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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.

1802 Expeditions found

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Map of India

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
Map of India

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
Map of Canada

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
Map of United States

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
Map of Canada

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
Map of Nepal

British Taweche

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 95/04
April - May 1995
Mick Fowler with Pat Littlejohn, Mike Morrison and Chris Watts
The NE Buttress of this 6,542m peak had previously repulsed all comers, although a French party climbed about one-third of it in 1990. Fowler and Littlejohn made the first ascent (Alpine style) over a Read more
Map of Chile

Monte Sarmiento 95

America – South
Ref: 95/49
April - May 1995
Jim Wickwire and Stephen Venables with Tim Macartney-Snape and John Roskelley, plus boat skipper Charlie Porter
After sailing into the area from Puerto Williams via the Beagle Channel, this international team (1 Briton, 3 Americans and 1 Australian), trekked through dense forest and bogs to establish a camp bel Read more
Map of Bolivia

Joint Services Andes 95

America – South
Ref: 95/03
April - June 1995
Lt Alistair Dinmore with Bill Batson, Paul Blakesley, Chris Colley, Huw Evans, Mike Fawcett, Paul Feasey, Jonathan Foden, John Mitchell, Richard Painter, Elizabeth Rowland, Bob Sayers, Sean Scullion, Charles Sermanii, Dave Sheridan, Dave Smith, Al Snedden, Bryan Taylor, Simon Travis and Louise Woolrich
In addition to putting all 20 members on the summit of Ancohuma (6,427m) in Bolivia's Cordillera Real and launching two hang gliders from the spot, this mixed team of mainly Service personnel complete Read more
Map of Expedition Reports

Oxford University Department of Earth Sciences Zanskar Gorge Winter 1995

Himalaya – India
Ref: 95/01
December 1994 - February 1995
Ben Stephenson with Joe McCarron, Oliver Hassall and Mike Searle
For most of the year the Zanskar gorge is inaccessible owing to the size of the river. This team of graduates therefore took advantage of the winter, when temperatures can drop to -30°C, to construct Read more
Map of Expedition Reports

1995 British Cordillera Sarmiento

America – South
Ref: 95/05
December 1994 - February 1995
Dr David Hillebrandt(with Keith Atkinson and Robin Earle
This team planned to explore one of the world's last unexplored range of mountains, only photographed for the first time in 1990. However, even for Patagonia the weather was bad, and an ascent of the Read more