60th Aniversary Greenland Expedition 2004.
Spring 2003
James Richardson proposed the Tien Shan in Kyrgyzstan and initially put in quite a bit of work and found a contact.
Alan (L) Jones proposed Greenland with the main objective of climbing Karabiner Peak.
Autumn 2003
Not enough interest was shown for the above proposals but opinion was still to have an expedition in 2004. A meeting was organised at the Gregsons. (Attended: Jim, Sandy, Scott, Duncan, Dave and Al) Jim proposed visiting an unexplored area of Greenland half way up the East coast close to the ice cap. Drop off and pick up would be by Twin Otter onto a glacier. But at around £24000 just for the flight from Iceland with a maximum of 6 people the costs were beyond what we could or wanted to afford, and we would not get many from the Club.
A slideshow given by Niall Grimes earlier in the year about his exploits on the Baroness, pointed us to Pamiagdluk Island. Rob found some maps at Stanfords in Manchester. Scott set about writing a MEF application as the deadline was approaching fast. One night with the help of Duncan and Dave finished it, and because it required the name of the Expedition leader, Dave was out voted 2:1 and became Expedition Leader Elect.
The expedition was truly born one November evening at Ty Powdwr with an informal meeting of Dave, Duncan, Rob, Scott and Al and it was decided then that 'them’s that want to go will have pay a deposit of £1000', this would cover most of the cost of getting to Greenland. Dave also became Treasurer. By the middle of January 12 deposits had been paid and that is the maximum transport could cope with.
