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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 Nepal

British Machermo

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 05/21
October - November 2005
Owen Samuel with Andy Turner
Machermo (aka Phari Lapcha) (6,017m) in the very popular Gokyo valley is one of 33 peaks recently given 'trekking peak' status by the Nepalese authorities. Although one route ('Bonfire of the Vanities Read more
Map of India

British Sikkim 2005

Himalaya – India
Ref: 05/49
March - April 2005
Julie-Ann Clyma with Roger Payne plus Kunzang Gyatso Bhutia and Sagar Rai from the Sikkim Amateur Mountaineering Association
Although the fact that Sikkim has borders with Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan means that all visitors have to obtain an 'inner line' permit, this is not difficult, and the authorities have recently designate Read more
Map of India

N Wales Changabang '05

Himalaya – India
Ref: 05/24
September - October 2005
Nick Bullock with Stuart McAleese and Olly Sanders
The plan to climb a new route on the west face of Changabang (to the right of the Boardman-Tasker route) originated with Twid Turner and Louise Thomas, who heard that the Nanda Devi Sanctuary had reop Read more
Map of Greenland

British KangerdIugssuaq 2005

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 05/47
July - August 2005
Peter Whyley with Carole Feldman, Paul Hawksworth and Cath Walton
This group of teachers used Tangent Expeditions to access the region to the south of the Hutchinson glacier in order to explore and reach the summit of as many unclimbed peaks as possible in the time Read more
Map of Greenland

KMC Tórnârssuk Expedition

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 05/26
July - August 2005
Dave Bone with Marylise Dufaux, Dan O'Brien, Carl Pulley and David Whittingham
Tórnârssuk Island is uninhabited and lies off SW Greenland to the west of Pamiagdluk, an island visited by a Karabiner MC expedition in 2004 [MEF 04/20]. This team planned to explore and establish new Read more
Map of Greenland

CUMC Centenary Kangerdlugssuaq 2005

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 05/10
June - July 2005
James Sample with Alex Cowan, Matt Harding, Ali Ingleby, Leah Jackson-Blake, Jenny Marshall, Mike Moss and Tom Stedall
Bad weather delayed this team's arrival in Greenland and then kept them tent-bound for three days 60km short of their intended landing area. However, once the weather improved, they made the first asc Read more
Map of Peru

Rondoy West Face 2005

America – South
Ref: 05/46
July - August 2005
Gareth Hughes with Tim Darlow, Myles English and Oliver Metherell from UK and Robin Deplante from France
For the leader this was a return to an area that he had visited 12 months earlier as a member of lain Rudkin's expedition [MEF 04/37]. Their prime objective was a new route up the obvious ice funnel o Read more
Map of Venezuela

Tepui 2005

America – South
Ref: 05/43
March - April 2005
John Arran with Anne Arran, Miles Gibson and Ben Heason from UK, Alex Klenov from Kazakhstan and Ivan Calderón and Alfredo Rangel from Venezuela
Following their success two years earlier [MEF 03/27] the Arrans returned to Venezuela with an augmented team hoping for similar results in 2005. Unfortunately they found that access to other unclimbe Read more
Map of Chile

Welsh Western Patagonia 2005

America – South
Ref: 05/41
September - November 2005
Chris Smith with Steve Hartland and David Hillebrandt
These stalwarts with short memories returned to Patagonia in the hope of at last making the first ascent of Cerro Aguilera (2,500m). During some of their previous attempts they had not even set foot o Read more
Map of Peru

British Cordillera Oriental 2005

America – South
Ref: 05/27
May - August 2005
Tony Barton with Tim Riley
Although the Cordillera Oriental is relatively easy of access and the majority of its peaks are of moderate height, it is one of the lesser-visited areas of Peru. However, the vulnerability of a two-m Read more