Scottish Expedition Reports Archive
The MCofS has launched an on-line database of expedition reports on its website. The reports are from mountaineering expeditions, climbing trips and individuals based in Scotland that have received grant support from the MCofS.
There are over 70 reports going back to 1981.
The areas of the world visited include Greenland, the Coast Range of British Columbia and Alaska, Himalayan, Indian and Pakistan peaks, the Andes in Peru and Bolivia, as well as Kyrgyzstan and China.
In 2008 the MCofS ‘Expedition Grant Awards’ scheme was changed to be more inclusive and became a Bursary. The award is now made to individuals undertaking any climbing / mountaineering discipline anywhere in the world. It also now includes support to competition climbers and to younger climbers.
As a result reports now include new hard on-sight rock routes in Morocco, Norway’s Lofoten Islands in winter, trips to the Italian Dolomites by leading Scottish climbers (young and not so young), school expeditions to Greenland and competition ‘road trips’ round Europe or World Cup events.
The reports offer detailed information about travel, costs, visa requirements, topography of poorly mapped areas and future potential for new routes and exploration.
They can be viewed as pdf’s on the Expedition Reports Archive page.
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