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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.

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Sokha Brakk

Pakistan
Ref: 92/01
July - September 1992
Chris Howarth with Mick Wrigley and Ian Arnold
This three-member party climbed Piper's Peak (5,495m) and made two unsuccessful attempts (reaching 5,250m) on the NW face of Point 5,956m (west of the Biafo glacier) named by them Sokha (after the Sok Read more
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British Nanga Parbat 1992

Pakistan
Ref: 92/17
July - August 1992
Mohammed Khan with Gulam Ali, Ibrahim, Serge Effimov, Alan Hinkes, Valeri Perching, And Phurba, Doug Scott, Sean Smith and Nag Temba
A seven-man Anglo-Russian-Sherpa party planned to traverse the 8-mile long unclimbed W ridge from the Mazeno Pass to the 8,125m summit: half of the distance is above 7,300m. After placing food/fuel ca Read more
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British East Greenland Expedition

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 92/28
July - August 1992
Phillip Bartlett with Gary Baum, Luke Hughes, Robin Illingworth, Barry Mills, David Stewart-Smith, Bill Pelkey, Mike Woolridge and Jenny Woolridge
This party of nine succeeded in identifying and climbing Wager's Cathedral Peak (2,600m) and some subsidiary peaks in the Lindberg and Lemon ranges of the Kangerdlugssuaq basin of East Greenland. They Read more
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Scottish Bersaerkertinde Expedition

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 92/21
July 1992
Stan Pearson with Grahame Nicole, Ian Stevens and Noel Williams
This four-man team's objectives, the N face of Bersaerkertinde and the NE face of Attilaborgen were foiled by deep soft snow and fast-running rivers. Read more
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Broad Peak Traverse

Pakistan
Ref: 92/13
June - July 1992
Roger Payne with Julie-Ann Clyma, Iain Peter, Libby Peter, Allen Fyffe, Martin Hair, Alison Walton and Captain Abaid Ullah Baig
Early monsoon conditions with severe avalanche risk frustrated this strong six-member team from achieving their objective of climbing the SW face of Broad Peak (8,047m). Three attempts at the summit w Read more
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Scottish Nanga Parbat Expedition

Pakistan
Ref: 92/12
June - July 1992
Petr Long with Ali Kellas, Des Rubens, Geoff Cohen and Barry Owen
This five-member team attempted an ascent of Nanga Parbat by the Mummery Rib on the Diamir face. They abandoned the Mummery Rib in favour of the Kinshofer route, reaching 7,200m before health problems Read more
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Southampton University Bolivian Expedition

America – South
Ref: 92/23
June - August 1992
Ade Miller, Ian Farmer, Vivek Kulkami, Steve Phillips, Shona MacKenzie and Rob Weight
The initial aim of this six-member team, to climb Huanacuni (5,789m) by a new route, was abandoned; but they made first British ascents of Huanacuni Eastward (5 500m) and of six or seven other peaks o Read more
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Indian British Panch Chuli Expedition

Himalaya – India
Ref: 92/11
May - June 1992
Harish Kapadia with Chris Bonington
Six Indian and six British climbers succeeded in climbing peaks in the Panch Chuli massif, approaching it from the west. Panch Chuli II (6,904m) was climbed by W spur (1St ascent) and SW ridge (2nd as Read more
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Swargarohini 1992

Himalaya – India
Ref: 92/05
May 1992
Nick Banks and Chris Smith
This two-man team made two serious attempts on the N face of Swargarohini (believed unclimbed, though an Indian party reached 200ft below the summit in 1990) but were defeated by unsettled weather con Read more
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Scottish Stauning Alps Expedition

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 92/15
May 1992
Jean-Francois Haas with Eric Flamand, Florence Germain, Mandy Wilson, John Peden, Bob Neish and Paul Thomson
This seven-member party succeeded in their objective of the first complete ski traverse of the Stauning Alps (NE Greenland) from Nordvestfjord in the south to Kap Petersen in the north, making at leas Read more