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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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Swargarohini 1992

Himalaya – India
Ref: 92/05
May 1992
Nick Banks and Chris Smith
This two-man team made two serious attempts on the N face of Swargarohini (believed unclimbed, though an Indian party reached 200ft below the summit in 1990) but were defeated by unsettled weather con Read more
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Scottish Stauning Alps Expedition

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 92/15
May 1992
Jean-Francois Haas with Eric Flamand, Florence Germain, Mandy Wilson, John Peden, Bob Neish and Paul Thomson
This seven-member party succeeded in their objective of the first complete ski traverse of the Stauning Alps (NE Greenland) from Nordvestfjord in the south to Kap Petersen in the north, making at leas Read more
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Exercise Ultimate Challenge Ama Dablam

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 92/22
April - May 1992
Ross Ashe-Cregan with Charlie Beardmore, Graham Rees, Andy Gallagher, Paul Jiggens, Kevin Arnold, Malcolm Davies and Steve Jones
Two of the nine climbers from the three Services succeeded in reaching the summit of Ama Dablam (6,856m) by the SE ridge (normal route), being the 99th and 100th persons to do so. Read more
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Thalay Sagar Expedition

Himalaya – India
Ref: 92/04
April - June 1992
Keith Milne with Gordon Scott, Susan Grimley, Tom Prentice, Charles French, Julian Fisher and Jordan Campbell
Two members of this seven-member party succeeded in climbing Thalay Sagar (6,904m) by a new route from the south - the first British ascent and seventh overall. Others in the party climbed Rudugaira ( Read more
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British Kahiltna South

America – North & Central
Ref: 92/29
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

America – South
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

America – South
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

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 91/15A
November - December 1991
Roger Chippendale, Richard Emmerson, Dave Etherington, Berwyn Evans, Dan Smith and Adi Walker
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

Himalaya – Nepal
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

Pakistan
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