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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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Low's Gully 2000

East Asia
Ref: 00/17
March - April 2000
Jerry Gore with Steve Long, Louise Thomas and Mike Turner
Although Low's Gully on Mount Kinabalu, 4,101m, received its first complete descent a few years ago, all attempts to climb the 750m E face had so far failed. However when this team arrived, they found Read more
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Cochamo 2000

America – South
Ref: 00/03
February - March 2000
Seb Grieve with Leo Houlding
Although originally planned as a four-man team, this expedition to the Cochamo valley in Central Chile (some two hours inland from Puerto Monte) eventually went ahead with only two. Their aim was to f Read more
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British Chamar 2000

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 00/24
September - November 2000
Tony Barton with John Allot, Tim Riley and Tom Wiggans plus Peter Berggren from Sweden
Despite having a valid permit from the Nepalese Ministry of Tourism & Civil Aviation to climb the West Face of Chamar, 7,187m, on arrival in the Sringi Khola, where they planned to establish a bas Read more
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British Cape Renard Tower 2000

Antarctic
Ref: 00/01
February - March 2000
Julian Freeman-Attwood with Crag Jones and Skip Novak
The ascent of the N Face of this 747m tower (actually a separate island) on the edge of Antarctica has become something of an obsession for this three-man team, despite the major logistical problems e Read more
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Poi North Face

Africa
Ref: 00/05
February 2000
John Barry with Pat Littlejohn, Jan Rowe and Steve Sustad
This team attempted the Yosemite-like unclimbed 760m N Face of Mount Poi (the 'Ayers Rock' of Kenya, situated in the Ndoto Mountains several hundred kilometres N of Nairobi) in February 1999, but inju Read more
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British-Indian NE Frontier - Arunachal Pradesh

Himalaya – India
Ref: 99/43
September - November 1999
Doug Scott with Greg Child, Balwant Sandhu, Akhil Sapru and four Darjeeling Sherpas
This was the first expedition to be allowed into the Khurung River Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, and as a result suffered considerable delays due to army bureaucracy. Once that had been overcome, the 1 Read more
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Welsh Big Wall Madagascar

Africa
Ref: 99/35
September 1999
Mike Turner with Grant Farquar, Steve Mayers and Louise Thomas
This would appear to be the first application that the MEF has ever received for an expedition to Madagascar, whose mountains, whilst not particularly 'high', are largely unexplored. In particular, th Read more
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Ak-Su Valley 1999

Central Asia
Ref: 99/30
August - September 1999
Jonathan Garside with Mark Baker, Christopher Forrest and Peter Scott
This team hoped to make the first ascents of a subsidiary peak of P. 4810m (aka Pik Boston) and the unclimbed rock pillar of Oiseau (aka Bird Peak). However, frequent showers made them look for less c Read more
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1999 British Pumari Chhish

Pakistan
Ref: 99/33A
August - September 1999
Julie-Ann Clyma with Roger Payne
Having had a permit for an objective in India refused for the second year running, this duo managed to obtain one for the unclimbed S Summit of Pumari Chhish, 7,350m, north of the Hispar-Biafo Glacier Read more
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China Connection

China and Tibet
Ref: 99/48
August - September 1999
Andy Eavis with David Checkley, Stephen Clarkson, Adrian Gregory, Pete Hall, Steve Jones, Kath Jones, Paul Mackrill, Gavin Newman and Kevin Senior
The objective for this continuation of the 'China Caves' programme was a gorge in Sichuan Province (SE China), 10km long, 200m deep and no more than 30m wide, in which a river goes underground, eventu Read more