BMC supported expeditions 2007

Posted by Tina Gardner on 19/06/2007

Wondering what new routes, technical climbs and other mountaineering expeditions are happening in 2007?

This year the BMC has given financial support to 22 expeditions and approval to a further 11. Grants have ranged from £300 to £1,200, substantially lower than in the past due to the withdrawal of sponsorship by UK Sport.

Check out below the exciting list of mountaineering expeditions approved or supported by the BMC.

Many of these have already returned, with mixed results. Bad weather stopped any attempt on Mariposa, and forced the teams in the Darwin and Yukon onto lesser objectives. In contrast, all three expeditions to Alaska were highly successful and the trip to the Zhopu pasture in Sichuan resulted in the first ascent of Hadi.

The biggest success this year came, perhaps inevitably, from Messers Fowler and Ramsden with their first ascent of the stunning Manamcho in Tibet. However, the teams visiting Kalanka, Kharchakund, Yangmolung and Paine, could yet complete really major ascents.

Date	Name	Country	Leader
15 Jan – 19 Feb	The British Graham Land Expedition 2007	Ski mountaineering and climbing in Antarctica	Paul Josse
2 Feb – 16 Mar	NW Face 0f Cerro Mariposa	Big wall climbing in Rio Turbio valley, Argentina	Andy Cave
3 – 31 Mar	British Darwin Range Expedition 2007	The hostile Cordillera Darwin, Chilean Tierra del Fuego	Simon Yates
20 Mar – 20 May	The McMahon Line Expedition 2007	Unclimbed 7,000er in South East Tibet	Julian Freeman-Attwood
Apr – May	Scottish Mountaineering Club East Greenland Expedition 2007	Unclimbed alpine peaks in East Greenland	Colwyn Jones
3 – 30 Apr	Scottish Dan Beard Expedition	Unclimbed face in the Alaska Range, USA	Vivian Scott
5 Apr – 10 May	British Ruth Gorge 2007	Unclimbed lines in the Ruth Gorge, Alaska	Oliver Metherell
6 Apr – 6 May	British Manamcho Expedition 2007	The 'Matterhorn of Tibet', China	Mick Fowler
5 May – early Jun	Dronning Louise Land 2007	Ski-mountaineering in East Greenland	Russell Hore
7 – 29 Apr	Alpine Club Ak-Shirak on Ski Expedition	Ski mountaineering in Kyrghyzstan	Dave Wynne-Jones
25 Apr – 29 May	British Alaskan Assault 2007	New routes and hard repeats in Alaska	Jon Bracey
28 Apr – 27 May	British Zhopu Expedition 2007	Unclimbed peaks in Sichuan	David Gerrard
28 Apr – 10 Jun	British Sikkim Expedition 2007	New routes in Sikkim	Roger Payne
1-29 May	British Lowell Glacier Expedition	New routes in St Elias Range, Canadian Yukon	Simon Richardson
1 – 30 Jun	East Greenland (Sortebrae) 2007	Ski mountaineering and climbing in East Greenland	David Jakulis
mid Jun – mid Jul	FRCC Cordillera Carabaya 2007	New routes in Peru	Stephen Reid
30 Jun – 29 July	Imperial College Quimsa Cruz 2007	Rock climbing in Quimsa Cruz, Bolivia	Hal Watts
Late Jun – early Aug	Shingu Charpa 2007	Unclimbed rock wall in Nangma Valley, Pakistan	John Arran
Jul- Aug	Hispar Expedition	Unclimbed peaks around the Hispar Glacier, Pakistan	Peter Thompson
15 Jul – 11 Aug	Kuksay 2007	The 'other side' of Muztagh Ata, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China	John Allen
15 Jul – 8 Aug	Contrahierbas 2007	New routes in infrequently visited area of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru	Anthony Barton
16 Jul – 20 Aug	Malitskovo Glacier, Western Kokshaal-Too, Kyrgyzstan	Unclimbed alpine peaks in Kyrghyzstan	Stuart Howard
17 Jul – 20 Aug	West Lancashire Scouts East Greenland Expedition 2007 - Ren Land	Large expedition to little explored area of East Greenland	Dick Griffiths
20 Jul – 2 Sep	Eastern Huayhuash 2007 Expedition	New routes in Peru	Carl Reilly
28 Jul – 26 Aug	British North Lungkar Expedition	High summit in central Tibet	John Town
30 Jul – 5 Sep	Tunde Valle Gorge, Angola	Rock climbing in Angola	Ben Heason
Sep & Oct	Kalanka North Face 2007	Major new route on high Indian Peak	Nick Bullock
Sep – Oct	Unclimbed Tibet 2007	Unattempted peak in East Tibet	John Arran
1 Sep – 20 Oct	2007 Kharchakund Expedition to the Garwhal Himal	Technical new line on previously climbed Gangotri peak, India	Patricia Deavoll
21 Sep – 21 Oct	The British Nyainquentanglha West Expedition	Unclimbed summits in Tibet	Derek Buckle
1- 31 Oct	Yangmolong Expedition 2007	Unclimbed peak in Sichuan	Dave Wynne-Jones
mid Nov – mid Dec	Welsh Central Tower of Paine 2007	New route on major wall in Torres del Paine, Chile	Dai Lampard
8 Jul - 5 Aug	British Winter Egger Expedition	First winter ascent of Torre Egger, Patagonia, Argentina	Ian Parnell

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