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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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British Winter Himlung Expedition

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 91/15A
November - December 1991
Roger Chippendale, Richard Emmerson, Dave Etherington, Berwyn Evans, Dan Smith and Adi Walker
This six-member party aimed to make the first British ascent of Himlung (Annapurna Group) by the S ridge. Time and weather frustrated their attempt at about 6,000m on this impressive route Read more
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British Winter Manaslu East

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 91/07
November - December 1991
Ron Rutland with Alan Deakin, James Cooper, Hilary Mills, David Etherington, Adrian Moore and Barry Rogers
This seven-member team had the unclimbed Manaslu East (7,900m) as their objective. They reached 6,200m but, mindful of the 38 deaths on Manaslu, including 17 in an avalanche on their route, they retre Read more
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Anglo-Polish Nanga Parbat

Pakistan
Ref: 91/01
November 1990 - January 1991
Maciej and Jacek Berbeka with Andrzej Samolewicz, Zbigniew Terlikowski, Dr Krzysztof Witkowski, Voytek Szczerba and Andrzej Osika from Poland, Sean Smith, Nick Kelus, Simon Yates and Jonathan Tinker from England
Seven Polish and four British climbers attempted a first winter ascent of the Rupal Direct on Nanga Parbat. This was abandoned at 6,500m after a prolonged period of bad weather. Later, four members re Read more
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Kusum Kangguru

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 91/39
October - November 1991
Stephen Venables with Brian Davison and Dick Renshaw
Two of the three climbing members of the party succeeded in the first ascent of the S ridge of Kusum Kangguru (6,369m), having approached the mountain up the Kusum Khola. (See AJ97, pp22-26) This asce Read more
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British Langtang Lirung SE Ridge

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 91/22
October - November 1991
James Grey with Oliver Stephenson, Timothy Banton, Simon Nathan and Andrew McLean
Despite careful acclimatisation on Naya Kanga and other peaks, this four-man team, who found themselves competing, alpine style, for the SE ridge of Langtang Lirung with a fully equipped Japanese expe Read more
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'Green' Expedition to Bhutan

Himalaya – India
Ref: 91/47
October 1991
George Band with John Blacker, John Innerdale, Jonathan Innerdale, Eric Langmuir, Jerry Lovatt, Peter Mould, John Nixon and Steve Town
This nine-member party explored the W watershed of the Basingthang Chu, E of Shodu, making what are thought to be first ascents of Ngum Tang Gang III (c5,640m) by the E ridge, Wohney Gang (c5,589m) by Read more
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East Anglian Ecuador Cloud Forest Expedition

America – South
Ref: 92/06
October 1991 - May 1992
Nikki Dayton and Team
This joint scientific team (5 British, 7 Ecuadorean) investigated interaction between cloud forest ecology and peasant farmers in two areas of South Ecuador: the Pulpito valley (Prov. Canar) and Ingap Read more
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Cerro Kishtwar

Himalaya – India
Ref: 91/45
September - October 1991
Andy Macrae, David Cosford, Andy Perkins, Brendan Murphy, Jeremy Wilson, Duncan Hornby and Kevin Dougherty
Two groups of the six-member party nearly made the first ascent of Cerro Kishtwar (6,220m) by two routes on the NW face, but retreated loom from the summit. Read more
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Chamlang 1991

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 91/20
September - October 1991
Andrew Knight, Andrew Pollard, David Collier, Carolyn Knight, Richard Hancock, Dave Gwynne-Jones, Angus Andrew, Neil Howells, Peter Pollard, Ngatemba Sherpa, Ratnakumar Tamang, Ngawang Sherpa and June
Four climbers of the six-member team made a successful first British ascent of Chamlang from the Hongu valley by the long and interesting S ridge. (See article 'Big Bird Flapping Wings'.) Read more
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Saga Himalayan Expedition to Jaonli

Himalaya – India
Ref: 91/11
September - November 1991
Mike Banks, Richard Brooke, Jim Milledge and Mike Westmacott from Britain, Joss Lynam and Paddy O'Leary from Ireland, C. P. Ravichandra, chewing Thunder and Biru from India
This six-member team (five over 60) attempted the unclimbed E side of Jaonli (6,632m). Two climbers reached 21,000ft on the S ridge, turning back at a point where the earthquake on the night of Octobe Read more