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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.

1799 Expeditions found

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British Baffin Island 1999

America – North & Central
Ref: 99/36A
May - June 1999
Mike (Twid) Turner with Jerry Gore, Shaun Hutson and Louise Thomas
This was the first team of British climbers to visit the Stewart Valley in the Great Eastern Fjords of Baffin Island - 'more impressive than Yosemite'! Bad weather - snow on 27 days out of 31 - had a Read more
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British Police Alaskan

America – North & Central
Ref: 99/29
May 1999
Jonathan Wakefield with Geoff Hornby, Mike Smith and Paul Vardon
After landing on Cathedral Glacier (bordering Canada and the USA), this team felt that of all the peaks in the area, South Kennedy was the most attractive peak, so decided to concentrate on it. Howeve Read more
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Lightning Spur '99

America – North & Central
Ref: 99/25A
May - June 1999
Sandy Britain with Dave Green
The Central or 'Lightning' Spur is a very attractive line on the S Face of Thunder Peak (3,328m), but so far it has repulsed all attempts to climb it. Using a combination of mixed/big wall/capsule/aid Read more
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Mt Hunter N Buttress 1999

America – North & Central
Ref: 99/13
May - June 1999
Andy Parkin
On arrival in Anchorage, Parkin's intended companion received bad news, so returned home, leaving him to continue alone. The originally intended route on the left (E) side of the N Buttress of Mt Hunt Read more
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British Arwa 1999

Himalaya – India
Ref: 99/19
April - May 1999
Mick Fowler with Kenton Cool, Crag Jones and Steve Sustad
Recent photographs by Harish Kapadia indicated tremendous potential for hard rock climbing on the unclimbed Arwa Tower (6,352m) and Arwa Spire (6,193m) in Garhwal, N of Badrinath, close to the Chirres Read more
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British Alaska Alpine Fest

America – North & Central
Ref: 99/12
April - May 1999
Dave Wills with Dan Donovan
This pair planned to make the first ascent of the N Face of Thunder Mountain, 3,328m, and the first ascent of the W Buttress of Mt Hunter, 4,442m. However, on the former, they were forced to retreat f Read more
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Low's Gully Big Wall 1999

East Asia
Ref: 99/07
March - April 1999
Steve Long with Chris Parkin, Paul Platt, Paul Rafferty, Charles Stead and Dave Turnbull
During his descent of Low's Gully on Kinabalu, 4101m, in 1998, this leader decided that the 1,000m east-facing wall offered scope for the fIrst 'big wall' route in Malaysia. However, the so-called 'dr Read more
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Vietnam 1999

East Asia
Ref: 99/01
March - April 1999
Howard Limbert with Anette Becher, Simon Davies, Martin Holroyd, Paul Ibberson, Calin Limbert, Debora Limbert, Fiona MacKay, Peter MacNab, Steve Milner, Mick Nunwick, Pete O'Neill, Geraldine Palmer and John Palmer
This was a continuation of the exploration of the caves of Vietnam that commenced in 1990. Working with local speleologists from Hanoi University, the team visited two separate provinces, Cao Bang and Read more
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Fitzroy West Face

America – South
Ref: 99/10
December 1998
Andy Cave with Dave Hesleden
In recent years there have been a number of attempts to add to the single route to the summit of Fitzroy, 3,408m, via its W Face. This duo hoped to complete the line started by a Czech team in 1982, b Read more
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Hielo Norte 1998

America – South
Ref: 98/49
November 1998 - January 1999
Alun Hubbard with Nigel Topping, plus Paolo Cavagnetto and Lorenzo Nettuno from Italy
This team made a 200Km north-south ski traverse across the Hielo Campo Norte (Chile) from Laguna San Rafael and its spectacular calving glacier and exiting via the Baker Channel where they were to be Read more