Chris Drinkwater, Titch Kavanagh and Andy Phillips as climbers plus Christine Smart as BC Support
The initial objective of this expedition was to make the first ascent of Tirsuli West, 7,035m, at the head of the Siruanch Glacier in the Kumaon, but reconnaissance failed to reveal a safe route on th Read more
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APEX Bolivia 2001

America – South
Ref: 01/05
March - April 2001
Kenny Baillie with Matthew Bates, Roland Partridge, Martin Schnopp, Alistair Simpson and Roger Thompson plus Dr Andy Sutherland, 20 heroic 'volunteers' and a BBC 'Tomorrow's World' film crew
After four days in La Paz at 3,600m, this team travelled by bus to the Chacaltaya fixed laboratory at 5,200m which offered an ideal venue for five Edinburgh University medical students to investigate Read more