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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

2006 Scottish Lobuje East

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 06/31
September - November 2006
Alasdair Buchanan with Dave Chadwick & Tristan Hamade
When his lead climber withdrew from the team, this leader had to reevaluate his objectives. To acclimatise, Chadwick and Hamade climbed the normal route on Lobuje (4,943m) and after a reconnaissance, Read more
Map of Nepal

'Khumbu Double Trouble'

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 06/23
October - November 2006
Jon Bracey with Nick Bullock
Phari Lapcha (aka Machermo 6,017m) is one of 33 mountains recently given 'trekking peak' status by the Nepalese authorities, and although fairly accessible from the Lukla to Gokyo trek, only had one r Read more
Map of India

British North Sikkim 2006

Himalaya – India
Ref: 06/28
October - November 2006
Julie Ann Clyma with Roger Payne.
This husband and wife team left home thinking they were to be issued a permit to attempt Gurudongmar (6,715m) in North Sikkim, but when they reached New Delhi everything changed. Instead they were iss Read more
Map of India

Miyar Nala 2006

Himalaya – India
Ref: 06/11
September 2006
Oliver Metherell with Jeremy Frimer from Canada and Michel van der Spek from Holland plus Sarah Hart in support
Although the original objectives of this team lay above the Jangpar valley, stomach problems persuaded them to seek an area with (hopefully) safer water. They moved south to the Dali valley from which Read more
Map of India

British Kedar Dome 2006

Himalaya – India
Ref: 06/07
September - October 2006
lan Parnell with Tim Emmett
When his original partner withdrew from this project to climb what Parnell suggested could be 'the hardest route in the Himalaya', he was fortunately able to recruit a replacement who, despite an exce Read more
Map of Greenland

Oxford University Greenland 2006

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 06/21
August 2006
Hauke Engel with Chris Abbott and Ben Spencer
Using Tangent Expeditions to land them by Twin Otter on a glacier in the Gronau Nunatakker range, these young students undertook a 100km ski traverse (with pulks) of Knud Rasmussen Land to a designate Read more
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Cambridge University East Greenland 2006

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 06/19
July - September 2006
Mark Reid with James Dynes, Lachan Low and Steve Mounsey
These young students chose a seldom-visited coastal area of the Schweizerland Alps immediately west of the Knud Rasmussen Glacier and 20km south of the Arctic Circle for their first expedition. Travel Read more
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Brathay Exploration Group Greenland 2006

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 06/03
July - August 2006
Paul Williams with Peter Clutton-Brock, Miles Doughty, Anna Griffith, Gavin Henderson, Thomas Moorcroft, Andrew Watson and James Watson
Although carried out under the auspices of a commercial company, this was actually an independent expedition of present and potential leaders. Their aim was to explore a previously unvisited area of t Read more
Map of Bolivia

Cambridge Quimsa Cruz 2006

America – South
Ref: 06/25
June - August 2006
Alan Dickinson with Sam Hawkins, Moira Herring and Tom Stedall from the UK, plus Ronan Kavanagh from Ireland.
Most - if not all - previous expeditions to the Cordillera Quimsa Cruz have approached from the south, but having trekked on the other (ie 'jungle') side in 2003, the leader had a good idea of what to Read more
Map of Peru

Kings College London MC Bolivia 2006

America – South
Ref: 06/24
August - September 2006
Charlie Netherton with Jon Holman plus Pedro Mamani from Bolivia
When Holman injured his knee during the first warm-up climb of this trip to the less popular northern region of the Cordillera Apolobamba, the leader was fortunately able to recruit a local climber to Read more