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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  Chile

Towers of Paine 2002

January 2002
Andy Cave with Dave Hesleden, Leo Houlding and Simon Nadin plus Neil Harvey & Ross Purdy in support
Despite the name of this expedition, no climbing was actually done on any of the 'Towers' themselves. However, from a base in the Bader (previously Pingo) Valley a number of successes were achieved. C Read more

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Maestri-Egger 2002 Alpine Style

January - March 2002
Alan Mullin with Leo Houlding and Kevin Thaw
Although Cesare Maestri said that he had climbed (with Toni Egger, who was killed during the descent) a route to the summit of Cerro Torre, 3,128m, as long ago as 1959, there has always been doubt in Read more

Map of  United States

British Donjek Glacier 2002

May - June 2002
Geoff Hornby with Alastair Duff, Susan Sammut and Glenn Wilks
The Donjek Glacier lies in the Canadian Yukon, and is surrounded by unclimbed peaks: this team planned to fly in from Alaska in a single-engined Otter to climb. Due to poor visibility the pilot decide Read more

Map of  United States

West Buttress of Mount Hunter

May - June 2002
Malcolm Bass with Paul Figg
Whilst descending the West Ridge of Mount Hunter in 2001, after making the first ascent of 'The Prey' on its Eastern Buttress [MEF Ref 01/04], these Alaskan devotees decided that their next venture wo Read more

Map of  United States

North Wales Alaska 2002

May - June 2002
Stuart McAleese with Rob Collister, John Cousins and Mike 'Twid' Turner
Although nominally a single expedition, the climbers operated as two separate pairs on different peaks. Collister and Cousins made two attempts on the unclimbed S Ridge of Mt Hess, 3,639m, but high te Read more

Map of  United States

The Longest Day

May - June 2002
Ian Parnell with Kenton Cool
This two-man team had two objectives in mind for their return visit to Alaska, one being a new route on the SE Face of Mt Foraker, 5,305m. However, they discovered that this route was threatened by at Read more

Map of  Kyrgyzstan

Eagle Ski Club Ak Shiirak 2003

Ref: 03/30
April - May 2003
Steve Wright with Mike Sharp, Joost van der Valk and Dave Wynne-Jones.
Plans to make a ski traverse of the entire Ak Shiirak range of mountains (in the Kyrgyz Republic) were thwarted to some extent when it was found that the intended access route to the Kara-Su valley (o Read more

Map of  Vietnam

Vietnam 2003

Ref: 03/12
February - April 2003
Howard Limbert with John Atkinson, Anette Becher, Robbie Burke, Martin Colledge, Chris Densham, Danielle Gemenis, Martin Holroyd, Paul Ibberson, Deb Limbert, Peter MacNab, Duncan Morrison, Gareth Sewall, Ian Watson and Anthony Wood plus several Vietnamese cavers.
For some team members, this was their eighth caving expedition to Vietnam undertaken in conjunction with cavers from Hanoi University. As well as returning to previously visited areas, several others Read more

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2003 British Kyrgyz-Kuilu

Ref: 03/06
August 2003
Robin Gibson with Martin Astley, Andy Bond, John Buckle, Andy Cole, Bill Dean, Mike Evans, Nev Croston, Malcolm Eldridge, Gwyn Ingram, Phill Reay, John Tranter, Angela Wright and Robert Wright
This expedition was intended to enable members to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the Chester Mountaineering Club, so had to cater for a wide range of abilities. Being little visited, the Kuilu-Too Read more

Map of  China

Hong Meigui Yunnan 2003

Ref: 03/49
July - August 2003
Hilary Greaves with Helen Blyth, Duncan Collis, Richard Gerrish, Martin Hicks, Martin Laverty, Gavin Lowe, Lenic Saymo and Pete Talling
This was a follow-up to expedition Ref 02/48, planned to obtain a better understanding of the caves in the extensive mountain area between Jinsha Jiang and Zhongdian in North Yunnan. A total of 57 cav Read more