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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.

1793 Expeditions found

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UK International K2

Pakistan
Ref: 96/10
July - September 1996
Harry Taylor with Rick Allen, Maciej Berbeka, Andy Parkin, Mike Smith and Brian Tilley
The original intention of this team was to make the first ascent of the E Face of K2, 8,611m, but after reaching a height of 6,200m it was felt that the danger of avalanche made the route unacceptable Read more
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SMC Greenland 1996

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 96/27
July - August 1996
Colwyn Jones with Ian Angell, John Bickerdike, Gordon MacKenzie, Susan MacKenzie, Jonathan Preston, Stephen Reid and Brian Shackleton
This club expedition hoped to make first ascents of a number of peaks in the Central Staunings Alps. Much of their activity centred on a ridge res­embling an eagle lying on its back, which they called Read more
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Oxford University Schweizerland 96

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 96/19
July - August 1996
Richard Pash with Ian Brewer, Rupert Finn, Steve Fisher, Lucy Pash and Cynnedd Richards
With the declared aim of making at least ten first ascents, it might have been thought that this team was being somewhat optimistic. In the event, despite regular blizzards, they climbed no less than Read more
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Torssuqaatoq Spires 96

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 96/16
July - August 1996
Dr Simon Inger with Chris Bedford, Henry Lickorish and Alastair Mitchell
This was a very successful exploratory mountaineering trip to the Cape Farewell area of Greenland. With good weather on some 70% of the days, the team completed ten mixed routes (from F to TD-) on sev Read more
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Sheffield Vilcanota 1996

America – South
Ref: 96/21
July - August 1996
Simon Cooke with Phil Bent, Dr James Hall, Gordon Midgeley and Nick Wallis
From a previous visit to the N side of the Colque Cruz Range (between Cuzco and Titicaca), members of this team identified several peaks whose south faces awaited first ascents from an as yet unvisite Read more
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Lobsang Spire/Grand Cathedral 1996

Pakistan
Ref: 96/29
June - July 1996
James Rowel with Ethan Jessup, Micah Jessup, Dave Martin, Christer Jansson and Marco Kupiainen
This international team - 1 British, 3 Americans and 2 Swedes - hoped to climb new Big Wall routes on Lobsang Spire, 5,707m, and Grand Cathedral, 5,828m, from the Baltoro Glacier. After 7 pitches up t Read more
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Pute Towers

Pakistan
Ref: 96/11
June - September 1996
Peter Thompson with Tom Goodwin, Sugar Gouws, Pete Scott and Sam Stacey
The Pute Towers and other unclimbed peaks of the Batura Mustagh provided this international team with a target for their expedition to the western Karakoram. Despite suffering bad weather for much of Read more
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North Wales Southern Greenland

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 96/07
June - July 1996
Nigel Shepherd with Louise Thomas, Mike 'Twid' Turner and Ian Wilson
Five precious days of this expedition were spent waiting for pack ice to clear before they could land on the eastern shore of Tasermiut Fjord. Once there they split into two climbing pairs, Shepherd a Read more
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British Services Gasherbrum I 1996

Pakistan
Ref: 96/02
May - August 1996
Col Meryon Bridges with a large group of mainly Service personnel
This team, consisting of 'the best mountaineers that the Services could produce' experienced weather alternating between quite long good and bad spells. A particularly heavy dump of snow hindered the Read more
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Changabang 1996

Himalaya – India
Ref: 96/12
May -June 1996
Julie-Ann Clyma with Brendan Murphy, Roger Payne and Andy Perkins
With its dramatic profile, Changabang, 6,864m, has attracted several strong parties of British climbers in the past, but it lies in an area of East Garhwal which has been closed for some years. This a Read more