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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.

1773 Expeditions found

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Imperial College Alaska

America – North & Central
Ref: 12/17
June - July 2012
Sara Arbós-Torren from Spain with Boris Korzh & Sam Thompson (UK) and Arnaud Sors from France
The Wrangell-St Elias National Park still offers unclimbed peaks between 3000m and 4000m accessible from the Fraser and Baldwin Glaciers, so was the area chosen by four students from Imperial College Read more
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Mazeno Ridge

Himalaya – India
Ref: 12/26
June - July 2012
Sandy Allan and Rick Allen from UK plus Cathy O’Dowd from South Africa
The Mazeno Ridge is the longest arête on any 8000m peak – a staggering 13km from the Mazeno Pass at 5377m to where it joins the south-southwest ridge or Schell Route, then another 2 km up slopes on th Read more
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Inspired Alaska

America – North & Central
Ref: 12/05
May - June 2012
Mike (Twid) Turner with David Gladwin
The Kichatna Range (aka Cathedral Spires) is very remote and only accessible by light aircraft from Talkeetna but is fairly well explored, although there is plenty of scope for new routes, particularl Read more
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Bangor University Denali Expedition

America – North & Central
Ref: 12/13
May - July 2012
Tom Ripley and Tom Livingstone
These two young students hoped to climb a new line on Father & Son Wall of Denali (6194m) in a single push. Unfortunately, they timed their visit rather late in the season, by which time much of t Read more
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Hindu Kush

Central Asia
Ref: 12/01
January 2012
James Bingham with Eddie Bingham, Quentin Brooksbank and Mark Wynne
Mir Samir is a 6059m peak on the Afghan border with Nuristan that Eric Newby and his companion (both inexperienced mountaineers) set out to climb in 1956, a trip described in ‘A Short Walk in the Hind Read more
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Venezuela Big Wall

America – South
Ref: 12/02
January - February 2012
George Ullrich with Sam Farnsworth from UK plus Siebe Vanhee from Belgium and Mason Earle from USA
During their own expeditions to the area, Anne & John Arran have spotted a number of attractive lines on the tepuis, one of the most dramatic being a 500m wall overhanging by 100m in the lee of a Read more
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Mugu

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 11/19
October 2011
Mick Fowler with Graham Desroy, Jonny Ratcliffe & Dave Turnbull (UK)
The main objective of this very strong team was an unclimbed peak in the province of Mugu in Far West Nepal, marked on maps as Mugu Chulu (6310m). Although the area had previously been visited by clim Read more
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Lunag Massif

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 11/25
September - November 2011
Steve Holmes with Neil Phillips plus Matt Welborn
The first ascent of Jobo Rinjang (6778m) by US climbers Gottlieb & Puryear in 2009 inspired these outdoor instructors to explore the Lunag mountain range further with the hope of making first asce Read more
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Aberystwyth University Kamchatka

Russia
Ref: 11/21
August - September 2011
Colin Souness and Henry Patton (UK)
The Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia boasts 160 volcanoes, of which 29 are still active. Photographs of an ash covered glacier near to one of these – Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4721m) – show an inc Read more
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Cordillera Carabaya

America – South
Ref: 11/24
August - September 2011
Tom Ripley with Hamish Dunn (UK)
The Cordillera Carabaya range lies in Southern Peru and is remote and rarely visited, so offered a good opportunity for exploration and first ascents. Unfortunately, when this pair arrived at the near Read more