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Expedition Reports

The following notes summarise reports from the supported expeditions from 2009 to 2019. Reports can be refined by geographical area and purpose.

455 Expeditions found

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Map of Peru

British 2004 Artesonaraju

America – South
Ref: 04/41
July - August 2004
Neal Crampton with Clare Fennell
This couple hoped to make the first ascent of the NW face of Artesonaraju (6,025m) in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru and descend by the 'normal' SW face route, which they planned to equip in advance. H Read more
Map of Peru

Scottish Cordillera Huayhuash 2004

America – South
Ref: 04/37
August - September 2004
lain Rudkin with Alasdair Buchanan, Gareth Hughes, Andrew McIntyre, Kevin Neal and Neil Stewart
Although all members of this team had reasonable Alpine experience, only one had previous experience of the Greater Ranges. Plans to climb new ice faces - in particular the W face of Nevado Rondoy (5, Read more
Map of Peru

Anglo-Scottish Vilcanota

America – South
Ref: 04/32
July - August 2004
Dave Wilkinson with Geoff Cohen, Steve Kennedy and Des Rubens
Although this team experienced 'the best weather ever seen in big mountains' during the time they were in the area, their activities were largely dictated by an unseasonably heavy fall of snow that ha Read more
Map of Bolivia

NZ Ancohuma/llampu NE Cordillera Real

America – South
Ref: 04/29
July - August 2004
Erik Monasterio with Mike Brown
These NZ climbers planned to climb new routes on Ilampu (6,384m) and Ancohuma (6,427m), but due to 2004 being an extremely dry year in Bolivia, all the big 'mixed' walls were bare and exposed to rockf Read more
Map of Bolivia

University College London Quimsa Cruz, Bolivia 2004

America – South
Ref: 04/27
June - July 2004
Sarah Griffin with Jingwen Chen, Matthew Frear, Tim Moss, Ted Saunders and John Tomlinson
Although the southern part of the Cordillera Quimsa Cruz has become popular with climbers in recent years, information about their ascents is confused: several 'first ascents' may have been claimed fo Read more
Map of Chile

British Aguilera 2004

America – South
Ref: 04/17
October - November 2004
David Hillebrandt with Chris Smith
British explorers are nothing if not determined: ever since reading of an isolated peak on the Wilcox Peninsula of Chilean Patagonia spotted by Tilman in 1957, Hillebrandt has been hoping to make its Read more
Map of Peru

Blanca 2004

America – South
Ref: 04/16
June -July 2004
Tony Barton with Nick Carter, Mike Pescod and Owen Samuel
The Cordillera Blanca of Peru is one of the most popular areas of the Andes chain, but still offers scope for keen explorers. This team set out with several objectives in mind in the Quebradas Santa C Read more
Map of Peru

Chacraraju East

America – South
Ref: 04/09
June - July 2004
Nick Bullock initially with Al Powell, then with Adam Kovacs from Sweden
The original plan of this expedition was to make the first ascent of the E face of Chacraraju East (6,001m) in the Cordillera Blanca. However, on arriving in Peru, they learned that the route had alre Read more
Map of Expedition Reports

Return to Cerro Torre (Maestri-:f:gger) Feb 2004

America – South
Ref: 04/06
February - March 2004
Leo Houlding with Kevin Thaw plus Cedar Wright from USA
Whether Maestri and Egger did climb Cerro Torre (3,102m) in 1959 is a question that continues to haunt climbers, and this was yet another team hoping to find the answer. However, with warmer than usua Read more
Map of Expedition Reports

'Four Go Free' Fitzroy E Face

America – South
Ref: 04/02
November 2003 - January 2004
Mike 'Twid' Turner with Steve Mayer, Stuart McAleese and Louise Thomas
Despite previous experience of Patagonian weather, this team of stalwarts returned hoping to make the first ascent of a 1,300m free climb on the massive east face of Cerro Fitzroy (3,405m), which they Read more