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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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British Greenland 1993

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 93/38
July - September 1993
Stephen Jones with Carl Holt, Jamie Miller and Peter Price-Thomas
This team made a 640km W-E crossing of the Greenland Ice Cap from near Angmassalik to Sondre Stromfjord in 38 days. 'Upski' parachutes provided one very exhilarating day of 61km, but mostly it was har Read more
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British K7 1993

Pakistan
Ref: 93/28
June-August 1993
Dai Lampard with Bob Brewer, Greg Coterill, Mark Berrisford, Denis Gleeson, Roger Whitehead, Major Tariq Khan and Heder Ali
This five-man team hoped to make the first ascent of the SW ridge of this 6,934m peak in the Hushe valley (2nd overall) but experienced appalling weather, with 26 days of snow. They also suffered malf Read more
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British Gasherbrum IV

Pakistan
Ref: 93/27
June - August 1993
Andy Cave, Chris Flewitt, Andy MacNae, Brendan Murphy, Andy Perkins and Kate Phillips
This team of six planned to climb a new route on the S ridge to make the first British ascent of this 7,980m peak, but once on the mountain they decided to try the S face route attempted by an America Read more
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British K2 1993

Pakistan
Ref: 93/16
June - August 1993
Roger Paynevwith Julie-Ann Clyma, Alan Hinkes, Victor Saunders, Major Nayyer Abbasi, Jason Burke, Dr. Caroline Williams and Razzaq
Early onset of the monsoon with heavy precipitation and strong winds prevented this team of seven from getting higher than 7,700m on the Abruzzi ridge. They assisted in the evacuation of an injured Sw Read more
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British Lemon Mountains 1993

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 93/18
June - July 1993
Jim Lowther with Chris Bonington, Rob Ferguson and Graham Little
For three of the the four-man team this was a return to an area of E Greenland visited in 1992. This year they were rewarded with first ascents of Chisel (2,320m), Trident (2,350m), The Beacon (2,262m Read more
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Cathedral Spires

America – North & Central
Ref: 93/50
June - July 1993
Mark Charlton with Dino Citrone, Lee Clegg and Chris Dale
This four-man team achieved the first ascent of the S face of Sunrise Spire (2,408m) in Kitchatna, Alaska in seven days climbing of which approximately half was aid climbing (Grade 6/5.10/A3). Read more
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1993 Anglo-Irish Koz Sar

Pakistan
Ref: 93/25
May - July 1993
Andy Creigh, Pete Williams, Declan MacMahon, Steve Richardson, Ivan Wolton, Fais-Ali and Ali Haider
This five-man team experienced poor snow conditions throughout their expedition and aborted their attempt some 900m below the summit of the unclimbed Koz Sar (6,677m) in the previously closed Batura M Read more
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British Salcantay 1993

America – South
Ref: 93/23
May 1993
Andrea Stimson with C Falder, Steve Kelsey and Graham Whittaker
The team planned to attempt a new route on the very steep SW face of Salcantay (6,271m) in the Cordillera Vilcabamba of Peru. Tragically both male members were killed in a fall on their second day on Read more
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British Tokositna/Kahiltna

America – North & Central
Ref: 93/34
May 1993
David Barlow with Geoff Hornby
After making the first ascent of the central summit of Mount Thunder (3,292m) via its S face, this two-man team spent a frustrating week waiting to be picked up and flown to Kahiltna Base. From here t Read more
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British Mount Augusta

America – North & Central
Ref: 93/29
May 1993
Paul Knott with Ade Miller, Paul Mead and Rob Wilson
A four-man team achieved the first British ascent of Mount Augusta (4,289m) by the 1953 N ridge route, after they had reached a long corniced section at c3,000m on their proposed new route on the E ri Read more