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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.

1799 Expeditions found

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Anglo-Soviet Pamir Caving Expedition

Central Asia
Ref: 91/56
July - August 1991
Jim Birchall and a team of 13 British cavers
14 British cavers explored several cave entrances believed to lead to a major cave system (also sought by French and Russian cavers) in the Peter the First range in the Tadjikistan Pamir. In addition Read more
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ASPEX '91 Anglo-Soviet Pamir Caving Expedition

Central Asia
Ref: 91/55
July - August 1991
Paul Vale, Stephen Brown, Dave Checkley, Christopher Dent, Adrian Gregory, Bernard Maddison and Kevin Senior from the UK with Vladimir Choudinov, Vladimir Efimov, Yuri Kroulskoi, Alexander Plishkin, Misha Tolorov, Dima Tarasov, Lyenia, Anvar, Nastia, Sergey, Inga and Elena from Russia
Seven British and eleven Russian speleologists aimed to follow up the 1990 exploration (90/36) of the 'Dark Star' cave in the Hodja Gur Ata massif in the Bajsuntai Khrebet region of Uzbekistan. The fr Read more
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Achat Valley (Zeravshan) Expedition

Central Asia
Ref: 91/34
July - August 1991
Jas Losinski, Trevor Martin, John McKeever, Paul Sparrow and Douglas Warburton
This four-man party, visiting the Asan region of the Soviet Pamir, climbed Pik Domyaged (3,900m) and made a new route on Pik Holland, all from the Russian-organised camp in the Ak Su valley. They succ Read more
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British/New Zealand Central Tien Shan Expedition

Central Asia
Ref: 91/32A
July - August 1991
Julie-Ann Clyma, Roger Payne, Iain Peter and Allen Fyffe
Both pairs of this four-member party made, on separate days, successful ascents of Khan Tengri (7,010m) by the W ridge and of Pik Pobeda (7,439m) also by its W ridge, in the Tien Shan (Celestial) Moun Read more
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British Mongolian Altai Expedition

Central Asia
Ref: 91/31
July - August 1991
John Town with Richard Wojtaszewski, Helen Sweet, Alun Hughes, T. Byra, Balto and Chegme
This team of four British and two Mongolian climbers made the first Western ascent of Munkhairkhan (4,204m) and of Malchin (4,150m) in West Mongolia. Two members made the first recorded crossing of th Read more
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British Karakoram Traverse

Pakistan
Ref: 91/51
July - August 1991
Chris Pasteur, Angus Atkinson, Wiz Pasteur and Duncan Tunstall with support from Jacqui Sread and Libby Herbert
Though this four-member team were unable to complete their objective by crossing the Virjerab Pass to Shimshal, they did much exploration, partly on ski, of the Nobande Sobande glacier area, making a Read more
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Indo-British Chong Kumdan Expedition

Pakistan
Ref: 91/25
July - August 1991
Harish Kapadia, Muslim H. Contractor, Bhupesh Ashar, Vijay Kothari, Dhiren Pania and Ajay Tambe from India, David Wilkinson, Paul Nunn, Lindsay Griffin, John Porter, Neil McAdie and Dr. William Church, liaison officer Captain Arun Pandey from Britain and six porters
This 12-man team succeeded in the first ascent of the W face/NW ridge of Chong Kumdan I (7,071m), as well as of Chong Kumdan IV (6,520m) by the SE ridge, Chong Kumdan V (6,520m), Kichik Kumdan (6,640m Read more
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Yorkshire Shimshal-Malangutti Expedition

Pakistan
Ref: 91/06
July - August 1991
Paul Hudson with Les Holbert, Keith Withall, Ken Findlay, John Prichard, Steve Baker and Nils Sjostrom
This seven-member team gave up their projected objective of Pyramid Peak in the Malangutti glacier area in favour of climbing two peaks (5,200m and 5,550m) near the Corner Peak and the unclimbed peak Read more
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Bristol University Rio Paute Headwaters Expedition

America – South
Ref: 91/36
July-August 1991
Charlotte Cameron-Beaumont with Paula Cordera, Richard Duckworth, Simon Hay, Rebecca Knight, Toby Maitland, Carol Mahon, Aida Ortiz, Jonathan Roberts, Eduardo Toral, Veronica Toral and Edwin Zarate
This mixed team (6 British, 5 Ecuadorean), working in co-ordination with the East Anglian Ecuador Cloud Forest Expedition (see 92/6), set out to study aspects of the cloud forest and aquatic ecosystem Read more
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Oxford University Expedition to Naltar Valley

Pakistan
Ref: 91/43
June - July 1991
Paul Drew with James Hart, Dominic Leggett and Richard Thomas
This three-man team largely succeeded in their objectives, with an ascent of Snow Dome (5,029m), Sentinel by the S face (5,269m) and an unnamed peak at 5100m, but were forced to retreat on the NE ridg Read more