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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.

1794 Expeditions found

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Imperial College Hidden Garhwal

Himalaya – India
Ref: 94/27
August - October 1994
Oliver Shergold with David Edwards, Martin Jackson, Martin Shelley, Toby Shergold and Philip Wickens
This expedition had both scientific and mountaineering aims, and recorded great success in both. After setting up a long-term study into the impact that tourists and trekkers have on the mountain envi Read more
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RAF Menthosa 1994

Himalaya – India
Ref: 94/10
August - September 1994
Kev Williams with Steve Atkins, Adrian Birkett, Richard Cooper, Brendan Dunn, Jim Groark, Peter Higgins, Andrew Nundy, Richard Turvey, and Carl Vanderlee
This team planned to explore the Chamba/Lahul area of India and climb Menthosa (6,443m) by two different routes. However, the mountain had changed dramatically, making the climbing far more technical Read more
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Yangtze Gorges Caves 1994

China and Tibet
Ref: 94/48
August - September 1994
Richard Bartrop with Anthony Baker, Colin Boothroyd, David CheckIey, Peter Francis, Philip Goodwin, Adrian Gregory, Brian Judd, Steven Openshaw, Paul Seddon, Kevin Senior, Dick Willis and a group of Chinese cave scientists
A period of five weeks was spent exploring caves in Sichuan Province, central China. Near the town of Xin Long they surveyed a cave that proved to have a depth of 931m and is hence the deepest known c Read more
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British Admiral Peak

Central Asia
Ref: 94/30
July - August 1994
Neil McAdie with Clive Davis, Jerry Hadwin and Andy Lewington
This team arrived in Base Camp a mere 15 hours after leaving London, to find that their intended route had already been climbed by a CIS party. Any alternative would have involved many days of big wal Read more
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British/Ukranian Tien Shan 1994

Central Asia
Ref: 94/18
July - August 1994
Nick Williams with Chris Bedford, Richard Cross, Mat Dickinson and Adam Jackson from the UK and Ukranians Anton Bykov, Igor Chaplinsky, Nikolay Gorunov, Sveta Lineva, Taras Metropan, Alik Petruk & Sasha Pyapun
This joint team hoped to achieve new routes from the South Inylchek glacier but experienced bad weather for most of the time that they were in the area. Continuous danger of rock and serac fall preven Read more
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Cherskiy Mountains

Russia
Ref: 94/16
July - August 1994
Paul Knott with Michael Doyle, Simon Inger and John Kentish
As the first Westerners to visit these mountains in NE Siberia, this team had the area to itself and were able to achieve 7 first ascents of peaks approx 3,000m high. A pencilled line on a 1:500,000 p Read more
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Regatta Kamchatka Volcanoes

East Asia
Ref: 94/07
July - August 1994
John Town with Huw Davies, Alyson Starling, Richard Wojtaszewski and 10 Russian climbers
Kamchatka, the most easterly extremity of Siberia, was closed until recently, so is little explored. This team achieved successful ascents of Avacha (1,800m), Ushkovsky (3,943m) and Klyuchevskaya (c4, Read more
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Durham University Mountaineering Club Sim Gang Glacier 1994

Pakistan
Ref: 94/38
July - September 1994
Richard Dixon with Phil Birch, Nigel Crook, Chris May and Jeff Snoxell
After establishing an advanced Base Camp at the head of the Sim Gang glacier, this team picked an interesting but unnamed peak (c5,800m), and in one day climbed to within 150m of its summit. At this p Read more
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British Hispar 1994

Pakistan
Ref: 94/36
July - August 1994
Dave Wilkinson with Bill Church, Brian Davison and Tony Park
This party planned to make first ascents from the Yengutz but once in the Hispar valley they decided to climb from the Garumbar glacier instead. From here, they climbed Uyumrung Sar (c5,900) from the Read more
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British Women's Karakoram 1994

Pakistan
Ref: 94/21
July - August 1994
Penny Clay with Julie Carter, Wyn Clayton and Mary Twomey
Dangerous cornices and poor snow conditions prevented this team from actually standing on the summits of Mitre Peak (5,945m) and Sceptre (5,800m). However, on the former they reached c5,900m after mak Read more