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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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Durham University Karakoram

Pakistan
Ref: 95/15
July - August 1995
Jonathan Freeman with John Jacques, Dante Mantella and Simon Williams
This group of university graduates and undergraduates planned to study the geological evolution of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis, a unique structure in the Karakoram mountains. However, to their surprise, Read more
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Kyrgyzstan '95

Central Asia
Ref: 95/34
June - August 1995
Mick Davie with Andy Kemp, Neil Kemp and Joanna Newton
After acclimatising on the Ala Archa mountains south of Bishkek, this team hoped to make first ascents of peaks south of the Kayndy glacier. Their first objective was an unnamed peak, but the leader s Read more
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1995 British Women Trango Tower

Pakistan
Ref: 95/16
June - September 1995
Celia Bull with Donna Claridge, Kate Phillips and Geraldine Westrupp
Sharing a permit with 95/12, this team hoped to be the first all-female team to climb the monolith by the Slovene route. Approaching from the Dunge glacier they reached 5,100m before the permanent thr Read more
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Trango Tower North Face 1995

Pakistan
Ref: 95/12
June - September 1995
Paul Pritchard with Andy Cave, Noel Craine and Adam Wainwright
The NE face of Trango Nameless Tower (6,239m) has resisted all comers to date, so it came as a shock to this team when they arrived to find that one route had just been climbed by some Spaniards, and Read more
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Savtakkerne

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 95/23
June - July 1995
Paul Marshall with Jeremy Lee
After a three-week solo reconnaissance trip to the island of Sermersoq in 1994, the leader selected the first ascent of Savtakkerne, 1,276m, as the main objective for a climbing trip in 1995. This was Read more
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Kumaon Alpine Style

Himalaya – India
Ref: 95/44
May - June 1995
Julie-Ann Clyma with Roger Payne
Any expedition to an area close to the 'inner line' is likely to experience problems in obtaining permits, but these are accentuated when local officials are uncertain of its location. The team also l Read more
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British Hanuman/Saptasring 1995

Himalaya – India
Ref: 95/11
May - June 1995
Andrew Bett with Colette Bett, Hamish Laird and Francis MacDermott
Although a permit to attempt Hanuman, 6,075m, had been received from the IMF (and the peak fee paid), this had not been cleared with the authorities in the Garhwal. As a result, when the team arrived Read more
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British Polar Sun 1995

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 95/18
May - July 1995
Jerry Gore with Warren Hollinger and Mark Synnott
The primary objective of this team was to make the first ascent of the S face of Polar Sun Spire (cl250m), Baffin Island. However, after climbing 200m up loose rock in an off-width crack threatened by Read more
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Mount Huntington 95

America – North & Central
Ref: 95/45
May - June 1995
Dean James with Ian Berry, James Stancliffe, Tim Stimson and Gary Timms, plus Jim Bouchard from Talkeetna
As two metres of fresh snow had just fallen when this team arrived in Alaska, they waited in Talkeetna for ten days until conditions seemed more promising. After establishing a base camp at 2,500m on Read more
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British Hub-Sew 1995

America – North & Central
Ref: 95/14
May - June 1995
Geoff Hornby with Dean Freeman, Stephen Jones and Tom Nonis
On arrival in the Mount Logan area of Canada, this team was surprised to find very little snow, but later over four metres fell in a single night. Hub-Sew (3,570m) looked unsafe throughout the expedit Read more