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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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British Da Kangri

China and Tibet
Ref: 03/47A
September 2003
John Town with Derek Buckle, Alasdair Scott and Martin Scatt
The objective of this team was an elegant 6,270m double-peaked mountain in Toling Dechen county, a mountainous area in the south of the Nyenchentangla range of Tibet, which - as far as was known - had Read more
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British Mt Grosvenor

China and Tibet
Ref: 03/42a
April - May 2003
Mick Fowler with Andy Cave, Neil McAdie and Simon Nadinh
The Daxue Shan Range of Sichuan Province (dominated by the 7,556m Gongga Shan) is largely unexplored and contains several 6,000m peaks which have never even been attempted. One of these was Mt Grosven Read more
Map of China

British Qomo Lhari 2003

China and Tibet
Ref: 03/36
October - November 2003
Julie-Ann Clyma with Roger Payne
Although permits to attempt the NW ridge of Qomo Lhari (7,314m) in Yadong County of Tibet were received some time prior to departure, they were rescinded at the last moment due to military exercises i Read more
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Virgin Summits - Tibet 2003

China and Tibet
Ref: 03/18
September - October 2003
Adam Thomas with Phil Amos and Graham Rowbotham from UK and Bryan Godfrey from NZ
As a result of recent exploration by Tamotsu Nakamura of the Japanese Alpine Club, the Nyenchentangla East range of Tibet is becoming a popular venue for climbers such as these, who are seeking someth Read more
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Craven Pothole Club China 2003

China and Tibet
Ref: 03/11
March - April 2003
Kevin Gannon with Tracey Beasley, Nick Blundell, Michael Bottomley, Arthur Champion, Mike Clayton, Pete Jones, Karen Lane, Dave Milner, Paul Norman, Bryan Norton, Emma Porter, Patrick Warren and Michael Whitehouse
Continuing the long-running China Caves Project to further the development of karst research in China, this team worked with Normal University of Guilin to explore two separate karst areas - Jingxi an Read more
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Khumbu 2003 Alpine Style

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 03/31
November - December 2003
Nick Bullock with Jules Cartwright and Al Powell
Because of the bureaucracy involved with expeditions to higher peaks, this team selected new routes on so-called 'trekking peaks' as their objectives, the first being the NW face of Teng Kangpoche (c6 Read more
Map of Nepal

Anglo-American Annapurna III SW Ridge

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 03/16
September - November 2003
Kenton Cool with Ian Parnell plus John Varco from USA
Although previously attempted by at least three siege-style expeditions, the SW ridge of Annapurna III (7,550m) had so far resisted all comers, but this team felt that the route lent itself to an alpi Read more
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Caving in the Abode of the Clouds 2003

Himalaya – India
Ref: 03/13
February - March 2003
Simon Brooks with Annie Audsley, Nicola Bayley, Mark Brown, Tony Boycott, Pete Dowswell, Paul Edmunds, Roger Galloway, Martin Groves, Dan Harries, Andrew Harp, Tony Jarratt, Derek Pettiglio, Fraser Simpson, Jayne Stead and Fiona Ware from UK, plus seven cavers from Germany, one each from Austria and Switzerland and nine from the local Meghalaya Adventurers' Association
'Abode of the Clouds' is the literal translation of the Sanskrit word 'Meghalaya', the name of the 21st state of India. Although there had been previous caving expeditions to the state (including MEF Read more
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Scottish Lemon Mountains 2003

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 03/44
June - July 2003
Graham Stein with Alison Callum, lain Hall, Andy Lole, Brian Moretta, Phil Reynolds, John Sanders, Andy Saxby, Clare Stein and Jago Trasler
The Lemon Mountains have proved to be an attractive destination for expeditions in recent years, but this team proved that they still offer scope for first ascents. After setting up a base camp on the Read more
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Scottish East Greenland 2003

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 03/34
June - August 2003
Malcolm Thorburn with Douglas Campbell
On completion of expeditions to the area in 1997 (MEF 97/15) and 1999 (MEF 99/16) these regular 'Greenlanders' showed amazing confidence in caching their pulks etc. at the edge of the ice cap for retu Read more