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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.

1789 Expeditions found

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Karabiner MC Greenland 1994

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 94/13
July - August 1994
Jim Gregson with Sandra Gregson, Graham Harkness, Andrew Howick, Alan Jones, John Starbuck, Lucy Walker and Paul Walker
This mixed club team explored the area of Schweizerland adjacent to the Pourquoi-pas, Champs-Elysees and Kristian glaciers. During their 22 days in the fIeld, they climbed a total of 14 peaks or tops Read more
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North-South Greenland: Phase I

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 94/03
July - August 1994
Dr Phil Jumeau with Brian Hull and John Sweeney
Time constraints have prevented this team from tackling its ambitious project - a N-S Greenland traverse - in a single year, so the journey has been divided into two (unequal) phases. The fIrst one, o Read more
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Cambridge Geological Project - Bolivia '94

America – South
Ref: 94/40
July - September 1994
Matthew Wetherall with Ben Reynolds and Simon Sherclift
The main object of this trip was to produce a 1:10,000 geological map of a 45 sq km area of Altiplano near the village of Jesus de Machaca, a task that was completed with great success. At the end of Read more
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British Ultar 1994

Pakistan
Ref: 94/09
June - August 1994
Julian Freeman-Attwood with Crag Jones, Steve Reid and Ed Webster
The team hoped to make the first ascent of this 7,388m peak in Hunza, possibly from the rarely attempted N side. This proved impractical owing to an extremely broken glacier, so they turned their atte Read more
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Indian British Kinnaur 1994

Himalaya – India
Ref: 94/45
May - July 1994
Chris Bonington and Harish Kapadia with Jim Curran, Jim Fotheringham, Graham Little, Jim Lowther and Paul Nunn from the UK and Pasang Bodh, Prakash Chand, Muslim Contractor, Khubram, Kaivan Mistry, Divyesh Muni and Suratram from India
A very strong team of British and Indian climbers linked up to explore and climb in the rarely visited Kinnaur-Kailash range. The first ascent of Rangrik Rang (6,553m) was achieved, together with the Read more
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British Mount Asgard 1994

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 94/32
May - July 1994
Simon Yates with Noel Craine, Keith Jones, Paul Pritchard and Steve Quinlan
The approach to this 2,011m peak in Baffin Island took so much longer than anticipated that the leader and Jones had to return home before getting to grips with it. The other three, with a lone Catalo Read more
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Upper Mustang (Scientific)

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 94/05
April - May 1994
Professor Myra Shackley with David Barlow, Rose Beddington, Philip Behrend, Tsewang Bista, Ben Gladstone, James Gladstone, Richard Keeler, Dave McAdam, Lhakpa Sherpa and Gary Weber
This was a most unusual project undertaken by a mixed party of specialists to assess the impact that tourism is having on a Tibet-like trekking area of Nepal only opened up in 1991. Backed by the Anna Read more
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Scottish Alaskan 1994

America – North & Central
Ref: 94/17
April - May 1994
Chris Schiller with Mark Sinclair
Plans to climb new routes on Mounts Crosson and Foraker were thwarted by unseasonal warm weather. With the snow failing to consolidate, severe avalanches resulted, and the highest point reached was 2, Read more
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British Mera Peak West Face 1993

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 93/32
October - November 1993
Paul Drew and Dominic Leggett from England
A two-man team hoped to put up a new route on the W face of this 6476m 'trekking' peak in Nepal, but succeeded on the ordinary route. They also climbed the SW face of Pk 6091m. Read more
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NiIkantha Ninety-Three

Himalaya – India
Ref: 93/35
September - October 1993
Duncan Tunstall with Chris Pasteur
Although 'only' 6,596m high, this peak in the Garhwal has repulsed all parties to date. This expedition was no more successful as, owing to Pasteur's poor acclimatisation, the attempt was abandoned at Read more