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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.


1762 Expeditions found

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Map of Expedition Reports

Map of Expedition Reports

Map of Expedition Reports

R.A.F.M.A Himalayan 1955

Ref: 55/BB
May - June 1955
A. J. M. Smyth, Dan Stewart, Don Bennet, Lester Davies and a large team from the RAFMA
This expedition of the Royal Air Force Mountaineering Association set out to explore the Spiti-Lahoul watershed where it runs north-east from the Kulu border toward the Kanzam La. Difficult conditions Read more

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Merseyside Himalayan 1955

Ref: 55/BA
1955
Mountain exploration and mapping of Gauri Shankar area Read more

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Ladies Scottish Climbing Club Nepal

Ref: 55/AT
Spring 1955
Monica Jackson, Betty Stark and Evelyn Camrass
This was the first all women's expedition to the Himalaya. The team of three visited the previously unmapped Phurbal Chyachumbu glacier. Here they made the first ascent of Gyalgen Peak (6151m) on the Read more

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Map of Expedition Reports

Patagonia 1955

Ref: 55/AQ
July 1955 - July 1956
H. W. Tillman, W. A. Procter, M. R. Grove, J. Van Tromp, E. H. Marriott and Jorge Quinteros
Leaving from Falmouth in early June, the whole party, save for Quinteros, sailed, via the canaries to Montevideo in a journey of 64 days and some 4600 miles. Before leaving for their chosen starting p Read more

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Welsh Himalayan Expedition

Ref: 55/AP
July 1955 - January 1956
Sydney Wignall, Humfrey Berkeley, George Dwyer, John Harrop, John Henson and Geoffrey Roberts
After an overland journey to Nepal by car, the expedition was derailed when, on 21 October, Wignall and Harrop, along with their liaison officer Damodar, sherpa guide Koila and three porters crossed t Read more

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