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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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British Mera Peak West Face 1993

Ref: 93/32
October - November 1993
Paul Drew and Dominic Leggett from England
A two-man team hoped to put up a new route on the W face of this 6476m 'trekking' peak in Nepal, but succeeded on the ordinary route. They also climbed the SW face of Pk 6091m. Read more

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NiIkantha Ninety-Three

Ref: 93/35
September - October 1993
Duncan Tunstall with Chris Pasteur
Although 'only' 6,596m high, this peak in the Garhwal has repulsed all parties to date. This expedition was no more successful as, owing to Pasteur's poor acclimatisation, the attempt was abandoned at Read more

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Cambridge University Caucasus 1993

Ref: 93/42
August 1993
Mark Grey with Julian Elliott
A two-man team achieved possibly first British ascents of NW route on Pik Kavkaz (4037m), Sybartovich route on Peak Free Spain (4,200m) and the Ablakov route on Nakra-Tau (4,277m), all from the Baksan Read more

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British Kukua 1993

Ref: 93/41
August - September 1993
Graham Kerr with Peter Lawes, Patrick Hickie, Chris Davies, John Morgan, Duncan Francis, Mark Skelton, Mark Williams, Oz Lyman and Doug Bowley
This was a ten-man Service trip to a rarely visited glacier area in the Karakoram with the intention of exploring and climbing peaks up to 6,000m as preparation for an expedition to Gasherbrum III in Read more

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Meru Shark's Fin 1993

Ref: 93/39
August-October 1993
Noel Crane with Paul Pritchard, Johnny Dawes, Phillip Lloyd and Dave Kendall
This five-man team included some of Britain's strongest rock climbers, and aimed to climb the Shark's Fin on Meru (c6,600m) in the Gangotri. However, after climbing pitches of E5/ 6b one of the party Read more

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Cerro Kishtwar

Ref: 93/09
August - October 1993
Mick Fowler with Stephen Sustan, Mike Morrison and Mike O'Brien
A previous attempt to make the first truly alpine-style ascent of this 6,200m peak had failed after 17 days when the team ran out of food. The summit was reached by two of this four-man team in a litt Read more

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1993 Tasermiut Fjord

Ref: 93/40
August 1993
Dave Wills with Richard Spillet
This two-man team planned to climb new big-wall routes on the remote towers of Ketil and Ilamertorssuaq (both c2,200m) near Cape Farewell. The NE ridge of the first was abandoned as being too serious Read more

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Welsh-Scottish Tien Shan 1993

Ref: 93/30
July - August 1993
Nick Lewis with Chris Cartwright, George McEwan and Paul Farmer
Heavy snow prevented an attempt on the S face of Khan Tengri by this four-man team, but one man achieved the summit via the W ridge. Read more

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Asan Pamirs

Ref: 93/26
July - September 1993
Ivan Green with Adrian Williams, Reg Adams and Jim Hart
Local fighting and a cholera outbreak added to the hazards that this four man team faced before attempting big-wall climbs from the Asan valley. They succeeded in climbing Yellow Wall (TD) and the W f Read more

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British Tien Shan 1993

Ref: 93/20
July - August 1993
Tony Park with Dave Wilkinson, Stewart Muir, Paul Nunn and Bob Toogood
This was a multinational team, with five climbers from Britain, nine from Belarus and two from Switzerland. Attempts on several of the lower peaks in the area were thwarted by heavy snow, but on the c Read more