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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.

1775 Expeditions found

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Karakoram Challenge

Pakistan
Ref: 88/04
June - August 1988
Steve Boyer with Adrian Burgess, Alan Burgess, Andrew Lapkass, Steve Matous and Pete Athans
Having had their permit for Broad Peak withdrawn, and after being delayed by local trouble in Gilgit, this five-man team reached 7,600m on K2 before retreating in bad weather. Read more
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Everest - NE Ridge

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 88/16
June - August 1988
Brummie Stokes with, Paul Moores, Philip Hornblower, Graham Stokes, Harry Taylor, Russell Brice, Joe Brown, Mo Anthoine, John English, Pete Long, Ali Kellas, Davy Jones, Ian Nicholson, Trevor Williams, Same Roberts, Bill Barker, Loel Guinness, David Williams, Jim Curran, Flyn Dyson and Gerry Gellespie
This strong team succeeded in overcoming the 'last great challenge' of Everest: the pinnacles of the NE ridge were traversed by H Taylor and R Brice on 5 August. Bad weather brought the wise decision Read more
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British Siula Chico-Andes

America – South
Ref: 88/36
June - July 1988
Gary Kinsey with Johnathon Preston and Brian Barker
This three-man team, making their first expedition outside Europe, did well to succeed in a direct route up the W face of Jurac 'D', and in reaching within soom of the summit of Trapecio (5,500m) via Read more
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Joint Services Expedition to Borup Fjord, Ellesmere Island

America – North & Central
Ref: 88/01
May - August 1988
Captain J Brade, Mr R Burton, Sub-Liutenant B Crawford, Captain R Dow, Captain J Free, Flight Lieutenant K Hankinson, Captain D Hargreaves, Mr T Henderson, Squadron Leader J Knights, Flight Lieutenant I Meiklejohn, Lieutenant H Parker, Flight Lieutenant R Smith, Flight Lieutenant S Sunderland, Ms G Sweeney, Corporal D Walker, Doctor P Whitfield, Squadron Leader S Young
This large mixed Services party aimed to carry out a wide-ranging biological survey of the Borup Fjord area. Groups investigated the arctic char, snow buntings, waders, entomology, vascular flora and Read more
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British Hunza Expedition

Pakistan
Ref: 88/48
May - June 1988
Dave Wilson with Steve Wrigley, Rob Brown, Dave Hill, Celia Earle, Jack Bowles and Mark Butcher
Continuous snowfall defeated yet another attempt on the 6,100m spire of Bubli-Mo-Tin in the Naltar valley. Read more
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British Gasherbrum IV

Pakistan
Ref: 88/20
May - July 1988
Dai Lampard with Geoff Hobart, Phil Thornhill, Martin Hind and Rozi Ali
This five-man team admits to being too small, allowing for illness and other eventualities, to tackle their objective of the unclimbed S ridge of Gasherbrum IV (7,980m). Nevertheless, a determined att Read more
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British Avon Nun Kun

Himalaya – India
Ref: 88/05
May - June 1988
Bill Ogburn with Jed Meyer, Mick Seavers and Pete Hudd from Britain
This four-man team aimed to traverse Nun Kun up the E ridge and down the W ridge, but high water on the Suru River prevented access to the E ridge. They joined up with an Indian party for the W ridge Read more
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UK-New Zealand, Mount Foraker, Alaska

America – North & Central
Ref: 88/28
May - June 1988
Roger Payne and Julie-Ann Clyma
This two-member team reconnoitred Mt Foraker from the Kahiltna glacier side, abandoned attempts on both the NW ridge and Cassin ridge of Mt McKinley, but joined the standard W buttress route via Denal Read more
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Anglo-Indian Jitchu Drake (6790m)

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 88/39
May 1988
Doug Scott, Victor Saunders, Neil Lindsay, Lindsay Griffin, David Rose and Sharu Prabhu
Two British men and one Indian woman followed a variation of the 1984 Japanese route up the SE ridge to the S summit of Jitchu Drake (NW Bhutan) and continued to make the first ascent of the N peak. Read more
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Everest - Kangshung Face

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 88/15
April - May 1988
Stephen Venables with Paul Teare, Robert Anderson and Ed Webster with support from Joe Blackburn, Kasang Tsering, Pasang Nurbu and Mimi Zieman
This US/Canadian/UK team tackled the difficult and spectacular ice of the 'Neverest' buttress on the E face of the South Col. Three members reached the S summit. Venables continued alone to the top of Read more