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It is many years since an MEF-supported expedition clocked up a road journey approaching 30,000km, but that is what results if one drives from the UK to Xinjiang Province and back, making a double cro Read more
Originally naming their expedition after the nearby village of Doko (in the Arandu valley south of the Biafo), on arrival in the vicinity this team found that the locals called their prominent 5,800m Read more
The primary objective of this team was to make the first ascent of the S face of Polar Sun Spire (cl250m), Baffin Island. However, after climbing 200m up loose rock in an off-width crack threatened by Read more
On their first visit to the Greater Ranges, this team hoped to make first ascents of Khaitar (5,591m) and/or Chari Khand, (5,886m) in the Naltar area of the Karakoram. A reconnaissance of the former r Read more
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