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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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NI Greenland

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 93/17
July - August 1993
Jim Sheilds with Gary Walker, Stephen Glass, Gordon Stephens, Sean McCosker and Greg McCann
This party of six planned to use sea kayaks to explore the area at the head of Sermilik Fjord, but heavy icebergs prevented entry to the fjord. However, they climbed a number of small peaks on the E s Read more
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Arctic Research Group Svalbard 1993

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 93/10
July - August 1993
Ian Frearson with Stephen Staley, Graeme Shaw, Richard Grant, Chris Searston, Bernard Frearson, Mike Haynes and Deborah Greaves
This was one stage in a project to develop a system of Continuous Auto- matic Monitoring of Mountain And Reticulated Glaciers (CAMMARG). Eventually it should be possible to use the system in the Great Read more
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Jordanhill College East Greenland

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 93/04
July - September 1993
Douglas Cooper with Iain MacDonald, Neil Smith and Adam Hyde
This was a four-man team planning to make the first British ascent (preferably by a new route on the NE face) of Laupers Bjerg (2,500m). That route proved to be too technical, but a successful ascent Read more
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Bolivia 1993 - UK Apolobamba

America – South
Ref: 93/13
July - September 1993
Ken Findlay with Les Holbert, Pamela Holt, Paul Hudson, Ray Dimmock, Ian Wadsworth, Sue Cooper and Ashley Hardwell
A team of eight climbers achieved first British ascents of five named and four unnamed peaks between 5,000m and 6,000m in Bolivia. Plant material and seed was also collected for La Paz University and Read more
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British Greenland 1993

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 93/38
July - September 1993
Stephen Jones with Carl Holt, Jamie Miller and Peter Price-Thomas
This team made a 640km W-E crossing of the Greenland Ice Cap from near Angmassalik to Sondre Stromfjord in 38 days. 'Upski' parachutes provided one very exhilarating day of 61km, but mostly it was har Read more
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British K7 1993

Pakistan
Ref: 93/28
June-August 1993
Dai Lampard with Bob Brewer, Greg Coterill, Mark Berrisford, Denis Gleeson, Roger Whitehead, Major Tariq Khan and Heder Ali
This five-man team hoped to make the first ascent of the SW ridge of this 6,934m peak in the Hushe valley (2nd overall) but experienced appalling weather, with 26 days of snow. They also suffered malf Read more
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British Gasherbrum IV

Pakistan
Ref: 93/27
June - August 1993
Andy Cave, Chris Flewitt, Andy MacNae, Brendan Murphy, Andy Perkins and Kate Phillips
This team of six planned to climb a new route on the S ridge to make the first British ascent of this 7,980m peak, but once on the mountain they decided to try the S face route attempted by an America Read more
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British K2 1993

Pakistan
Ref: 93/16
June - August 1993
Roger Paynevwith Julie-Ann Clyma, Alan Hinkes, Victor Saunders, Major Nayyer Abbasi, Jason Burke, Dr. Caroline Williams and Razzaq
Early onset of the monsoon with heavy precipitation and strong winds prevented this team of seven from getting higher than 7,700m on the Abruzzi ridge. They assisted in the evacuation of an injured Sw Read more
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British Lemon Mountains 1993

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 93/18
June - July 1993
Jim Lowther with Chris Bonington, Rob Ferguson and Graham Little
For three of the the four-man team this was a return to an area of E Greenland visited in 1992. This year they were rewarded with first ascents of Chisel (2,320m), Trident (2,350m), The Beacon (2,262m Read more
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Cathedral Spires

America – North & Central
Ref: 93/50
June - July 1993
Mark Charlton with Dino Citrone, Lee Clegg and Chris Dale
This four-man team achieved the first ascent of the S face of Sunrise Spire (2,408m) in Kitchatna, Alaska in seven days climbing of which approximately half was aid climbing (Grade 6/5.10/A3). Read more