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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.

1784 Expeditions found

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'Khumbu Double Trouble'

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 06/23
October - November 2006
Jon Bracey from France with Nick Bullock
Phari Lapcha (aka Machermo 6,017m) is one of 33 mountains recently given 'trekking peak' status by the Nepalese authorities, and although fairly accessible from the Lukla to Gokyo trek, only had one r Read more
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British North Sikkim 2006

Himalaya – India
Ref: 06/28
October - November 2006
Julie Ann Clyma with Roger Payne from Britain
This husband and wife team left home thinking they were to be issued a permit to attempt Gurudongmar (6,715m) in North Sikkim, but when they reached New Delhi everything changed. Instead they were iss Read more
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Scottish Khumbu Expedition 2006

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 06/31
September - November 2006
Alasdair Buchanan with Dave Chadwick & Tristan Hamade
When his lead climber withdrew from the team, this leader had to reevaluate his objectives. To acclimatise, Chadwick and Hamade climbed the normal route on Lobuje (4,943m) and after a reconnaissance, Read more
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Miyar Nala 2006

Himalaya – India
Ref: 06/11
September 2006
Oliver Metherell with Jeremy Frimer from Canada and Michel van der Spek from Holland plus Sarah Hart in support
Although the original objectives of this team lay above the Jangpar valley, stomach problems persuaded them to seek an area with (hopefully) safer water. They moved south to the Dali valley from which Read more
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British Kedar Dome 2006

Himalaya – India
Ref: 06/07
September - October 2006
lan Parnell with Tim Emmett
When his original partner withdrew from this project to climb what Parnell suggested could be 'the hardest route in the Himalaya', he was fortunately able to recruit a replacement who, despite an exce Read more
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AC Shakhdara 2006

Central Asia
Ref: 06/12
August - September 2006
Phil Wickens with Rick Allen, Derek Buckle, Kai Green, Steve Hunt, Alex Rickards and Tim Sparrow
Although the Shakhdara range of Tajikistan has been popular with Russian competition climbers (and possibly others from the eastern bloc) for some time, the area was not visited by western climbers un Read more
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Oxford University Greenland 2006

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 06/21
August 2006
Hauke Engel with Chris Abbott and Ben Spencer
Using Tangent Expeditions to land them by Twin Otter on a glacier in the Gronau Nunatakker range, these young students undertook a 100km ski traverse (with pulks) of Knud Rasmussen Land to a designate Read more
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Kings College London MC Bolivia 2006

America – South
Ref: 06/24
August - September 2006
Charlie Netherton with Jon Holman plus Pedro Mamani from Bolivia
When Holman injured his knee during the first warm-up climb of this trip to the less popular northern region of the Cordillera Apolobamba, the leader was fortunately able to recruit a local climber to Read more
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Twin Gardens Ethiopia 2006

Africa
Ref: 06/33
July - August 2006
Giovanni Chiodi with Andrew Burns, Laura Evenstar and Brigid LeFevre
This was a multi-discipline scientific expedition to the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia by a tri-national team based in the University of Aberdeen. The mountains lie to the east of the Great Rift valley a Read more
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Lobsang Spire 2006

Pakistan
Ref: 06/26
July - August 2006
John Arran with Anne Arran and Muhammad Takhi
This husband and wife team visited the Muztagh glacier to explore and search for big-wall climbing potential. Their main objective was the first ascent of the S face of Lobsang Spire (5,707m) but the Read more