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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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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
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Alaskan Sun 96

America – North & Central
Ref: 96/28
May - June 1996
Austin Harley with Stewart Anderson, Colin Lyon and Bryan Shedden
Plans to make the first British ascent of a series of routes from Ruth Glacier had to be abandoned in view of the high avalanche risk caused by unseasonably warm weather. As a consolation, some explor Read more
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Alaskan Big Wall 1996

America – North & Central
Ref: 96/26
May - June 1996
Dr Noel Craine with Roger 'Strappo' Hughes, Steve Quinlan and Jim Surette
This team of two British and two American climbers originally planned to attempt a new route on the S Face of Mt Dickey, 2,909m, in Ruth Gorge, climbing in pairs. This is one of the largest Big Walls Read more
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Mount King George

America – North & Central
Ref: 96/14
May - June 1996
Paul Knott with Ade Miller
This two-man team hoped to make the first ascent of the NE Ridge of Mount King George, 3,741m, in the St Elias mountains of Yukon. With horrendous seracs and weather conditions, they abandoned their a Read more
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British Central Alaska Range 1996

America – North & Central
Ref: 96/25
April - May 1996
Geoff Hornby with Andy Brash, Paul Ramsden and Susie Sammut
Soon after being dropped on Ruth Glacier, the leader of this team devel­oped severe respiratory problems, so he left (with his wife) to seek medical attention. The remaining pair climbed the standard Read more
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Caucasus Ski Traverse 1996

Central Asia
Ref: 96/03
March 1996
John Kentish with Steve Jennings and Phil Wickens
This party planned to make the first high level ski traverse of the central section of the Russian Caucasus from Verkhny Balkaria in the east to Terskol in the west. There were a number of team change Read more