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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.

1800 Expeditions found

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Map of China

British Jomo Chu

China and Tibet
Ref: 99/11
July - August 1999
John Town with Derek Buckle, Gary Hill, Alyson Starling, John Whiteley and Richard Wojtasewski
In 1997 Town discovered a wealth of unclimbed 6,000m peaks in the Western Nyenchen Tanglha Range of Tibet. Unfortunately their return in 1999 coincided with a period of very poor weather with repeated Read more
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1999 British Schweizerland

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 99/24
July - August 1999
AI Powell with Andy Benson, Pete Benson, Kenton Cool, Andy MacNae and Richard Spillet
This team calculated that the most economical way to get to base camp on the 16th September Glacier was to use one helicopter to take most of the gear and some of the climbers, whilst the rest used bo Read more
Map of Expedition Reports

Scottish South Greenland 1999

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 99/16
July 1999
Malcolm Thorburn with Douglas Campbell
In 1997 this two-man team attemped a W-E traverse of Southern Greenland (97/15), but had to modify their plans due to bad pack ice. However, that trip served as a very useful reconnaissance, and in fa Read more
Map of Greenland

Compass Support Group Greenland Rignys Bjerg 1999

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 99/03
July 1999
Brinley Mitchell with Ian MacDonald and Peter McEwen
After being dropped by ski plane in a remote area of western Rignys Bjerg, this team, which also planned to 'promote adventure therapy' for people with AIDS, carried out a number of exploratory ski to Read more
Map of Expedition Reports

Scottish Latok III - North Spur

Pakistan
Ref: 99/17
June - August 1999
Muir Morton with Tom Bridgeland, Sam Chinnery, Al Coole, Neal Crampton, Dave Hollinger, Dan Long and Paul Schweizer
Latok III, 6,949m, has only had two ascents, neither of them by a British team. This party hoped to change that by making the first ascent of the North Spur, but due to avalanches and collapsing serac Read more
Map of Expedition Reports

British Lemon Mountains 1999

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 99/15
June - July 1999
Richard Pash with Tom Chamberlain, Rupert Finn, Rupert Gladstone, Tim Harvey, Danny Heywood, Andy Parker and Dr Sarah Walmsley
From the point at which they were dropped off by Twin Otter, this young team had to ski a gruelling 25km uphill towing heavy sledges to set up a base on the Hedgehog Glacier. From here they hoped to m Read more
Map of Greenland

North East Greenland 1999

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 99/02
June - August 1999
Helen Bostock with Andrew Bostock, Neal Hockley, David Mills and Matt Tinsley
Reports from Cambridge University Expeditions to NE Greenland in 1929 and 1931 tempted this team of current students to visit Louise Boyds Land to combine exploration with some botanical and geologica Read more
Map of Argentina

Altar of the Gods - Patagonia Winter 1999

America – South
Ref: 99/23
June - July 1999
Paul Ramsden with Jim Hall, Andy Kirkpatrick and Nick Lewis
This optimistic team had a theory that, although obviously colder, the weather in Patagonia would be more settled in winter than in summer. Fortunately, this proved to be more or less true, and they a Read more
Map of Bolivia

Edinburgh University MC Bolivia

America – South
Ref: 99/22
June - September 1999
Mark Crampton with Luke Aspinall, Toby Johnson and John Marsham
This team had plans to climb in several different areas of Bolivia during their three month stay. However, at the end of their first week in Condoriri, during which a number of existing routes had bee Read more
Map of Expedition Reports

British-Canadian St Elias 1999

America – North & Central
Ref: 99/09
June - July 1999
Dr Alun Hubbard with Greg Brown and Dave Hildes from Canada, and Bertrand Eynard from France
This expedition was originally planned to take place in 1998, but due to the (temporary) disappearance of the man on whom they were relying to sail them in, plans had to be very considerably modified Read more