by Jan Morris
The 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition did not often betray its own values, which may sometimes seem old-fashioned values nowadays, but are none the weaker for that. In an age full of tawdry shame and disillusion, it remains a memory to be proud of.
TREFAN MORYS, 2003
Index
Ama Dablam, 1
Ang Nyima, 1, 2, 3
Annapurna, 1
Annulu, 1
Auckland Weekly News, 1, 2
Band, George, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Banepa, 1, 2
Benkar, 1
Bhatgaon, 1, 2
Bihar, 1, 2
Bourdillon, Tom, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
B.B.C., 1
Bullock, George, 1
Calcutta, 1, 2
Chaunrikharka, 1, 2, 3
Chola Khola, 1
Christian Science Monitor, 1
Daily Mail, 1, 2
Darjeeling, 1, 2, 3
Da Tenzing, 1
Delhi, 1, 2, 3
Dudh Khosi, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Elizabeth, Queen, 1, 2, 3
Evans, Dr Charles, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Fisher, Lord, 1
Garrick Club, 1, 2
Gregory, Alfred, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Gunara, 1
Helyg, 1, 2, 3
Hillary, Edmund, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Hunt, John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Hutchinson, Arthur, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Illustrated London News, 1
Izzard, Ralph, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Jackson, Peter, 1, 2, 3
Jogbani, 1, 2
Katmandu, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Khumbu Glacier, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Kot, Queen, 1
Lho La, 1, 2, 3
Lingtren, 1
Lobuje, 1, 2
Lowe, George, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Mallory, George Leigh-, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Meksin, 1, 2, 3
Montgomery, Lord, 1
Namche Bazar, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Nangpa La, 1, 2, 3, 4
North Col, 1
North Peak, 1
Norton, Colonel E.F., 1
Noyce, Wilfrid, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Nuptse, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Pangboche, 1, 2
Pasang Phutar, 1
Patna, 1, 2
Phalong Karpo, 1
Proud, Colonel, 1
Pugh, Dr Griffith, 1, 2, 3, 4
Pumori, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Reuters, 1
Risingo, 1
Roberts, Major J.O.M., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Rongbuk, 1, 2, 3
Sen Tenzing, 1, 2, 3, 4
Shipton, Eric, 1
Sikkim, 1
Sola Khumbu, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Sonam, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8, 9
Stobart, Tom, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Summerhayes, Christopher, 1, 2, 3
Taweche, 1
Tenzing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Terai, 1, 2
Thagnak, 1
Thamey, 1
The Times, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Those, 1
Thyangboche, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Tibet, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Tilman, H.W., 1, 2
Tiwari, Mr, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Tsang Dorje, 1
Ward, Dr Michael, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Westmacott, Michael, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Westminster, 1, 2
Wylie, Major Charles, 1, 2, 3, 4
About the Author
Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother, and when she is not travelling she lives with her partner Elizabeth Morris in the top left-hand corner of Wales, between the mountains and the sea.
Her books include Coronation Everest, Venice, The Pax Britannica Trilogy (Heaven’s Command, Pax Britannica, and Farewell the Trumpets), and Conundrum. She is also the author of six books about cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of collected travel essays and the unclassifiable Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere. A Writer’s World, a collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, was published in 2003. Hav, her novel, was published in a new and expanded form in 2006.
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