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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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Gwent Andean Expedition 1983

America – South
Ref: 83/22
July - August 1983
Mike Rosser, Stu Thompson, Roger Gott, John James, Mark Lewis and John Burrows
Thwarted by bad weather after reaching 4,700m on their objective of the undimbed NE buttress of Nevado Veronica (5750m) in the Cordillera Urubamba, this party of six trekked over the Palcay Pass on th Read more
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Lhotse 82

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 82/36
October 1982
Paul Moores from Britain
Paul Moores led his well-knit team of four in an attempt on a new route on the W face of Lhotse. Advance base was reached on 7 October (7,864m) but though the climb to the summit was started in cold, Read more
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Thamserku West Ridge

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 82/32
September 1982
Mal Duff and Sandy Allan from Britain
Mal Duff and Sandy Allan found the approach up the W Thamserku Glacier very difficult. Their line up the N face to the W ridge was subject to stonefall, and the ridge itself of too great a technical d Read more
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Scottish Bhagirathi III Expedition

Himalaya – India
Ref: 82/31
September-October 1982
AlIen Fyffe and Bob Barton from Scotland
AlIen Fyffe and Bob Barton succeeded in their objective-the unclimbed SW Pillar of Bhagirathi III (6,454m). They took 11 days on the climb from the Brown Tower, bivouacking on inadequate ledges for th Read more
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Sheffield Ogre 2 Expedition 1982

Pakistan
Ref: 82/34
June - August 1982
Paul Nunn Brian Hall, Al Rouse and Andy Parkin
A strong four-man team, including Paul Nunn and Al Rouse, reached 6,350m on the NW ridge of the W peak of Ogre 2, but then had to retreat. They investigated the S face in the hope of finding a faster Read more
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1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Expedition to KR4

Himalaya – India
Ref: 82/02
August - September 1982
Capt. Charles Hookey, with the doctor Lt. Col. Hardie from Britain
A 12-man party led by Capt. Charles Hookey, with the doctor Lt. Col. Hardie as lead climber. Hardie and Davies succeeded in reaching the hitherto unclimbed summit of KR4 (6,370m) on 8 September and in Read more
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British Gangotri Gal Expedition '82

Himalaya – India
Ref: 82/14
August - October 1982
Nick Kekus and Richard Cox from Britain
Nick Kekus and Richard Cox made a bold attempt on Shivling (6,543m). After some Grade V rock climbing, on 22 September they reached the top of the ice field. At 6,100m Cox fell when an anchor failed w Read more
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British East Greenland Expedition 1982

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 82/42
July - September 1982
Cormac Higgs, Geoffrey Monaghan and Colin Wootton,
As a result of bad sea ice conditions and bad weather, this team failed to reach the base of their objective Point 3,060m, 70 miles inland from the head of Kangertitivatsiaq Fjord, and retreated to cl Read more
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The Cambridge East Greenland Expedition

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 82/35
June - August 1982
Philip Stokes, David Branson, Michael Cummings, Jocelyne Hughes, David Newcombe and Jane Sears
The Cambridge East Greenland Expedition, who were prevented by the radio operators' strike from reaching Greenland in 1981, again had bad luck in 1982, because weather conditions put the Scoresbysund Read more
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The Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic South Greenland Expedition 1982

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 82/19
July - August 1982
Ian Roy, Rob Smithurst, John Sahota, Neil Dowie, Jeff Till, Geoff Shaw, Ross McDonald, Sophie Benazon, Karen Bass, Jim Lindsay, Johanne Lindsay, Sue Billing and Alastair Dawson
13-member team carried out successful glaciological research and mapping in the Hullet-Nordgletscher and Tasermiut Fjord areas of SW Greenland, from their base camp at Narssarssuaq. Read more