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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.

1780 Expeditions found

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British/Ukranian Tien Shan 1994

Central Asia
Ref: 94/18
July - August 1994
Nick Williams with Chris Bedford, Richard Cross, Mat Dickinson and Adam Jackson from the UK and Ukranians Anton Bykov, Igor Chaplinsky, Nikolay Gorunov, Sveta Lineva, Taras Metropan, Alik Petruk & Sasha Pyapun
This joint team hoped to achieve new routes from the South Inylchek glacier but experienced bad weather for most of the time that they were in the area. Continuous danger of rock and serac fall preven Read more
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Cherskiy Mountains

Russia
Ref: 94/16
July - August 1994
Paul Knott with Michael Doyle, Simon Inger and John Kentish
As the first Westerners to visit these mountains in NE Siberia, this team had the area to itself and were able to achieve 7 first ascents of peaks approx 3,000m high. A pencilled line on a 1:500,000 p Read more
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Regatta Kamchatka Volcanoes

East Asia
Ref: 94/07
July - August 1994
John Town with Huw Davies, Alyson Starling, Richard Wojtaszewski and 10 Russian climbers
Kamchatka, the most easterly extremity of Siberia, was closed until recently, so is little explored. This team achieved successful ascents of Avacha (1,800m), Ushkovsky (3,943m) and Klyuchevskaya (c4, Read more
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Durham University Mountaineering Club Sim Gang Glacier 1994

Pakistan
Ref: 94/38
July - September 1994
Richard Dixon with Phil Birch, Nigel Crook, Chris May and Jeff Snoxell
After establishing an advanced Base Camp at the head of the Sim Gang glacier, this team picked an interesting but unnamed peak (c5,800m), and in one day climbed to within 150m of its summit. At this p Read more
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British Hispar 1994

Pakistan
Ref: 94/36
July - August 1994
Dave Wilkinson with Bill Church, Brian Davison and Tony Park
This party planned to make first ascents from the Yengutz but once in the Hispar valley they decided to climb from the Garumbar glacier instead. From here, they climbed Uyumrung Sar (c5,900) from the Read more
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British Women's Karakoram 1994

Pakistan
Ref: 94/21
July - August 1994
Penny Clay with Julie Carter, Wyn Clayton and Mary Twomey
Dangerous cornices and poor snow conditions prevented this team from actually standing on the summits of Mitre Peak (5,945m) and Sceptre (5,800m). However, on the former they reached c5,900m after mak Read more
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Cumbrian Hindu Raj

Pakistan
Ref: 94/12
July - August 1994
Dave Wilson with Rich Davis, Mike Morphew, Rob Thomas, Maggie Worth and Steve Wrigley
The Katchikani area of the Hindu Kush is restricted, so it had previously been visited by few (if any) Westerners. This team explored the Thalo glacier and made probably the first ascent of a 5,441m p Read more
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Beusten Glacier 1994

Pakistan
Ref: 94/04
July - August 1994
George Armstrong with Rob Lee, lain Miller, Jeremy Parker, Ed Shackley and Sally Smith
One of the hottest summers ever recorded in this area melted much of the snow, making river crossings hazardous on the approach, and replacing névé with hard ice on the mountains: rock avalanches were Read more
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British Mount Everest Medical 1994

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 94/01
July - October 1994
Dr Simon Currin with Angus Andrew, Arthur Collins, Charlie Homsby, Roddy Kirkwood, Andrew Pollard, Ronnie Robb, John Sanders and Alison Hargreaves
The majority of the team named above were doctors undertaking a comprehensive research programme into a wide range of altitude-related medical problems. While they acted as guinea-pigs for each other, Read more
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1994 Trans-Greenland

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 94/43
July - August 1994
Nigel Harling with Mark Evans
Reasonable weather conditions enabled the 533km crossing from Isertoq on the east coast to near Sondrestrojm on the west to be made in a very creditable 26 days. Parachutes were used as sails when pos Read more