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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 Kahiltna South

April-May 1992
David Barlow with Geoff Hornby
This two-man team succeeded, at their third attempt in making the first ascent of Peak 9,070 ft from the N side in the area south of Mount Hunter. Read more

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Parrots in Peril, Ecuador

Ref: 92/27
March-July 1992
Elliott Paul Toyne, Mark Thomas Jeffcote, Jeremy Flanagan, Sachin Kapila, Domitille Vallee, Rodrigo Tapia, Angil Hualpa, Eduardo Cueva and Aturro Lopez
This team (4 British, 4 Ecuadorean) achieved their aim of surveying various sites up to 3200m in the Podocarpus National Park to assess the threat to three species of parrot, and also to assess the en Read more

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Torres del Paine

Ref: 92/09
December 1991 - January 1992
Noel Craine, Paul Pritchard, Simon Yates and Sean Smith
Two of this four-member team succeeded in a new route (600m of A2/A3 and some A4) on the Central Pillar of the Torres del Paine. They named the route EI Regalo de Mowana (the Gift of the Tehuelche God Read more

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British Winter Himlung Expedition

Ref: 91/15A
November - December 1991
This six-member party aimed to make the first British ascent of Himlung (Annapurna Group) by the S ridge. Time and weather frustrated their attempt at about 6,000m on this impressive route Read more

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British Winter Manaslu East

Ref: 91/07
November - December 1991
Ron Rutland with Alan Deakin, James Cooper, Hilary Mills, David Etherington, Adrian Moore and Barry Rogers
This seven-member team had the unclimbed Manaslu East (7,900m) as their objective. They reached 6,200m but, mindful of the 38 deaths on Manaslu, including 17 in an avalanche on their route, they retre Read more

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Anglo-Polish Nanga Parbat

Ref: 91/01
November 1990 - January 1991
Maciej and Jacek Berbeka with Andrzej Samolewicz, Zbigniew Terlikowski, Dr Krzysztof Witkowski, Voytek Szczerba and Andrzej Osika from Poland, Sean Smith, Nick Kelus, Simon Yates and Jonathan Tinker from England
Seven Polish and four British climbers attempted a first winter ascent of the Rupal Direct on Nanga Parbat. This was abandoned at 6,500m after a prolonged period of bad weather. Later, four members re Read more

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Kusum Kangguru

Ref: 91/39
October - November 1991
Stephen Venables with Brian Davison and Dick Renshaw
Two of the three climbing members of the party succeeded in the first ascent of the S ridge of Kusum Kangguru (6,369m), having approached the mountain up the Kusum Khola. (See AJ97, pp22-26) This asce Read more

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British Langtang Lirung SE Ridge

Ref: 91/22
October - November 1991
James Grey with Oliver Stephenson, Timothy Banton, Simon Nathan and Andrew McLean
Despite careful acclimatisation on Naya Kanga and other peaks, this four-man team, who found themselves competing, alpine style, for the SE ridge of Langtang Lirung with a fully equipped Japanese expe Read more

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'Green' Expedition to Bhutan

Ref: 91/47
October 1991
George Band with John Blacker, John Innerdale, Jonathan Innerdale, Eric Langmuir, Jerry Lovatt, Peter Mould, John Nixon and Steve Town
This nine-member party explored the W watershed of the Basingthang Chu, E of Shodu, making what are thought to be first ascents of Ngum Tang Gang III (c5,640m) by the E ridge, Wohney Gang (c5,589m) by Read more

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East Anglian Ecuador Cloud Forest Expedition

Ref: 92/06
October 1991 - May 1992
Nikki Dayton and Team
This joint scientific team (5 British, 7 Ecuadorean) investigated interaction between cloud forest ecology and peasant farmers in two areas of South Ecuador: the Pulpito valley (Prov. Canar) and Ingap Read more