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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.


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Zhongdian Caves

Ref: 07/42
July - August 2007
Gavin Lowe, Sam AIlshorn, Pip Crosby, Pete HartIey, Chris Rogers & Paul Swire
Continuing the Hong Meigui series of expeditions (MEF 02/48, 03/49, 04/54, 05/51, 06/01 & 06/35) this team set out to prospect for caves in a compact block of mountains rising to 4,706m above the Read more

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British North Lungkar

Ref: 07/35
July - August 2007
John Town, Kevin Clarke, Mike Dawber & Richard Sant
Maps of remote areas can be most unreliable, with different heights - and names - being allocated to the same peaks. From several maps, this team spotted an unclimbed peak about 100km south-west of Ge Read more

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West Lancs Scouts East Greenland 2007

Ref: 07/19
July - August 2007
Dick Griffiths with 24 Mountaineering Support leaders, 7 Explorer Scouts and 19 other members of the Scout Network
This positive 'invasion' of Renland in NE Greenland celebrated the centenary of the Scout movement. Although it was understood that several SMC members had been there recently, this is one of the less Read more

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Exercise Boreal Zenith

Ref: 07/13
July - August 2007
WO 1 (ASM) Sam Marshall, Capt Sally Brown, Maj Cath Davies, Maj Kev Edwards, Capt Beth Hall-Thompson, Cfn Ollie Noakes, Lt Dave Stanley & Ocdt Joe Williams
This expedition, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Army Mountaineering Association, visited Andrees Land in north-east Greenland - an area possibly not visited by climbers since the fiftie Read more

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Eastern Huayhuash 2007

Ref: 07/20
July - September 2007
Carl Reilly, Tom Bide, Lewis Fogarty, Martin Lane & Graeme Schofield
The original objectives of this team - all current or former members of the University of Birmingham Mountaineering Club - were to explore the western side of the southern spur of the CordilIera Huayh Read more

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East Greenland (Sortebrae) 2007

Ref: 07/30
June 2007
David Jakulis, Andy Garman, Alasdair Garnett, Rob Green, Clare O'Sullivan, Jonathan Philips, Tracey Quine & Malcolm Sloan.
There have been very few previous visits to Sortebrae by climbers, so this team felt that it would be a good area for an exploratory expedition with the opportunity to make some first ascents. However Read more

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Imperial College Quimsa Cruz 2007

Ref: 07/33
June - July 2007
Hal Watts, Bernard Lam, Ben Withers, Virgil Scott & Markus Roggen
For their first trip to the greater ranges these five young students selected an area to the east and north-east of Laguna Blanca of the Cordillera Quimsa Cruz of Bolivia as offering plenty of scope f Read more

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British Contrahierbas 2007

Ref: 07/27
June - August 2007
Tony Barton, John Pearson & Xabier Arbulo
Although his intended climbing partner dropped out at the last minute, this leader was lucky to recruit two replacements when he arrived in Peru, so was still able to go ahead with his 'plan A' - an a Read more

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FRCC Cordillera Carabaya 2007

Ref: 07/14
June - July 2007
Stephen Reid, Mike Cocker & Jonathan Preston
The main aim of this team was to explore the little visited CordilIera Carabaya of Peru (which lies SE of the Cordillera Vilcanota, not far from the Bolivian border) and make the first ascent of the s Read more

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Dronning Louise Land 2007

Ref: 07/07
May - June 2007
Russ Hore, Gerwyn Lloyd & Tim Radford
Although a very detailed survey was carried out of the northern part of Dronning Louise Land as long ago as 1953, the southern part remained largely unexplored, being marked on the map as 'Eventyrfjel Read more