Mountain Info

Here is additional info on some of the East Greenland expeditions to the Watkin Mountans.
Thanks to Derek Fordham of The Alpine Club for providing important supplemental information about the various expeditions to the area before and up to around 1998.


Augustine Courtauld

  • Date: Left Aberdeen July 4, 1935, Left skip on August 8, GBF climbed at 1725 on August 16.
  • Augustine Courtauld
  • Jack Longland
  • Laurence Wager
  • H. G. Wager
  • Dr. Fountaine
  • Ebbe Munck


Allen Alastair

  • Date: July-August, 1971, GBF reached on August 6.
  • Allen Alastair
  • David Matthews
  • Torben Eriksen
  • Steen Mørup
  • Vagn Bjerre Christensen


Stan Woolley

  • Date: from 22/7 to 21/8 1987, GBF ascent on August 8.
  • Stan Woolley
  • Robin Illingworth
  • Rob Ferguson
  • Steve McCabe


Jim Lowther

  • Date: from 26/6 to 24/7 1988, GBF ascent on July 12.
  • Jim Lowther (leader)
  • Nick Hulton
  • Lewis Jones
  • Greg Englefield
  • Allen Jewhurst (film/sound)
  • Jan Pester (cameraman)
  • PEV (named Deception Dome) June 30, Hulton and Lowther
  • Middle Finger July 3. via NE snow arete, PD-, Englefield, Jones, Jewhurst
  • Little Finger July 3. via NE snow arete, PD, Hulton, Pester, Lowther, descent by S. ridge/face, PD+


Ingemar Olsson

  • Date: from 2/7 to 13/7 1988, GBF ascent on July 3rd.
  • Ingemar Olsson, Sweden
  • Mark Jenkins, US
  • Lars Ogenhag, Sweden
  • Peter Herzog, Austria
  • Helge Baardseth, Norway
  • Dome ascent on July 6th
  • Cone ascent on July 7th
  • Dome reascended on July 7th by smaller team
  • NOTE: Helge did only climb Dome, turned just below the GBF summit.
  • Mark had crevasse fall with skis.


Bengt Rodin

  • Date: August ? 1988
  • Bengt Rodin
  • 3 clients


Gerhard Schmatz

  • Date: July 31 - August x, 1988, GBF at August 1. Helicopter from the coast.
  • Gerhard Schmatz
  • XX
  • YY


Robert Hoffman

  • Date: 24/6 to 30/6, GBF climbed 27/6. No other peaks climbed.
  • Robert Hoffman
  • Jim Williams
  • Leo Le Bon, expedition leader, turned just below the summit
  • Gunnar Jensen, turned at the base of the peak
  • Jerry Corr, back trouble, stayed in camp 2.
  • Note: Twin Otter based trip, BC at 69:02.66, 29:56.54, camp 2 and camp 3 higher on the mountain.


Bob O'Brian

  • Date: July 1989
  • Bob O'Brian
  • Alan Jones
  • Clive Waghorn


Skip Horner

  • Date: 1993
  • Skip Horner
  • More names?


Skip Horner

  • Date: 1995, climbed GBF, Dome and Cone
  • Skip Horner
  • Doug Mantle
  • Party of 5, so three names are missing.


Pierre Grossman

  • Date: June 1996, GBF June 8th.
  • Pierre Grossman
  • Bernard Muller
  • Vania Grossman (daughter)
  • Patrick Metz
  • Bernard Gillet
  • Laurent Bey
  • Joseph Desantis
  • Hans Christian Florian
  • Point 3549 climbed on June 11 by Muller, Florian, Gillet
  • Point 3549 climbed on June 12 by a second party.


Sjur Mørdre

  • Date: June 1996, GBF June 23rd.
  • Sjur Mørdre
  • Erling Kagge
  • Engebret Fekene
  • Hans Christian Florian


Derek Fordham

  • Date: July 1996, GBF July 3rd., skied out to the coast.
  • Derek Fordham
  • David Seddon
  • Graham Elson
  • Howard Telford


Ronald Naar

  • Date: April 10th. to May 24th. 1997, GBF April 15th., skied across icecap to Ilulissat.
  • Ronald Naar
  • Ekon Hartog
  • Coen Hofstede


Skip Horner

  • Date: 1997
  • Skip Horner
  • Bob Gries, 67
  • Ginny Lindseth, 62
  • More names?


Skip Horner

  • Date: 1999
  • Skip Horner
  • Wally Berg
  • Sal Pomponi, 70
  • Richard Tracy
  • Ursula X
  • Stephen Y


Gudjon Marteinsson

  • Date: May 1999, GBF May 12th.
  • Gudjon Marteinsson
  • Ed McGough
  • Leifur Orn Svarvarsson


Jens Andersen

  • Date: May 2001, skied in from Constable Pynt in 47 days.
  • Jens Andersen
  • YY
  • ZZ
  • NOTE: Skied down the NW ridge from quite high, but not from the summit.


Markus Landrø

  • Date: June 2001, GBF June 9th.
  • Markus Landrø
  • Thore
  • Gro
  • Grete


Espen Nordahl

  • Dates: 13/5 - 25/5, 2004
  • Espen Nordahl
  • Gro Mette Meyer
  • Heidi Berg
  • Marzena Kaczmarska
  • Harvey Goodwin
  • Kjell Sølland
  • Truls Grytting
  • Bjørn Elnes


Scott Umpleby

  • Date: 1999
  • Scott Umpleby
  • Jon Dallimore
  • Gordon Downs
  • Sandy Gregson
  • Jim Gregson


Guide XX

  • Date: 2002
  • Guide XX
  • Clients


Unconfirmed

  • Date: 2003
  • Guide XX
  • Clients


Guide YY

  • Date: 2004, arrival May 25th.
  • Guide YY
  • Clients


Petter Bjørstad

  • Dates: 15/5 - 31/5, 2004, GBF on 17/5, Dome on 20/5, Cone on 21/5.
  • Petter Bjørstad
  • Arnt Flatmo
  • Ståle Grimen
  • Jan-Frode Myklebust
  • Per Ove Oppedal
  • Torstein Skage
  • NOTE: Per Ove Oppedal and Torstein Skage Telemark skied down from GBF, Dome and Cone.


Guide XX

  • Date: 21/5 - 11/6, 2005
  • XX
  • Clients


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